The Chinese New Year, also called the Spring Festival, is the most important holiday for ethnic Chinese people all around the world. The Chinese calendar and dates are traditionally based on changes of the moon, not the sun. On the basis of this traditional lunar calendar, the New Year starts at the beginning of this lunar (moon) calendar, and ends with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day. The year of 2015 starts from Feb. 19, 2015 (the Lunar New Year / Spring Festival of China) and lasts to Feb. 7, 2016.The Chinese lunar calendar assigns an animal symbol to each year in every 12-year cycle.2015 is the Year of the 羊(the Chinese word sounds like the word young) according to Chinese zodiac. The zodiac animal of this Chinese lunar new year has caused much confusion in the English world, as its translation results in at least two candidates: sheep or goat. I have never thought about that question before. I don’t think I have to tell them apart. For me, I bought a sheep toy for my daughter and a toy goat for my son.
Firework to celebrate the New Year 2015https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqLC3zbrPic
Shang Hai New Year’s Eve 5D lights show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN3hQjwgd9I
Wow! The fireworks are almost overwhelming. I loved the Shang Hai light show, especially the new fashions. Both videos are about 8 minutes long. Is that because 8 is a lucky number?
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