Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, is a significant cultural festival rooted in a legend about scaring away a mythical beast, and it is celebrated globally with traditions focused on good fortune, family reunion, and symbolic foods.
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long ago
on a fateful night just as the new year began
began
a mythical beast called nien emerged
from the darkness
nien began hunting people and animals
and destroying their homes
it was utter chaos people had no
idea how to protect themselves from the beast
beast
eventually they discovered that nien was
afraid of loud noises
fire and the color
red so from then on
before new year's day people would post
red cuplets which contain blessings and
wishes they have for the new year
on the front of their houses they would
also light
loud and bright firecrackers and hang
lanterns to scare the beast away just in
case he was still around
did you know that this story actually
tells us the legend of how
chinese new year began
chinese new year also known as
luna new year is a festival celebrated
every year by chinese communities worldwide
worldwide
from hong kong to london and sydney
to san francisco it is a very important
festival to chinese people
because they believe that a good start
to the year
will lead to a lucky and prosperous year
chinese new year starts on the very
first day
of the lunar calendar this day
usually falls in january or february
like a lot of celebrations around the
world and in different cultures
there are special traditions that are
observed during
chinese new year one of the most
obvious traditions is the use of the color
color
red this is because red
represents good fortune and happiness
that is why you'll see lots of red decorations
decorations
such as lanterns and couplets hanging around
around
streets buildings and in houses as well [Music]
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one of the exciting parts of chinese new year
year
are all the red envelopes
these envelopes have money inside and
are given to
children by married adults which bless
firecrackers are also set off to sound
out the old year and welcome in a better
new year
chinese new year is an important time
for families to be together
people come home from all around the
world to celebrate the festival
with their families on chinese new year's
year's
eve families sit together at round tables
tables
for a reunion dinner and enjoy a feast
some foods are extra popular at this time
time
because their names or appearances carry
positive symbolic meanings
these foods include dumplings mandarins
mandarins [Music]
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during chinese new year you can say [Music]
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which means happy new year may all your
everyone celebrates special days in
their own way
different people have different
traditions that they enjoy
during their festivals and these are
just some of the common ones
seen during chinese new year you
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