Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year (simplified Chinese: 农历新年; traditional Chinese: 農曆新年; pinyin: Nónglì xīnnián; literally: "Agrarian Calendar New Year") or Spring Festival (simplified Chinese: 春节; traditional Chinese: 春節; pinyin: Chūnjié) is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is sometimes called the Lunar New Year, especially by people outside China. It is an important holiday in East Asia. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival (simplified Chinese: 元宵节; traditional Chinese: 元宵節; pinyin: yuánxiāojié).

Chinese New Year's Eve is known as Chúxī (除夕). Chu literally means "change" and xi means "Eve".

Celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese, Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had a strong influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbours, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include Koreans, Mongolians, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Vietnamese, and formerly the Japanese before 1873. In Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and other countries with significant Chinese populations, Chinese New Year is also celebrated, largely by overseas Chinese, but it is not part of the traditional culture of these countries. In Canada, although Chinese New Year is not an official holiday, many ethnic Chinese hold large celebrations and Canada Post issues New Year's themed stamps in domestic and international rates.

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[Raymondboy1]

ha im only twelve and went i went back to china i bought 3000 dollars of fireworks :) me kinda crazy on those things

[gtg559b]

yeah, you are crazy kid. one day, fire works is gonna get you =)

[channelsking]

cool and nice

[jenny166578]

omg

[CraftedPackets]

Like a war zone!

[Raymondboy1]

lol they might

[gtg559b]

No, I'm lying to you. I am intentionally deceiving you to inflate my ego on my childhood adventure.

[DrLucifer666]

r u sure???? 10,000 firecrackers????

[gtg559b]

I really loved firecracker when I was young too. I stole some of my mother's money to go buy 10,000 firecrackers and hid them in the house. Then I lit them one by one throughout the winter holidays :-)

[DrLucifer666]

i really love fire cracker since i was young.just dat singapore ban fire crackers.somemore dis years Chinese new years.din went to malaysia to visit relatives

[gtg559b]

but they're so much fun right? me take the risk of getting AIDS gladly from blowing firecrackers!