Chinese New Year holds the most significant position among all Chinese festivals and holidays. The Chinese New Year is accompanied by a belief in good future. Chinese New Year is also called Spring Festival (1). Putting the spring festival scrolls up‚ hanging the lanterns‚ having reunion meals‚ having dumplings‚ sitting up late and waiting for the ring of the New Year are all Spring Festival’s customs. (2) Spring Festival is the day for family reunions. On New Year’s Eve‚
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their productivity and effectiveness in law enforcement‚ Concerned by the gross overcrowding of the prisons (many of which were built to house up to 600 inmates‚ and are currently housing over 1000) due to individuals being held in cells for over 2 years awaiting trials; thus preventing the imprisonment of active drug trafficking criminals through lack of availability of cells‚ Convinced that there is not a sufficient annual budget for the national authorities. The budget for NANCOS (National Anti-Narcotics
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was too busy to reply your letter. Now I have more free time because Tet Holiday is only a week away. Tet Holiday is our traditional festival‚ which is also known as Lunar New Year. It comes later than your New Year in Britain‚ around the end of January and the begin of February. Since Tet is our biggest holiday of the year‚ there are many special activities on this occasion. We clean and decorate our house with peach flowers to welcome guests visiting us because relatives ands friends usually come
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TET NGUYEN DAN (LUNAR NEW YEAR) According to Vietnamese zodiac‚ this year is the year of the Cock. Of course‚ there are certain meanings and beliefs associated with the cock character that most Asian people would believe. People born in the Cock year are deep thinkers‚ capable‚ and talented. They like to be busy‚ are devoted beyond their capabilities‚ and are deeply disappointed if they fail. Every country has big holidays and they are being celebrated differently from one country to another. In
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the racial relationships. Besides‚ other festivals of Malays are Awal Muharam‚ Hari Raya Haji etc. Chinese New Year is the main festival that celebrated by Chinese. Chinese New Year is the first festive season celebrated in every year after the 1st of January New Year. The Chinese New Year is celebrated 15 days which started from the first day of a year in Chinese Lunar calendar. Each year is denoted by one of the 12 animals as depicted by the Chinese Zodiac.
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Unlike most people in East Asia‚ Japanese people generally do not celebrate Chinese New Year; although Chinese residents in Japan still do. In Yokohama Chinatown‚ Japan’s biggest Chinatown‚ tourists from all over Japan come to enjoy the festival. And similarly the Nagasaki Lantern Festival is based in Nagasaki’s Chinatown. New Year observances are the most elaborate of Japan’s annual events. Before the New Year‚ homes are cleaned‚ debts are paid off‚ and osechi is prepared or bought. Osechi foods
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Chinese Masks Chinese masks first appeared in China some 3‚500 years ago primarily used for Chinese shamanism. Chinese masks became an age old cultural phenomenon shared by all ethnic groups in China. The Chinese developed such masks to overcome disasters and to protect their lives. These masks were given many functions like‚ communicating with the gods‚ bringing blessings‚ driving away ghosts‚ warding off diseases‚ and lots of sacrificial rituals involving masks were regularly held. Many
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month by the Chinese Lunar Calendar is Spring Festival‚ also known as Chinese New Year; it is the most important traditional holiday in China. Spring Festival dates back to four thousand years ago‚ originated in the Shang Dynasty. The year of 2011 was the Year of the Rabbit; due to my parents went to Bengal for missionary work‚ my uncle who lives in the countryside invited me to his house for Spring Festival this year. I didn’t like the idea at first because the countryside is known for its unsatisfying
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Lantern Festival The Lantern Festival (Shangyuan) is a traditional Chinese festival‚ which is on the 15th of the first month of Chinese New Year and the first full moon night which symbolizes the coming of spring. It may be regarded as the last day of the Spring Festival. The start of this festival marks the end of the celebrations of the Chinese New Year. The Lantern Festival is regarded as a good day for family gatherings. An old custom from china is people on that night will lighten up fancy
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It is Chinese New Year. The hustle and bustle of trade‚ the haggling of prices fills the air as people jostle through the crowd to buy that kilogram of barbecued pork‚ or that bunch of golden rat-shaped decorations to welcome the year of the Rat. However‚ many people simply run through the epicentre of joyful noise and energy that can only be Chinatown without stopping to wonder at the past it possesses and the reason for its existence in a predominantly Chinese Singapore. Modern day Chinatown
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