KRISARU News » Chinese New Year http://krisarunews.com News on Web 2.0, SEO, Web Technology, Intellectual Services, Instructional Technology, Business Strategies, Online Marketing Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:42:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Chinese New Year 2010 http://krisarunews.com/2010/02/14/chinese-new-year-2010/ http://krisarunews.com/2010/02/14/chinese-new-year-2010/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:18:40 +0000 KRISARU.com Intellectual Services http://news.krisaru.com/web/?p=1269 Chinese New Year is a holiday that celebrates the beginning of a new year according to the lunar calendar. February 14, 2010 marks the start of the Year of the Tiger on the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Celebrate the Chinese New Year holiday with great kids’ activities and crafts. Also learn about the history and meaning behind Chinese New Year symbols.

Chinese New Year is a holiday that celebrates the beginning of a new year according to the lunar calendar. It is considered to be one of the most important holidays for Chinese families.

The start of Chinese New Year changes every year since it is dictated by the lunar calendar. The Gregorian or solar calendar–which is based on the Earth’s movement around the sun and has a fixed number of 365 days a year (366 during a leap year)–is the most widely used calendar system in the world and has been the official calendar used in China since 1912.

But in China the lunar calendar is still used to determine traditional holidays like Chinese New Year.  Since the lunar calendar is based on the phases of the moon– which has a shorter cycle than the sun–Chinese New Year is never on the same day each year, but typically falls somewhere between January 21st and February 20th.  Read more ……

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