What happens on Chinese New Year?
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They change their calendar.
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depend on which country, china has been civilised for a super long time than america, so you cant say the "true" mm/dd/yy, until you know where ya are
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Not for sure, but probably at the beginning of the new year. That's usually when new laws take effect.
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December 21, if it is a new moon night in the Northern Hemisphere
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Doesn't iCal do this?
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While the Chinese use the Gregorian calendar (same as most of the world) for day to day transactions, the Chinese New Year  and other festivals are based on the lunar calendar. Months in a lunar calendar go by phases of the moon, so they are shorter than in the Gregorian calendar. As a result, the Chinese New Year will appear to be on different days each year. \n\nAs far as I know, the Chinese New Year is always on the New Moon, and you can see already that the New Moon falls on a different day each month throughout the year.
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Winter = Canada 2010\nSummer - China 2008 (Bejing)
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Its not set every year. its the third thursday of november. this year, its November 23.
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The Chinese New Year of the Dog was on January 29, 2006 [this year] ! \nThe next Chinese New Year of the Pig is on February 18, 2007.
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January 29, 2006 is the first day of the Chinese new year.\n\nChinese calendar has been in continuous use for centuries, which predates the International Calendar (based on the Gregorian Calendar) we use at the present day which goes back only some 425 years. The calendar measures time, from short durations of minutes and hours, to intervals of time measured in months, years and centuries, entirely based on the astronomical observations of the movement of the Sun, Moon and stars.\n\nThe New Year will be the Year of the Dog.\nThe New Year is the year of bingxu (Stem-Branch). \nThe New Year is Year 4703 by Chinese calendar.
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You'll find many chinese customs, superstitions and traditions listed here...\nhttp://www.britishbornchinese.org.uk/pages/culture/customs/
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A couple of Vietnamese superstitions that are pretty interesting are:\n1) The first person of the lunar new year to shop your business will set the outlook of the rest of the year. (This works for days as well). I've seen business keepers walk around their store waving a burning newspaper to cleanse the lousy luck from the premises thanks to a deadbeat shopper.\n2) Never take a picture with three people together. The middle will surely die soon.\n3) Pregnant women are bad luck. Seeing one in the early morning is grounds for going home and starting your day over again. I guess this extends to functions like weddings and again, the luck your business can count on. Of course, like in the US, if you are living with a pregnant spouse you may be safer out of the house all together.\n\nI've thought a compilation of the superstitions in Vietnam as a book would be interesting in that I believe there are extensive prescriptions for proper behavior beyond what what me and my US comrades are used to. I know too that there are eleborate luck theorems for divining the meaning of numbers as you can see there when you watch folks try to pick numbers for "Ve So" (lottery tickets).
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I'm Chinese - so perhaps this is only the way in the Chinese culture...but if a friend of mine wants money instead of gifts - they do not register.  Yes, you'll get a few crap gifts but (like I said, at least in the Chinese American community) people know that means you want money instead. In addition maybe spread a quiet rumor to friends and family and hopefully they'll pass the word around.
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Hello,\n         Words associated with the month of January, it's the first month and a whole New Year on the Calender around here.
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I don't know your personal situation, but I doubt every one of 2006's 365 days are going to be 'bad'.  But to answer you question, just smile back and accept the 'Happy New Years' greetings with grace as a sign of social courtesy.  If you're too depressed, anxcious or otherwise 'ready to snap', I would advice avoiding New Years crowds all together.  Wishing people 'Happy This-or-That' or 'Good this or that' is just a part of our culture and most people rarely truely mean these things.  So if you feel like you're going to 'snap', just realize that them saying "Happy New Year' is about as meaningful as them saying "Hufflepuff".
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I celebrate it myself. I am Azeri, not Persian, but every aspect of my culture has been strongly influenced by Persian culture, including the vocabulary of our language. In my language, the holiday is called Novruz. \n\nThe holiday is celebrated on March 20th and 21st. The four Wednesdays before it are also celebrated, each for the four main essences of life: Fire, Water, Air and Land. I am not sure what order they are celebrated in.\n\nThe house has to be very neat in the morning when everybody wakes up. If it is not, then you enter the new year with a dirty house, which is bad luck.\n\nWhen Novruz finally arrives, there are many things that are fun to do. \n\nOne of everybody's favorite is the "egg" fighting. Everybody has a colored egg, which is done in a special way, before Novruz, whih is also boiled, and on the day of celebration, "fighters" hold the egg in a certain way and hit it lightly to the other egg. Whoever's cracks loses and usually eats the egg, while the winner can go around and get some other people to "egg" fight.\n\nAlso, at night people gather and make fire. Everybody has to jump over the fire 3 times for good luck. Jumping the 4th time is considered bad luck. After everybody jumps, they add more wood to make the fire brighter, for a bright new year.\n\nNovruz also has a similar tradition to Hallooween. At night, kids ring the bell of a house and put their hats in front of the door and run away. When they are back they usually have candy of all sorts inside it.
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Go someplace warm:-)  My best New Year's was in Miami (warm) where they dropped an orange (instead of the big ball in times square) on the waterfront, had free concerts in the park there and generally a good time was had by all.\n\nBeing around a lot of people excited is a blast IMHO.  Also a spectacular view of something is also a big thrill.  A city skyline, a waterfront, a cruise, a mountaintop, etc.  It heightens the excitement to be around something beautiful and new.\n\nAwesome question!  Looking forward to some great responses.