2007-02-13 10:32:13 · 12 answers · asked by xPriincessx33 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
The Chinese use a lunar calendar instead of a solar calendar. So, Chinese New Year is the new year of a lunar calendar.
2007-02-13 10:38:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a complex thing. Some say it's the day when Chinese Santa goes down the bamboo chimneys (good thang he's not as homely as his Western counterpart) and wishes everybody an awesome Year of the Ant. But some also believe it commemorates the day when the Communist party leaders said "fuhget that Cultural Revolution thingy -let's blow the West away with cheapo plastic goodies!"
Needless to mention, it has nothing to do with celebrating a New Year. Otherwise, why would you ask, right? Huh?
2007-02-13 10:43:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well im chinese and chinese new year celebrate a new year for the chinese new year and chinese use the lunar calendar which is very different than the solar calender. There are 12 zodiacs which are rat,pig,ox,snake,dragon,horse,
sheep,tiger,monkey,rabbit/hare
,rooster/chicken,and dog
2007-02-13 10:42:11 · answer #3 · answered by ?????? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The beginning of the year in the Chinese calendar.
2007-02-13 10:38:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ssshhhh.... it celebrates the Chinese New Year. But try not to let the cat out of the bag, eh?
2007-02-13 10:39:35 · answer #5 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A new year!
2007-02-13 14:48:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It celebrates the beginning of the new lunar year... when the new full moon comes out .. that's why the date is different each year and why we eat puddings called moon cakes. Im guessing you learnt about the lunar cycle in high school?
2007-02-13 22:17:53 · answer #7 · answered by bananurrz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it celebrates the beginning of the new chinese year. there are thirteen chinese years that repeat over and over in this order: rat, ox, tiger, rabit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and boar. youve probably memorized one of these as the 'zodiac' year when you were born. those are chinese years.
2007-02-13 10:42:31 · answer #8 · answered by azn.iwish 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the chinese New Year, what else?
2007-02-13 10:35:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The start of Spring.
2007-02-14 07:43:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋