{"id":755,"date":"2019-01-28T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T11:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/?page_id=755"},"modified":"2019-03-12T23:03:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T15:03:21","slug":"chinese-new-year-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-new-year-2019","title":{"rendered":"Chinese New Year 2019(China Spring Festival)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"37c28470d9d6d3cb9ff74e663adb766a\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3594734025006597\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Chinese New Year&#8217;s Time<\/strong>: February 5th, Tuesday.2019<br \/>\n<strong>Spring Festival holiday time<\/strong>: New Year&#8217;s Eve to the sixth day. Namely: February 4 to February 10, a total of 7 days. Among them, February 5, February 6, and February 7 are statutory holidays. Go to work on February 2 (Saturday) and February 3 (Sunday).<br \/>\n<strong>Chinese Zodiac<\/strong>: Year of Pig (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-zodiac-years.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What is\u00a0Chinese Zodiac<\/a><\/strong><\/span>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-the-year-of-pig.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-the-year-of-pig.jpg\" alt=\"2019 the year of pig\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-the-year-of-pig.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-the-year-of-pig-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-new-year-2019\/#Chinese_New_Year_Customs\" title=\"Chinese New Year Customs\">Chinese New Year Customs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-new-year-2019\/#Customs_before_new_year\" title=\"Customs before new year\">Customs before new year<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/chinese-new-year-2019\/#Customs_During_New_Year\" title=\"Customs During New Year\">Customs During New Year<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chinese_New_Year_Customs\"><\/span><strong>Chinese New Year Customs<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Customs_before_new_year\"><\/span>Customs before new year<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" bgcolor=\"ffcccc\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-bell-o\"><span style=\"color: transparent; display: none;\">icon-bell-o<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">New Year&#8217;s Eve<\/span><\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-New-Years-Eve-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-New-Years-Eve-2.jpg\" alt=\"2019 New Years Eve\" width=\"700\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-New-Years-Eve-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-New-Years-Eve-2-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNew Year\u2019s Eve is one of the custom of the New Year\u2019s Day, also known as the annual dinner, the group dinner, the reunion dinner, etc., especially refers to the family dinner on the New Year\u2019s Eve. The New Year\u2019s Eve comes from the ancient year-end rituals, and worships the gods and the ancestors to reunite. The group dinner is the highlight of the year, not only rich and colorful, but also very particular. Before the group dinner, worship the gods and worship the ancestors. The Chinese New Year&#8217;s Eve is a reunion dinner for the family. This is the most abundant and important dinner at the end of the year.<span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<i class=\"fa fa-bullhorn\"><span style=\"color: transparent; display: none;\">icon-bullhorn<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sticker Couplet<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-Sticker-Couplet.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-Sticker-Couplet.jpg\" alt=\"2019 Sticker Couplet\" width=\"700\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-Sticker-Couplet.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-Sticker-Couplet-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSpring Festival couplets: also known as &#8220;door pair&#8221;, &#8220;couple&#8221;, &#8220;peach&#8221;, etc., is a kind of couplet, named after the Spring Festival, posted. It depicts the background of the times with neat, dual, concise and exquisite words, and expresses a good wish. It is a unique literary form in China. Every Spring Festival, whether in the city or in the countryside, every household should choose a red spring couplet on the door to add a festive atmosphere to the festival. There are many types of Spring Festival couplets. According to their use, they can be divided into door, box, cross, spring, and fighting.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>\u00a0<i class=\"fa fa-credit-card\"><span style=\"color: transparent; display: none;\">icon-credit-card<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">New Year&#8217;s Money<\/span><\/strong><\/span>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/New-Years-Money.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/New-Years-Money.jpg\" alt=\"New Years Money\" width=\"700\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/New-Years-Money.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/New-Years-Money-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe lucky money (called &#8220;profit&#8221; in Guangdong), one of the custom of the Spring Festival, is distributed to the younger generation by the elders. After the dinner, the elders should distribute the pre-prepared lucky money to the younger generation. It is said that the lucky money can suppress the evil spirits, and the younger generation gets the lucky money. You can spend a year safely. Some people are parents who spend their nights sleeping on their pillows and put them under the pillow for the New Year&#8217;s Eve. They reflect the love of the elders to the younger generation and the respect of the elders to the elders. It is a folk activity that integrates family ethics. The lucky money in the folk culture symbolizes evil spirits and exorcise ghosts, and blesses peace. The original intention of the lucky money was to ward off evil, because people think that children are vulnerable to sneaky scorpions, so they use the lucky money to fight evil.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>\u00a0<i class=\"fa fa-dribbble\"><span style=\"color: transparent; display: none;\">icon-dribbble<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Keep Year<\/span><\/strong><\/span>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Keep-Year.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Keep-Year.jpg\" alt=\"Keep Year\" width=\"700\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Keep-Year.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Keep-Year-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nChinese folks have the habit of keeping their old age on New Year&#8217;s Eve. They eat a reunion dinner, and the stove should be cleaned to prepare for the first morning of the first month or the whole day. In the evening, you must keep your age, and every room should be lit up all night. The folklore of the old-fashioned year is mainly manifested by the fact that the New Year&#8217;s Eve is full of lights and annihilation. The observance of the age is called &#8220;burning the light according to the age of the year&#8221;, that is, the igniting of the lanterns in the big night, it is said that after the age of the year, it will enrich the wealth in the coming year. In ancient times, the customs of the north and the south were different. In ancient times, the custom of keeping the ages in the north was mainly in the past. For example, in the &#8220;Taste of the Winds&#8221; written by the Jin Dynasty, the New Year\u2019s Eve, everyone\u2019s various gifts and gifts, called \u201cfeeding the old\u201d; Huan, Zhu Xi is complete, called &#8220;young age&#8221;; the end of the year does not sleep, waiting for the dawn, called &#8220;shouling old&#8221;. In some places on New Year&#8217;s Eve, the whole family reunited together, ate New Year&#8217;s Eve, lit candles or oil lamps, sat around the stove, and waited for the moment to greet the old, staying up all night, symbolizing the running of all evil diseases. Go, look forward to the good luck of the new year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Customs_During_New_Year\"><\/span>Customs During New Year<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" bgcolor=\"cc99cc\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>When they are free, they can start their own entertainment.<br \/>\nIn recent years, Chinese movies have developed rapidly. There are many new movies released during the New Year:<span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffcc00;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/10-movies-released-during-the-chinese-new-year-in-2019.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 Movies Released During The Chinese New Year In 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"37c28470d9d6d3cb9ff74e663adb766a\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3594734025006597\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese New Year&#8217;s Time: February 5th, Tuesday.2019 Spring Festival holiday time: New Year&#8217;s Eve to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-755","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatchina.cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}