The Chinese New Year starts with the new moon on January 23, 2012. The celebrations begin on this day and continue for the next 15 days till the arrival of the full moon.
The Lantern Festival is celebrated on this particular day where children have a good time carrying lanterns in a parade at night. The history of Chinese New Year is rich and diverse. It is just like the Western New Year, wrapped in tradition and rituals. It is popularly known as the Spring Festival in China.
The Chinese lay a lot of importance on their New Year and enjoy its pomp and festivity whole-heartedly. It is their tradition to clean their houses so that they do not have any remnants of bad luck of the previous year to be carried forward in the New Year. You must have noticed that most of the Chinese homes and restaurants use red colour on their doors, windows and decoration. It is said the colour red is associated with blood and just as flowing blood is essential for a human being, similarly, it is believed that red colour when used in the houses, attracts longevity, health, wealth and happiness in abundance. They love to have sumptuous food with their family members on the New Year day and avoid working. Otherwise, they are the hardest workers in the world and rarely take any rest during the rest of the year. For good luck, married couples give envelopes with lucky money in it to their children so that they can enjoy good treats during the prosperous day. It is customary for the Chinese to go to public places with drum beats and dragons and everybody enjoys watching them.
This is the year of the dragon and more stress will be laid on the dragon's celebration. They like to forget about the past pains and miseries and think about happy and prosperous future full of sunshine. They begin the New Year by making a seemingly impossible resolution as they believe that the Chinese New Year is so powerful that whatever they think or wish for becomes true.
The powerful energy of this auspicious and powerful day helps everyone in achieving their desires. It is not only the Chinese but anybody who puts good thoughts on this day could achieve magical results. Those desirous of getting rid of bad habits like alcohol, smoking, laziness and procrastination can make strong resolution and see themselves free from such vices.
Tip for Chinese New Year: On January 23 at 1.09pm, write down on a yellow piece of paper 10 wishes with complete devotion. Put it in a red envelope, place it in your prayer room. Light a candle, preferably a white one, and meditate on your wishes and visualise them materialising. Once fulfilled, just float them in running water with gratitude.
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