Here come the Lunar New Year (Chinese) calendar, or Spring Festival.
It is believed that the rabbit - a symbol of the happiest eastern calendar.
New Year according to the lunar calendar - the most important holiday in China.
For the Chinese New Year - a family holiday, so New Year's Eve people of this country spend on the holiday table.
In the morning of the 3rd of February in Beijing, opened the traditional temple fairs, where you can see the colorful presentation, taste a variety of treats and buy Christmas gifts.
Every resident of China to yourselves know eared animal - in a toy store, street markets or pet stores.
For the coming year it has been successful on the festive table in China should be the traditional New Year dish - dumplings. By tradition, each dumpling should resemble gold and silver bullion.
Another dish, symbolizing prosperity - a fish. The Chinese character for "fish" in tune with the character "abundance" and "prosperity».
The next 12 months - the most opportune time to create a family. The Chinese believe that the rabbit - the keeper of the family hearth.
By the way, in Beijing pet rabbits are pretty well: from 90 to 120 dollars. But the demand is still very high.
2011 year of white metallic rabbit replaces Tiger.
In his New Year address, President Hu Jintao congratulated 1.3 billion. Chinese people on the occasion and wished them good health and longevity.
Ignoring the advice of astrologers who know people choose to holiday outfits necessarily red, which symbolizes blossoming, so considered the parade.
Of course, the eve also need to observe certain rituals. For example, it is necessary to advance to return all the debts, to a new year, they did not become longer.
Also, the advance should clean the house and make out of it rubbish, because it can not be done in the 1st day will come the new year.
Not to cut their luck during the holiday it is better not to use knives and scissors.
Do not forget to congratulate each other today, as it should in Chinese: "Sinnyan kuayle!" Or "Sinnyanhao!" - "Happy New Year!»