Chinese New Year Celebrations

新年找樂(lè),，日日不同　

A lot of excitement can be seen in the last 15 days of New Year celebrations. Everyday has a special importance to it. Chinese ritualize and celebrate each day in a customary manner. Given below are the line wise celebrations of the New Year in China:

　　年初一：祭拜天地

Day 1: People began their day by offering prayers and welcome the gods of heaven and earth. Most of the people stay away from meat to ensure healthy living.

年初二：狗狗過(guò)生日

Day 2: Successively,prayers are offer to their ancestors and other gods. Chinese are strictare-taker of dogs and feed them well. This day is considered to be the birthdayof all dogs.

　　初三初四：走親訪友,，媳婦回娘家

Day 3 and 4:These are very important days for the families to keep up their relations. Itcalls for every son-in-law to pay respect to their parents-in-law.

　　年初五：“破五”祭財(cái)神

Day 5: According to the traditions, nobody visits friends’and relatives’ houses as it would bring bad omen. They stay back home to worship the God of wealth. The day is called Po Woo.

　　年初六：百無(wú)禁忌，出門活動(dòng)筋骨

Day 6: Onthis day, people freely meet their near and dear ones and even visit near by temples to pray for their well being and high spirits

年初七：吃面條,，祝長(zhǎng)壽

Day 7: This is Chinese farmers’ day. They display their back breaking produce. They also prepare adrink from seven different types of vegetables. On this day, everybody eats noodles which is a symbol of long life and fish representing success.

　　年初八：凌晨拜天公

Day 8: It’s another day to be celebrated with the family and friends. They also offer midnight prayers to Tian Gong, the God of Heaven.

年初九：玉皇大帝登場(chǎng)

Day 9: Prayers are offered to Jade Emperor.

初十,、十一、十二、十三：大吃大喝,，最后記得回歸清淡

Days 10 to 13: From 10 to 12, people celebrate the days by having sumptuous dinner with the loved ones and the 13th day is left for avery light dinner to clean the system.

年十四：準(zhǔn)備鬧元宵

Day 14: People start preparing for the celebration of Lantern Festival to be held on next day.

　　年十五：吃元宵看燈火

Day 15: Since it is the first night to see full moon,people hang out colorful lanterns, eat glutinous rice balls and enjoy the day with their families.