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High-end retailers’ Chinese New Year promotions are attracting Chinese consumers with impressive purchasing power, but retailers are not getting it quite right.
During Chinese New Year celebrations, the fascinating Human Day was once considered the most important holiday.
Entering the Year of the Horse, netizens are finding that this Horse year is a very special year with five extraordinary facts.
A new hot topic has gone viral on the Chinese internet—“Did you go blind date this Chinese New Year?”
What’s it all about? Chinese people still practice the custom of sending away the five ghosts and welcoming the god of wealth.
You should avoid doing these 15 taboos on Chinese New Year day, including laundry, collecting debts, and arguing.
When Pauline Chu realized that the Chinese New Year was not recognized as a public holiday and that children had to go to school, and were penalized for being absent, she set herself a goal of making the Lunar New Year a citywide celebration.
Tens of thousands of greetings from around China paying respect to the founder of the Falun Gong spiritual practice, Li Hongzhi, streamed into the Falun Gong website Minghui.org.
“A long road tests the strength of a horse” is a proverb commonly used by Chinese people.
People born in the Year of the Horse are considered to be natural leaders with strong character and straightforward demeanor. Here are just a few notable people who were born in this auspicious year:
The Chinese Lunar New Year has a very long history, going back about 17 centuries. Many customs and legends have been passed down through the ages.
According to the cycle of the five elements in the Chinese Zodiac, 2014 is the Year of the Wooden Horse, which is regarded as a year of quick victories, unexpected adventures, and surprising romances.
The Chinese New Year in 2014 is celebrated on Friday, Jan. 31, marking the beginning of the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac.
