The History of Chinese New year
Chinese New Year is some of the most important day for all chinese. The celebration also known as 春節 Chūnjié (Festival Musim Semi / Spring Festival), 農曆新年
Nónglì Xīnnián (Tahun Baru), or 過年 Guònián Or sin tjia.
Outside China, this celebration is known as Imlek. Imlek (阴历 : Im = Moon, Lek
= Date), this word come from Hokkian people or the mandarin is known as yin li or Lunar Date. All the country seems celebrated it because 1/5 peoples are chinese. Celebration of Chinese New Year is celebrated on the 1st to the 15th in a calendar month of the Chinese calendar which combines the calculation of the sun, moon, two yin-yang energy, or the astrological zodiac constellations, 24 seasons, and 5 elements. (Spring Festival).
The Meaning of This Celebration
This celebration begins on the 30th month of the 12th and ended on the first 15 months (Cap Go Meh). Her show includes Lunar prayer, worship to Thian, and the celebration of Cap Go Meh. The purpose of this worship is as a form of thanksgiving and prayer in the hope that next year gets more sustenance, to entertain the ancestors, and as a means of gathering with relatives and neighbors.
To be sure, Chinese New Year is the moment of meeting of all family members once a year. Family members will bersilahturahmi, share and provide experience for a year. This celebration is a very meaningful when every member of your family and neighbors to establish mutual love, mutual nurturing, and start a new page (with new clothes).
Chinese Art Chinese New Year
Chinese Art Chinese New Year
Exactly on Chinese New Year, everyone is new and neatly dressed. Family members congratulated each other and new hope for in the new year, all running success (health, finances, work, relationships, business).
In addition, the typical Chinese New Year celebrations are colored red ornaments, cookie baskets, angpao, lanterns, firecrackers / fireworks, sugarcane, lion dance,
Symbolic meaning
- The color red: happiness and zest for life
- Fish symbol: a symbol of abundance of grace that turn. By posting pictures of fish or eat fish, they expect that the coming of abundance.
- Harmony and love: family members get together, share and encourage
To be sure, Chinese New Year is the moment of meeting of all family members once a year. Family members will bersilahturahmi, share and provide experience for a year. This celebration is a very meaningful when every member of your family and neighbors to establish mutual love, mutual nurturing, and start a new page (with new clothes).
Chinese Art Chinese New Year
Chinese Art Chinese New Year
Exactly on Chinese New Year, everyone is new and neatly dressed. Family members congratulated each other and new hope for in the new year, all running success (health, finances, work, relationships, business).
In addition, the typical Chinese New Year celebrations are colored red ornaments, cookie baskets, angpao, lanterns, firecrackers / fireworks, sugarcane, lion dance,
Symbolic meaning
- The color red: happiness and zest for life
- Fish symbol: a symbol of abundance of grace that turn. By posting pictures of fish or eat fish, they expect that the coming of abundance.
- Harmony and love: family members get together, share and encourage
History of the Lunar Calendar
Huang DiDragon Latern
Dragon Latern
Chinese calendar systems were developed in the third millennium BC, supposedly discovered by the first legendary ruler, Huang Di, who ruled between the years 2698 BC - 2599 BC. And further developed by the fourth legendary ruler, Emperor Yao. Cycle of 60 years (gānzhī or Liushi jiǎzǐ) began to be used in the second millennium BC. A more complete calendar established in the year 841 BC the Zhou Dynasty by adding a double application of the month and the first month beginning one year close to the solstice of winter.
Qin DynastyCalendar Sìfēn (four quarters), which were introduced around the year 484 BC, the Chinese calendar the first to use the calculation is more accurate, use the calendar of the sun 365 ¼ days, once every 19 years (235 months), which in Western science known as Circulation Metonic. Winter solstice is the first month and the month following the month to double insertion 12. In the year 256 BC, the calendar is starting to be used by the state of Qin, later applied in the whole country of China after Qin took over the whole country of China and the Qin Dynasty. Calendar is still used throughout the first half of the Western Han Dynasty.
Han DynastyWǔ emperor of the Western Han Dynasty introduced a new calendar reform. Calendar Tàichū (Great Beginnings) in the year 104 BC had a year with the winter solstice at month 12 and determines the number of days for the calendar month (one month 29 or 30 days) and not in conformity with the terminology of the sun (which is equal to the overall zodiac sign). Because the sun's movement is used to calculate Jiéqì (season traits).
Mythology Chinese New Year
Based on the stories and legends of ancient rakyatr, China celebrated the new year when the Chinese managed to fight mythical creatures known as Nian, which means the year in Chinese. Nian creatures always appear on the first day of New Year and the arrival of Nian is devouring livestock, agriculture and even eat the population, especially children.
Huang DiDragon Latern
Dragon Latern
Chinese calendar systems were developed in the third millennium BC, supposedly discovered by the first legendary ruler, Huang Di, who ruled between the years 2698 BC - 2599 BC. And further developed by the fourth legendary ruler, Emperor Yao. Cycle of 60 years (gānzhī or Liushi jiǎzǐ) began to be used in the second millennium BC. A more complete calendar established in the year 841 BC the Zhou Dynasty by adding a double application of the month and the first month beginning one year close to the solstice of winter.
Qin DynastyCalendar Sìfēn (four quarters), which were introduced around the year 484 BC, the Chinese calendar the first to use the calculation is more accurate, use the calendar of the sun 365 ¼ days, once every 19 years (235 months), which in Western science known as Circulation Metonic. Winter solstice is the first month and the month following the month to double insertion 12. In the year 256 BC, the calendar is starting to be used by the state of Qin, later applied in the whole country of China after Qin took over the whole country of China and the Qin Dynasty. Calendar is still used throughout the first half of the Western Han Dynasty.
Han DynastyWǔ emperor of the Western Han Dynasty introduced a new calendar reform. Calendar Tàichū (Great Beginnings) in the year 104 BC had a year with the winter solstice at month 12 and determines the number of days for the calendar month (one month 29 or 30 days) and not in conformity with the terminology of the sun (which is equal to the overall zodiac sign). Because the sun's movement is used to calculate Jiéqì (season traits).
Mythology Chinese New Year
Based on the stories and legends of ancient rakyatr, China celebrated the new year when the Chinese managed to fight mythical creatures known as Nian, which means the year in Chinese. Nian creatures always appear on the first day of New Year and the arrival of Nian is devouring livestock, agriculture and even eat the population, especially children.
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