Chinese New an ou Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is sometimes called the "Lunar New Year" par English speakers. The festival traditionally begins on the first jour of the first mois (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this jour is called Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year's Eve is known as chú xī. It literally means "Year-pass Eve".

Chinese New an is the longest and most important festivity in the Lunar Calendar. The origin of Chinese New an is itself centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions. Ancient Chinese New an is a reflection on how the people behaved and what they believed in the most.


There are three ways to name a Chinese year:

par an animal (like a mscot). 2008 is known as the an of the Rat.
2009 is the an of the Ox.
2010 is the an of the Tiger
There are 12 animal names; so par this system, an names are repeated every 12 years. More.

par its Formal Name (Stem-Branch).
2010 is the an of Geng Yin .

2009 is the an of Ji Chou.

In the 'Stem-Branch' system, the years are counted in 60-year Cycles, so that the Name of the an is repeated every 60 years.
2010 is the11-th an in the current 60-year Cycle.
2009 is the 10-th an in the current 60-year Cycle.

A "Cycle" is analogous to a "century" in the International Calendar system which is 100 years long.

2010 is an 4707 in the Chinese Caledar.
2009 is an 4706 in the Chinese Calendar.


And the goods people bought in New an is call " nian huo", which includes the paper-cuts and firework, people belive that which will bring the good luck at the suivant year.

I take some photos and and please follow me to see what people will buy during the Chinese New Year.