Chinese New Year Facts That Will Bring You Luck

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#aaronplaysfunfacts #funfacts #chinesenewyear • Chinese New Year is celebrated by more than 20% of the world. It’s the most important holiday in China and to Chinese people all over. Here are 10 fun facts that you probably didn’t know about Chinese New Year. If you found this video helpful, be sure to like and subscribe :) • *************************************** • Chinese New Year Facts That Will Bring You Luck • 1. Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival. • 2. There's no set date for Chinese New Year. • 3. The most fireworks are set off in the world that night. • As in the myth about Nian, firecrackers are supposed to scare off monsters and bad luck. So people stay up on Chinese New Year’s Eve and set off firecrackers at midnight. In the morning, firecrackers are used again to welcome the new year and good luck. Due to safety reasons and concerns for air pollution, many Chinese cities have banned fireworks. More than 500 cities have restrictions too. • 4. It is the longest Chinese holiday. • The Spring Festival is technically 15 days. But celebrations start on New Year’s Eve (making it 16 days). You can also say that the holiday season starts in (lunar) December with the Laba Festival (腊八节—là bā jié). That’s around 40 days of celebrations! Traditionally, you have to spend time with your family and can only go out after the 5th day. • 5. The Spring Festival causes the largest human migration in the world. • The most important part of Chinese New Year is the family reunion. Everyone should come back home for the New Year’s Eve dinner. But since in modern China, most elderly parents live in rural villages while their children work in the cities. The migration back home and to go on vacation is called chunyun (春运), or Spring Migration. • 6. No showering, sweeping or throwing out garbage allowed! • Showering isn’t allowed New Year’s Day. Sweeping and throwing out garbage isn’t allowed before the 5th. This is to make sure you don’t wash away the good luck! • What else is taboo during Chinese New Year? • Hair cutting (before February 2) • Using scissors, knives and other sharp things • Arguing, swearing • Saying unlucky words (such as “death” and “sickness”) • Breaking things • 7. Children receive lucky money in red envelopes. • In other cultures, children receive gifts for holidays. Gifts are also exchanged during the Spring Festival. But Chinese children receive something else too—red envelopes. • 8. Chinese New Year desserts have special meanings • A lot cultures have symbolic foods, such as the Yule Log cake. But so many Chinese New Year desserts have special meanings behind them. And it’s mostly puns in the name. Take the tangyuan for example. It literally means “soup balls.” But it sounds like tuanyuan (团圆), which means reunion. So it’s no surprise it’s a popular dessert during Chinese New Year. Nian gao (年糕) is a type of rice cake. It symbolizes success each and every year.Fa gao (发糕) is a the hybrid of sponge cakes and muffins. People dye it festive colors. The fa is the same as in fa cai (发财), which means “to get rich.” And everyone wants that! • 9. The Chinese decorate everything red for Chinese New Year. • Every family will deck their homes in this color. Red is an invaluable weapon to drive away Nian the monster, and used in nearly all Chinese New Year decorations. • 10. Every year has a zodiac animal. • Western horoscopes include 12 zodiacs, one for each month. There are 12 Chinese zodiacs as well, but the animal is for the entire year. 2020 is the year of rat. Your benming year (本命年—běn mìng nián) is the year of your zodiac animal. And of the 12 year cycle, it is the unluckiest for you.And your benming year is your rebirth year. During this year, your weapon of defense is the color red. • *************************************** • Please come and say hi to me on social media: • YouTube: / aaronplaysfunfacts • Instagram: / aaronplaysfunfacts • Facebook: / aaronplaysfunfacts • Twitter: / plays_ca • Snapchat: / aaronplays.ca • Tumblr: / aaronplaysfunfacts • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/aaronplaysfu... • *************************************** • You could help me share this video by posting on • YouTube: http://bit.ly/chinese_new_year_fact • Facebook: http://bit.ly/chinese_new_year_fact_fb • Twitter: http://bit.ly/chinese_new_year_fact_tw • *************************************** • Credits • Music from [China Electro] China-P (copyright free music) • Video • Thumbnail Background Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash • *************************************** • See you in the next video!

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