Lunar New Year 2012

Lunar New Year is the most important celebration of the Chinese. Lunar New Year celebrations begin on the first day of first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: Zheng Yue) in the Chinese calendar and ends with Cap Go Meh 十五 冥 元宵节 on the date of the fifteenth (full moon). Lunar New Year's Eve is known as Chúxī which means "New Year's Eve".

In China, customs and traditions associated with the celebration of the Lunar New Year is very diverse. However, all of which share many common themes such as the banquet dinner on New Year's Eve, and the ignition of fireworks. Although the lunar calendar traditionally does not use numbers in malar, outside the Chinese calendar Chinese government often numbered from Huangdi. Now there are at least three years from 1 which is used by various experts, so that in the year 2009 AD "Chinese Year" can japada year 4707, 4706, or 4646.

Celebrated in areas with a population of ethnic Chinese, Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for Chinese people and have an influence on the New Year celebrations in China's geographic neighbors, as well as the culture that extends to interact with the Chinese. These include Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, and Japan (before 1873). In Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and other countries or regions with significant Han population, the Chinese New Year is also celebrated, and in varying degrees, have become part of traditional culture of these countries.This is picture I got took on vihara in Kuta.
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