In Singapore, the Chinese New Year is celebrated primarily by Chinese Singaporeans, or members of the Chinese diaspora located there, who make up over... 16 KB (1,800 words) - 10:12, 22 April 2024 |
A Chinese New Year film (simplified Chinese: 贺岁片; traditional Chinese: 賀歲片, Mandarin: hèsuìpiān, Cantonese: ho6seoi3pin3) refers to movies usually released... 11 KB (1,071 words) - 04:56, 13 January 2024 |
variants of Chinese ones such as the Shixian calendar of the Ming dynasty. China and Japan use different terms for their respective new years, such as... 26 KB (2,829 words) - 06:25, 21 April 2024 |
The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the Chinese calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in... 59 KB (4,448 words) - 06:45, 24 April 2024 |
Rabbit (zodiac) (redirect from Rabbit (Chinese zodiac)) fourth in the twelve-year periodic sequence (cycle) of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Rabbit is... 5 KB (222 words) - 23:35, 25 April 2024 |
Chinese New Zealanders (Māori: Tāngata Hainamana o Aotearoa; simplified Chinese: 纽西兰华人; traditional Chinese: 紐西蘭華人; pinyin: Niǔxīlán Huárén) or Sino-New... 32 KB (3,270 words) - 12:35, 23 April 2024 |
Tiger (zodiac) (redirect from Tiger (Chinese zodiac)) (虎) is the third of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Tiger is associated... 6 KB (151 words) - 12:04, 18 March 2024 |
Tết (redirect from Vietnamese New Year) same day as Chinese New Year (also called Spring Festival), with the one-hour time difference between Vietnam and China resulting in the new moon occurring... 37 KB (3,817 words) - 20:50, 19 April 2024 |
Red envelope (redirect from New Year gift money) off evil spirits. In Chinese, the red packet is also called "money warding off old age" (壓歲錢; yāsuì qián) for Chinese New Year. The act of requesting... 24 KB (2,519 words) - 00:50, 24 April 2024 |
traditional Chinese holidays are an essential part of harvests or prayer offerings. The most important Chinese holiday is the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)... 8 KB (335 words) - 17:26, 11 March 2024 |
Rat (zodiac) (redirect from Rat (Chinese zodiac)) the first of the repeating 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac, constituting part of the Chinese calendar system (with similar... 14 KB (1,346 words) - 12:04, 18 March 2024 |
Gavin Menzies (redirect from 1421: the Year China Discovered the New World) for his controversial book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World, in which he asserts that the fleets of Chinese Admiral Zheng He visited the Americas... 31 KB (3,282 words) - 14:40, 3 April 2024 |
The Five-Year Plans (Chinese: 五年计划; pinyin: Wǔnián Jìhuà) are a series of social and economic development initiatives issued by the Chinese Communist Party... 26 KB (3,119 words) - 17:09, 14 April 2024 |
Songkran (Thailand) (redirect from Thai New Year) discussed above. The Chinese zodiac for each year is also given since it is also used in Thai astrology. However, the Chinese zodiac in Chinese astrology changes... 62 KB (6,861 words) - 05:03, 29 April 2024 |
Goat (zodiac) (redirect from Ram (Chinese zodiac)) zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. This zodiacal sign is often referred to as the "Ram" or "Sheep" sign, since the Chinese word yáng is more accurately... 10 KB (898 words) - 18:04, 20 March 2024 |
Nian gao (redirect from New Year cake) Nian gao (Chinese: 年糕; pinyin: niángāo; Jyutping: nin4 gou1), sometimes translated as year cake or New Year cake or Chinese New Year's cake, is a food... 20 KB (2,243 words) - 14:19, 21 March 2024 |
Duilian (poetry) (redirect from New Year couplets) In Chinese poetry, a duilian (simplified Chinese: 对联; traditional Chinese: 對聯; pinyin: duìlián) is a pair of lines of poetry which adhere to certain rules... 6 KB (503 words) - 09:53, 14 August 2023 |
Pig (zodiac) (redirect from Pig (Chinese zodiac)) the Boar is the twelfth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in Chinese zodiac, in relation to the Chinese calendar and system of horology, and... 13 KB (1,307 words) - 23:28, 2 April 2024 |
virtually the same time as the new year celebrations of many countries in South Asia such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, China (Dai People of Yunnan Province)... 7 KB (818 words) - 17:43, 6 April 2024 |