Happy Chinese New Year's Eve 2014
Today marks the end of a happy Year of the Snake. Tomorrow we will begin a new 马年 (Mǎ nián | Year of the Horse). Over the next 15 days, we will be posting a variety of topics related to this new year such as the origin of the horse (coming tomorrow) and various idioms and poems involving horses. Be sure to follow Better Chinese on Facebook and Pinterest if you want to see what we cover each day.
Last year, we talked about the origin of various traditions across the 15 days of Chinese New Year. Here's a quick rundown in case you're interested in the summary:
- 除夕 and the story of Nian
- 拜年 and the story of “Red Envelopes”
- CNY Day 2: Married Daughters Return
- CNY Day 3: 老鼠娶亲 The Little Mouse Bride
- CNY Day 4: Who’s 灶王爷? The Kitchen God?
- CNY Day 5: The God of Wealth 迎财神
- CNY Day 6: Sending Poverty Away 送穷
- CNY Day 7: Happy Birthday to Us
- CNY Day 8: The Birthday of the Crops 谷日 (gǔ rì)
- CNY Day 9: The Birthday of the Jade Emperor 天日
- CNY Day 10: The Birthday of Stones 石头节 (shí tou jié)
- CNY Day 11: Preparing for the Lantern Festival 元宵节
- CNY Day 12: The Origin of Yuan Xiao 元宵
- CNY Day 13: Riddles and More 对灯联 猜灯谜
- CNY Day 14: Making Paper Lanterns
- CNY Day 15: The Story Behind Lantern’s Day Happy Chinese New Year's Eve! 新年快乐！
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