Chinese New Year Facts You Probably Don't Know

Chinese new year is celebrated by 1/5 of the world's population. Subscribe to AOQ: /c/allourquestions This is how you write Happy New Year in Chinese: 新年快乐 1.Chinese new year is a festival that 1/5th of the worlds population celebrates. 2. It starts on the first day of the lunar month and keeps going for 15 days until the moon is full...so every year, the exact day it starts is different but it always falls between January 21 and February 20. 3.This holiday is responsible for the worlds largest amount of fireworks usage and a lot of chinese believe that the sound and light from the fireworks scares away evil spirits. 4. Chinese new year causes over a billion people to travel which makes this time of hyear the largest annual migration of human beings. 5. At the stroke of midnight it's common that every door and window is open so that the old year can leave and the new year can make it's way in. 6. The Chinese have been celebrating this holiday for more than 4,000 years. 7. Every chinese new year is named after one of 12 animals. Every 12 years they go through that list and then it starts again. 2016 is the year of the monkey. 8. The Chinese new year parade in San Francisco is the biggest celebration for Chinese new year outside of Asia. 9. In 2014 a mistranslated new years greeting by the BBC said "welcome to the year of the whores" instead of "welcome to the year of the horse." 10. This is how you write Happy New Year in Chinese: 新年快乐 ==================================== Subscribe to All Our Questions: /c/allourquestions ==================================== Check out my video tips channel: /user/NickNimmin ==================================== If you enjoyed this list of facts about Chinese New Year remember to share it!

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