The
New Year is a time for a new beginning and it is a celebration around the
world—held at different times in different ways, but always a look forward.. This year China will usher in the Year of the
Horse on January 31—thirty-one days after Americans welcome 2014 with the
parties, fireworks and noise makers.
Chinese
New Year is an important Chinese holiday and is also known as the Spring
Festival in 1913. Chinese New Year’s Eve
is the last day of the last month of the Chinese calendar and the celebration
lasts through the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first
month. Regional customs celebrate with
parades and public celebrations, but also include a time for families to gather
together in a “reunion dinner”. The
family prepares for this meal by thoroughly cleaning the house the sweep away
any ill-fortune to make way for the good incoming luck. They decorate red colored paper with popular
themes of good fortune, happiness, wealth, and longevity. They light firecrackers and give money in red
paper envelopes. Each of the fifteen
days of the celebration has a special focus.
The Year
of the Horse recognizes the spirit of the horse as it is related to the Chinese
people's ethos – making unremitting efforts to improve themselves. It is
energetic, bright, warm-hearted, intelligent and able.
People
born in the year of the horse have ingenious communication skills and in their
community they always want to be in the limelight. They are clever and kind to
others. Although they sometimes talk too much, they are cheerful, perceptive,
talented, earthy but stubborn. They like entertainment and large crowds. They
are popular among friends, active at work and refuse to be reconciled to
failure, although their endeavor cannot last indefinitely
They
cannot bear too much constraint. However their interest may be only superficial
and lacking real substance. They are
usually impatient and hot blooded about everything other than their daily work.
They are independent and rarely listen
to advice. They usually have strong
endurance but with bad temper. Flamboyant by nature, they are wasteful since
they are not good with matters of finance.
Some of those who are born in the horse like to move in glamorous circles
while pursuing high profile careers.
We
encourage you to take the time to celebrate Chinese New Year with your
youth—take pictures and let us know how it went. Send them to support@consultfourkids.com
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