1. The festival date changes every year.
2. It is also called the Spring Festival.
3. Chinese New Year starts a new animal zodiac.
4. The celebration lasts for 15 days until the Lantern Festival.
5. One sixth of the world's people celebrate it.
6. It is the longest public holiday and the whole country is on the move...not matter where they are, people try their best to return home for a family reunion, just like us westerners!
7. Reunion dinner is a ritual.
8. Then comes the largest usage of fireworks on the planet...only because there are so many Chinese and they don't all live in China! There is a large Chinese population in Georgetown and Chinese new Year was in full swing while we were here.
9. The celebration decorations are mostly in red.
10."Guo Nian Hao" is one of the most used Chinese New Year sayings. It means "happy New Year"!
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