Year Of The Rat

Gong Xi Fa Cai. Heng ah! Ah ah! Huat ah!

Every Lunar Year is represented by a zodiac animal sign. In 2020, the first day of the Chinese New Year will be on Saturday, 25 January, initiating the Year of the Metal Rat. It will start from January 25 and lasting to 2021 Lunar New Year’s Eve on February 11. The Year of the Rat is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 子. Rat ranks first in the 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac signs followed by Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, then Pig. The Years of the Rat include 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020, 2032...

Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the oldest traditional festival in China which marks the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese calendar and is one of several Lunar New Years in Asia.

In Greater China, Chinese New Year is a major holiday and has strongly influenced the lunar new year celebrations of China's neighbouring cultures, including the Korean New Year (seol), the Tết of Vietnam, and the Losar of Tibet. It is also celebrated in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Mauritius, as well as many in North America and Europe.

Chinese New Year celebration is always an exhilarating, joyous, and colourful occasion. The two weeks long festival is synonymous with family gatherings, fireworks and firecrackers, traditional lion dances with drums, dragon dances, feasts, red envelopes or the hong bao, people fill their homes with red Chinese New Year decorations, Chinese New Year flowers and fruit to promote wealth, longevity, good fortune, and happiness.

Symbolic activities are carried out, such as a thorough clean of the house before the New Year starts, ancestor worship and Yu Sheng or the Prosperity Toss on the New Year’s eve, Shou Sui, Bai Nian, giving Red Packet or Hong Bao,

The 15th day or the Lantern Festival (Yuan Xiao festival), marks the end of the New Year celebrations and also coincides with the first full moon of the new lunar year. During the night, congregations of flying, lit, paper lanterns are commonly seen in public places at lantern fairs, which are usually held at temples.

Since Lunar New Year celebration gathers family members and friends from every corner of the world, we present you Year Of The Rat app. Exchange greetings face to face and also send online New Year greetings to families, friends and loved ones near and far.

Our Year Of The Rat app present you the following features;

• Attractive online greeting cards collection

• Birth year and Zodiac sign

• Chat room

• Important dates and festival throughout the year

• Spring Festival Traditions information

• Lunar New Year information

• Rat zodiac sign

• Many more interesting features

Thank you for supporting our app. We hope you enjoy this app as it helps to strengthen and reinforce your family relationships, brotherhoods and friendships during the festival.

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May you have a Prosperous New Year.

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