Here’s what you need to know about the most important annual holiday in China
Canadians across the country and people around the world kicked off the first day of Lunar New Year celebrations Sunday and welcomed the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit.
This Lunar New Year begins Jan. 22 and spans over 15 days from the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ending on the first full moon.The Year of the Tiger has now come to a close as the lunar calendar moves on to its fourth year in the Chinese zodiac cycle – the Year of the Rabbit. While communities across Asia are welcoming the Year of the Rabbit, the Vietnamese are instead celebrating the Year of the Cat. There’s no official answer to explain the difference, but one theory suggests cats are popular because they often help Vietnamese rice farmers to chase away rats.For the past three years, Lunar New Year celebrations were muted in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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