Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

Picture Taken by Yus Nikon 

Location : Bandar Seri Begawan

Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darknest day. New Year Festivities traditionally start on the first day of the month and continue until the fifteenth. 

Chinese new year is the longest and most important Celebration in the Chinese calendar. 

In china, people may take weeks of holiday from work to prepare for and celebration the new year 

On Chinese New year Celebrations,The fireworks that shower the Festivities are rooted in a similar ancient custom

Firework and Family feasts

At Chinese New Year celebration people wear red clothes, decorates with poems on red paper, and give children ' lucky money' in red envelopes. Red symbolizes fire, which according to legend can drive away bad luck. 

The fireworks that shower the festivities are rooted in a similar ancient custom. Long ago, people in China lit bamboo stalks, Believing that the crackling flames would frighten evil spirits.