Chinese New Year follows the lunar calendar and celebrates the beginning of the new year according to the cycles of the moon. Chinese families all across the world find Chinese New Year to be the most important holiday of the year. The holiday includes activities like gift giving, eating symbolic foods, having big family reunions and decorating homes with many different festive decorations. All of these traditions are designed to celebrate the coming of a prosperous spring and help to bring good luck and health in the coming New Year.

Each year, Chinese New Year falls on a different day of the Julian calendar, which is the most widely used calendar in the world. Although China has officially been using the Julian calendar since 1912, the lunar calendar remains as their symbolic method to determining the exact time of the traditional holidays like Chinese New Year, Lantern festival, Spirit festival etc.

It is a custom for a family who celebrates Chinese New Year, to thoroughly clean their home from top to bottom before decorating for the New Yera. The meaning is to clear out any bad luck that may have accumulated and to get your house ready for the good luck to come with the New Year. Then decorations, tapistries and posters are hung displaying characters meaning “Luck”, “Prosperity”, “Health” and “Wealth.”

Giving gifts of money in red packets is part of Chinese tradition as well. Most common is for adults to give the children and grandchildren money to symbolize prosperity and wealth for the coming year. Chinese New Year cards can are also included in the tradition for when family members want to include a personal message or to stay in touch with family living in other areas.

Chinese New Year cards offer you the opportunity to reflect the special holiday spirit that you can enjoy with your friends and family members you hold closest to your heart. This Chinese New Year is the year of the Dragon, signifying power and fortune in the coming year. Whether you send a Happy Year Of The Dragon card or a Chinese New Year photo card with your own family photo, your friends and family members will truly appreciate the heart filled message from you in this festive holiday season.

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