The Chinese New Year 2018 comes on the night from 15 to February 16. According to the Chinese calendar in 2018, the year of the yellow earthen dog is celebrated. According to tradition, the new year in China is celebrated several days. We tell you what is the holiday and why after the new year's offensive it is impossible to buy shoes and share congratulations in the bedroom.
01 When does the Chinese New Year comes in 2018?
According to the Chinese calendar, the year of the yellow earthen dog comes on the night from 15 to February 16, 2018. In the east, the New Year is one of the longest holidays, because the Chinese New Year lasts 15 days.
02 Why does Chinese New Year 2018 dedicated to the dog?
In China, from ancient times, use the lunar calendar. The Chinese New Year comes to the second new moon after the winter solstice.
In total, twelve symbol totems, which replace each other and form twelve-day cycles in the Chinese astrological calendar. Two more - five major elements (fire, water, wood, earth, metal) and two types of energy are superimposed on these cycles - Yin and Yang.
Coming on the night of February 16, the year of the dog - the eleventh in the 12-year cycle, his energy Yang, the year is also subject to the energy of the Earth, which in Chinese tradition is associated with yellow. Therefore, 2018 is dedicated to the yellow earthen dog.
03 How to celebrate the Chinese New Year?
This holiday is also called "meeting after separation", so the Chinese New Year is customary to meet with the family. At this time, the Chinese go on vacation, because celebrating the New Year taken from 11 to 15 days.
By the beginning of the Chinese New Year, people decorate at home and streets in accordance with national traditions. Clean the apartment and prepare a festive table - it helps to draw family gods. It is believed that dishes on the holiday should be a lot, be sure to prepare fish and chicken delicacies, rice, dumplings and beans.
In the Chinese New Year, it is customary to be gathered for a richly covered festive table, launch fireworks, give close gifts. In China, bright parades with dragons dancing are held on New Year's days.
04 What can not be done on the Chinese New Year 2018?
There are several prohibitions for the Chinese New Year. It is believed that before the new year, all debts should be distributed. There is also the same tradition for the Russians for the New Year. It is believed that it is not worth taking money to debt in the New Year, because it hurts financial state.
At the festive table you only need to talk about the future.
In the first days of the Chinese New Year, it is not necessary to make a cleaning in the house, so as not to push good luck. At this time, they do not advise you to wash and stroll, because you can "cut" or "wash" good luck. It is not recommended to use knives to "do not cut off" happiness.
It is believed that the Chinese New Year should not wash the head, because it can be washed away by good luck. And if a woman is envious.
The Chinese New Year needs to throw empty banks. If there are empty banks in the apartment, then you live in poverty.
It is believed to the Chinese New Year can not exchange congratulations in the bedroom. Otherwise, you risk attracting 33 misfortunes.
If you will cry and swear at the festive table, then you will live in tears all year.
How is the eastern calendar
Unlike the European tradition, when the beginning of the new year is timed to one unnecessary date, per night of December 31, on January 1, the Chinese New Year's date is constantly changing. This is explained by the fact that his countdown is conducted on observations of the phases of the Moon, which are constantly changing.The lunar calendar is considered ancient. Some historians believe that he was first created by ancient Sumera, the civilization of which existed in the Emirates and Tigger rivers in the IV-III millennium BC.
Numerous artifacts are evidenced by various ancient peoples. Thus, a number of researchers believe that the ancient Yakuts and the Aborigines of Nicobar Islands, located in the Malaysian area, also used the Phase of the Moon to calculate the annual cycle. The Chinese tradition of calculus in the lunar calendar began to be used approximately from the second millennium to our era.
Then she finally developed into a special system of the Chinese lunar calendar in the Han Epoch, which lasted from the 2nd century BC. up to 2 century AD It is according to it that an oriental horoscope is calculated and the 12th year cycle is carried out in which each time you have to calculate the exact time of the new year.
The spread of the lunar calendar in the ancient peoples is explained by the simplicity of the conduct of astronomical observations of the phases of the change of the moon, along which the ancients led their economic annual cycle. In the process of observing growth and loss of this celestial body, ancient people noticed how it affects the rivers, seas and lakes, on the development of plants, the state of a person.
Each ancient culture has seen its lunar calendar system. One of the most ancient cultural traditions of the year on the phases of the Moon is considered to be the Chinese system that has come down to our time.
New Year start date on the Eastern Calendar in 2019
The deep traditions of calculating the annual cycles along the lunar calendar and rapid modern globalization affect the modern peoples in different countries. Not only Russians celebrate both the European Day of the New Year holiday and the Chinese New Year. The Chinese also celebrate it on the European and Eastern style today. In order to correctly meet the arrival of the dominant symbol of the Chinese horoscope, you need to know when it starts and ends.
According to the lunar phases, the beginning of this year falls on February 5, 2019, and the end of January 25, 2020. Those who follow the predictions of the eastern horoscopes, the knowledge of these dates is especially necessary, as all forecasts for the new year depend on them. Knowing the beginning and end of the coming next annual cycle of the Eastern Zodiac, you can take into account the recommendations of astrologers for the signs of this ancient astrological system and more effectively apply such knowledge in your personal life.
The history of the celebration of the New Year in China
The traditions of conducting the counting of annual cycles in China along the lunar calendar has already been than 4 thousand years old. The Chinese love this holiday very much and are preparing for a whole year. New Year's celebrations in the PRC last 2 weeks. According to the existing tradition, they begin to celebrate from February 5 and celebrate until February 19 in the new year, although the official authorities have limited the days of the day from 4 to 10 February. According to the ancient Chinese system of the summer, not 2019 will begin on February 5, but 4717.
According to the lunar system of the annual cycle, the new year begins with the second new moon, coming after the winter solstice, when the day lasts the shortest time in the year - after December 22.
The Chinese usually celebrate this holiday in a circle of their relatives. They exchange with close people with gifts and go to visit, commemorate their ancestors and deceased relatives, launched in the sky glowing lanterns.
If tourists come to China for the new year, they receive a huge charge of extraordinary emotions and impressions. At this time between the winter and the spring, the whole convertible is transformed, the streets are singing with garlands and lanterns, the population wears the figures of multi-colored dragons, launches in the air in the evening fireworks and burning lanterns, dressing a tree of light. Essentially, the Chinese meet a new year in the spring, like most of the eastern peoples connecting their economic cycle with the pheasies of the Moon.
For those who also want to celebrate this holiday or visit the country at this time with tourist wit, you should know exactly how the Chinese New Year starts in 2019, and when it ends in China. During this period, you can contemplate many spectacular celebrations dedicated to its meeting. The ability to see all these festivities with your own eyes.
Such a trip will be a leading visit to the coming spring and will help break from white snow and cold Russian winter. New Year's China is an incredibly multi-colored and smiling country, the inhabitants of which are glad to meet the upcoming spring. It is not surprising that their New Year is called Chun Jie, that translated into Russian means - the holiday of spring.
Symbol of 2019 - Yellow Earthy Pig: Features of the Eastern Sign
The coming Chinese New Year 2019 will have to go under the sign of the yellow earthen pig. Although many Russians try to decorate with visual symbols with his image of the room and the New Year's Christmas trees by December 31, the sign of the Eastern Horoscope will come into their rights only from February 5, 2019.
According to the ancient astrological tradition, the subwayless oriental horoscope has large 12-year cycles, in which each year corresponds to a certain animal. The pig is considered the last animal of the 12-year cycle, as according to the legend, she came to the latter instead of a cat who had passed the time appointed all. Cat, tells the ancient Chinese legend, did not wake up the tricky rat, which is why these animals still lasts an irreconcilable conflict.
In total, in the eastern horoscope of China 12 of the sacred animals:
Rat;
Bull;
Tiger;
Rabbit;
The Dragon;
Snake;
Horse;
Sheep;
A monkey;
Cock;
Dog;
Pig.
Each year has its own color symbolism, which in every animal changes in different years. Colors denote natural elements and materials:
White - metal;
red - fire;
blue - water;
Yellow - Earth;
Green - tree.
On 12 signs there are 5 elements and as many colors. The new year 2019 is the yellow pig time, which finishes the old oriental cycle of 12 years. This is the time when a new period occurs in the life of each sign of the Eastern Horoscope.
Each person may hope to change in their lives that can be firmly connected with material well-being. The pig alone symbolizes the element of the Earth, and yellow color only enhances its materiality and craving for welfare.
This is one of the most friendly and funny animals of the Chinese horoscope. She is loved for the company's temper, the ability to appreciate material values, for pragmatism and sanity. The pig as a symbol of the Earth Element symbol is firmly on their short legs and can bring a person in the new year to good luck, well-being and material wealth, if it is correct to meet her arrival.
The Chinese themselves advise you to meet the year of the yellow pig necessarily in the circle of relatives and close and cheerful company for an abundant and beautifully served table. A great success and well-being This symbol carries everyone who is engaged in land work, and in China it is the main part of the population living in the village.
It is also believed that the coming year is favorable for the conclusion of happy marital unions. When the calendar year of the yellow pig begins, many Chinese try to negotiate the celebration of the wedding at that time, since, according to legends and customs, it is the symbol that patronizes happy and long marriage.
How to meet a year of yellow pig in Chinese traditions
According to the Chinese tradition, it is necessary to celebrate the year of yellow pig in the colors of natural shades:Yellow;
golden;
brown;
Rosiso-beige.
In the New Year's outfit, golden decorations must be present. This will help attract the attention of the earthen pig and guarantees good luck in obtaining material values.
The room should also be decorated using these shades. The traditional colors of the European New Year will quite harmoniously be combined with the shades of the earthen guide.
When serving a New Year's table, you need to take care that it is diverse. It is impossible to serve pork, but the rest of the varieties of meat must be present on the holiday table necessarily.
This symbol loves to eat, so do not save on the purchase of products and reduce the number of New Year's dishes. In addition to meat, you can apply dishes from vegetables, rice, legumes, fish and birds. Do not do without a delicious dessert. Pig is an omnivorous animal, therefore you need to put a variety of festive treats on the table. It is believed that this will attract its favor and material wealth in the coming 2019.
How to attract good luck and material wealth in the year of the yellow earthen pig
The Chinese horoscope is closely associated with the teaching on the distribution of vital energy Qi in the house, which in the Taoist tradition is called Feng Shui. The Chinese believe that with the help of the right placement of household items, you can make qi work for the benefit of a particular family and specific people. To do this, created the rules of Feng-Shui, which should be used in preparing the premises for the celebration of the New Year.
The Chinese, celebrating their new year for a whole 2 weeks, are thoroughly prepared for his meeting. A thorough cleaning is carried out in the house. All trash and unnecessary old things are taken out of the room. Each corner is literally washed off to sterility. All broken things and torn old clothes are thrown out.
Along with the cleaning of residential space, an internal world of interest is put in order. All the old accumulated insults need to be released, the people who have fallen themselves. This will help become more open new happiness and new energy of qi, permeating all living things.
It is believed that well-being and prosperity, which carries this energy of life, it gets faster along with sunlight into the removed room. Where in the house, order and cleanliness, welfare, health and happiness will be able to stay for a long time.
The Chinese also have an analogue of the European Christmas tree, which is dressed up and put in the house as a symbol of the upcoming New Year. It is called a tree of light. The Chinese put ordinary trees in their home instead of Christmas trees and pines. They are decorated with lanterns, ribbons and multi-colored envelopes. You can put such an elegantin in any corner of the house. When choosing a place, the family always comes and how wishes everyone wants to make a new year.
Installation is carried out according to science Feng Shui:
Southeast sector brings wealth and prosperity;
The eastern part of the house will bring peace and calm;
A tree in the southern part of residential space will attract fame and success in society;
Accommodation in the Center will help improve health;
The western sector will provide the addition of the family;
A tree in the northern part of the house will help career growth;
Accommodation in the North-East will open new horizons of wisdom and will stimulate intellectual activities throughout the year;
If such a symbol of the holiday spring put in the north-western part of the house, the hosts in the coming year are waiting for travel to distant countries.
Also around the house you need to put the step figurines of the coming year in that part of the residential premises, where the presence of the energy of qi is needed. Such chambers should stand all year, before the next annual cycle with a new symbol.
Compliance with all these rituals, according to the Chinese, ensures the attraction of good luck and success in life, allows you to properly use the vitality of qi. All who are interested in the Chinese tradition and the Eastern Horoscope may themselves on their own experience trying the effectiveness of data of Chinese rituals when meeting the European and Chinese New Year.
In China, the new year is celebrated twice: once - according to the European calendar, and the other - on the lunar. The Chinese New Year in 2019 will be celebrated in the lunar calendar. Traditionally, the date of the celebration of "floating". It depends on the state of the moon, so the Chinese meet Chun Jie every year (spring holiday) in different days.
This period for many people's inhabitants is the most beloved, and they look forward to when the celebration will begin, which lasts as many as 15 days.
When the new year begins in China
It is believed that the new period comes into account on the second new moon after the winter solstice, that is, after 21 or 22 December. In 2019, the New Year on the Chinese calendar comes on February 5. On this day, a series of bright events and a period of nationwide fun will begin.
For two weeks, the Chinese comply with traditions and customs. Every day a festive calendar is dedicated to something. For the new year, give relatives and close gifts, go to each other, honor the memory of the departed and lane in the sky. For Chinese culture lovers, this is the right time to visit the country. Cities are transformed, a festive bustle is buried on the streets, cultural events are undergoing.
Since the start date of the celebration is not hidden, it is not difficult to predict that the holiday will end on February 19, 2019. For information: In some areas, the weekend last is not 15 days, and just a week. At the end of the events, the hardworking people with new forces will begin work.
Symbol of 2019.
In the eastern horoscope every year has its own character in the form of an animal. In total, there are 12: rat, bull, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. Each of the characters assign the color of the natural element. He also changes. Distinguish 5 colors and elements:
- white - metal;
- blue - water;
- green - tree;
- red - fire;
- the land is indicated by yellow.
The Chinese calendar 2019 has a symbol of yellow (earthy) pig. According to the legend, the jodiac calendar jade emperor chose the most beautiful animals living on Earth. The pig fell by chance: he became a replacement of the cat, who recovered the reception of the Heavenly Emperor because of the fact that his rat woke him.
The pig is considered a company, friendly, but at the same time pragmatic. Therefore, celebrating the holiday is necessary in the fun company of the closest friends and relatives.
Residents of the Middle Kingdom expect from this year success in matters and in personal life. The pig loves to rummage in the ground, so 2019 will become favorable for people who are engaged in agriculture and work on Earth. Pig will be favored by those who decide to enter into the marriage union.
To meet the Chinese New Year under this sign, it is necessary to properly prepare. The color of the symbol is of great importance, so it is recommended to choose the clothes of yellow and brown shades for the festive outfit. The gold color is suitable for both dresses and the decor of the rooms. The pig loves acorns, so the creation of decorative compositions with them is welcomed.
An animal loves to eat, so the New Year's table should be rich. Dishes from vegetables, legumes, meat, birds and fish are welcome.
Secrets of the celebration of the Chinese New Year on Feng Shui
Today adherents of the Taoist Practice Fen Shui are becoming more and more. This practice helps to organize space in such a way that the favorable energy of Qi worked for the benefit of a person.
On the eve of the New Year, the Chinese people tried to follow the main rules of Feng Shui, so that in the future they were expected by luck and happiness.
Since the Chinese celebrate a holiday for more than two weeks, then preparation for the triumph is carried out thoroughly. According to ancient practice, the first thing to be done is to cleanse the house from the rubble, old unnecessary things. In front of the celebrations, the hostess is carried out general cleaning. Each corner is washed, broken items and old unnecessary clothing are thrown out. Everyone should put his thoughts in order, let go of the problem and forgive old resentment.
It is important that in the house there were pure windows, because the energy of qi is in the morning with sunlight in the premises. It must freely penetrate the room.
According to Feng Shui, it is necessary to correctly install the main home decoration - the tree of light. China is an ordinary tree decorated with red lanterns, envelopes and ribbons. Depending on the desires of the family, the implementation of which is scheduled for the coming year, the place for the tree in the house is selected:
- southeast Party is responsible for attracting welfare;
- eastern part - for peace and happiness in the family;
- the southern side of the light is glory and recognition in society;
- The light tree, installed in the center of the room, contributes to health and vitality;
- the western part of the room is chosen for the tree of those who wish to replenish the family;
- the northern side will help advance through the career ladder and achieve success in affairs;
- the northeastern part attracts energy stimulating mental activity;
- travel lovers is recommended to install the light tree in the north-western part.
According to ancient practice, in the house it is necessary to place figurines with a symbol of the upcoming year. They put them in that part of the room, the energy of which they want to attract into the house. It is important that at the end of the celebrations, you should not hide the statuette talismans. It is advisable to relate to them throughout the year.
Special attention should be given to gifts. They should not be expensive. You can give money, but it is desirable that the number of bills are equal to eight, as the eight is an infinity sign.
Eastern culture and Chinese traditions firmly arrived in our daily life, became our habits and traditions. Many people have become Eastern today to celebrate the New Year, others are not celebrating, but what animal corresponds to each coming year, tracks anyway.
The eastern calendar is based on the Chinese response, according to which each animal repetition cycle is 12 years. That is, the outgoing year of the dog next time will come in: 2018 + 12 \u003d 2030.
The onset of the year of the pig 2019 will determine the lunar calendar
In total animals in the Chinese calendar 12. The cycle has begun since the year of the rat, then the year of the bull, tiger, rabbit or cat, dragon, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, roosters, dogs, and the cycle of pigs is closed.From what animal corresponds to one or another period, determine which tests or surprises to wait soon. In the Chinese calendar, it is prescribed that from undertakings can be successful, and which is not worth doing in this period. In addition, the totem animal "will prompt" in choosing a good time for a particularly important event. It may be a wedding day, the day of conception of a child, buying a house, rest abroad, some serious projects, etc.
In our country, as in most other countries, the new year is made to celebrate on the last day of the outgoing year and on the first night of the next year. But for the Chinese it is not at all. The Chinese New Year is not a fixed date, it is associated with the lunar calendar, and this is the second new moon after December 21.
Raisted a holiday can one of the days since January 21 and ending February 20. For the Chinese, the cycle change is celebrated not one night, and as many as 2 weeks, and completing the celebration of the traditional holiday of the lantern.
The date of the new year of the pig in 2019 in China is connected with the turnover of Jupiter around the Sun
The coming new 2019 is the last in the cycle of 12 years, for which Jupiter turns around the sun once. Patron 2019 - Caban (or Pig). The Chinese also endow the cattle animal with elements and color, and therefore 2019 will be the year of the yellow earthen pig.All the characteristics of the year together and affect what undertakes will be successful in the new year, and what best to do with the next year. He will tell me the totem and behavior to maximize its potential, and sharp corners will help to bypass.
Thanks to this totem animal, it will be possible to summarize all the actions performed in the lunar-solar cycle and to understand how the direction for the next 12 years of the cycle should be. The pig for the Chinese calendar is equilibrium, patientity and hard work, and therefore such qualities of people will help them in the coming year to achieve success.
Celebrate the Year of Pig 2019 on the Chinese calendar needed by defined rules
Due to the fact that our and Chinese meeting does not coincide, it turns out that the whole of January 2018 remains an animal as a patron - a dog. And the yellow pig will enter their rights only 05.02.2019. On this night, a new turnover cycle around the daylight begins for Jupiter.On the night of February 5, there are people who adhere to the traditions of the East around the world will celebrate the arrival of the new 2019. In accordance with the elements of a totem animal and its color, the rules for holding the holiday are determined. They should be observed, and then all year the totem animal Yellow Earthen Pig will patronize a person and help him in everything.
The rules for the celebration of the new 2019 on the Eastern calendar are as follows:
The color of the clothes should be yellow or any shade of brown, you can also choose a green color.
With finances there will be a complete order, if under the New Year's Christmas tree put a bill, the denomination of which should be high.
Pork on the New Year's table is better not to put, any other meat - allowed. Rada pig will be abundant of fruits on the table, greenery and vegetables.
In accordance with the Eastern calendar, 2019 is a closing train of shocks and change. Further people are waiting for stability, consistency and in this regard, the family created in 2019 will be strong, a new place of work - stable and well paid, and a child born in 2019 will love labor, always seek his goal, and in a stressful situation It turns out morally stable.
The traditional and familiar Gregorian calendar, in accordance with which one year's change of one year is carried out on the night of January 1, radically different from the Chinese calendar.
This calendar is based on the specifics of the land flow cycle around the Sun, but on perennial astrological studies, as well as the characteristics itself.
Find out when the new year 2017 begins on the Chinese calendar, it is not difficult, this date falls on the 28th day of January, it is much more difficult to deal with all the intricacies of Asian Souls.
New Year 2017 on the Chinese calendar
The beginning of the next year on the Chinese calendar is associated with the change of season: the first month determines the awakening of nature and the beginning of agricultural work. And in order to clearly determine the start date of the new year, astrologists use a zodiacal circle.
The day when the first new moon occurs in the constellation of Aquarius, and is considered the first day of the coming year. This date varies, but always falls at a certain time interval varies from January 21 and until February 20.
Computing, we get that the new year 2017 on the Chinese calendar falls on January 28, 2018 in 3.06
The fiery rooster on the Chinese calendar will be replaced by a monkey.
The Chinese style celebration itself is also different. If Europeans have a new year celebrate one night, then in Asian countries, this process is stretched at once for ten days.
This is one of the most popular holidays not only in China, but also in many other Asian countries. The year ends also not traditionally. The year of Fiery Rooster is replaced December 31, 2017 and not even on January 28 minutes next year. Finally give way to the successor of a yellow dog Fire cock only 15 February 2018.
How to celebrate the New Year on the Chinese calendar
So, do not forget to celebrate the New Year 2017 on the Chinese calendar January 28, 2017! That's just the usual bossary feast as a holiday is not suitable.
In China, the new year is noted otherwise and the traditions of the celebration are directly related to the name of the celebrations, called Chun Tzu. It is believed that Chun is a mythical monster, seeking to destroy all living things, and he is afraid of noise and bright outbreaks. Because the onset of the year, the Chinese meet with songs, dances, noisy fireworks. Required the presence of garlands and slappers. The no more celebration, the further evil spirits.
