What to know about Lunar New Year 2024, makes a huge amount of traffic over 1B people rush
Things to Know About Lunar New Year 2024
Over 1 billion people around the globe are celebrating the Lunar New Year, often referred to as Chinese New Year, this weekend. but everyone has heard the name Lunar New Year 2024, not Chinese new year
The festival is a time for family, friends, and feasting — often prompting the world’s largest annual migration of people. You can wish friends and colleagues a happy new year
Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, is celebrated in China and much of Asia, including Korea, Vietnam and Singapore, as well as among the global Asian diaspora.
The most common is a legend that the celebrations have their origins in an effort to scare away a beast called “Nian” (which means “year” in Chinese) which stalked cities and villages each spring,
attacking people. Because Nian was afraid of loud noises, fire and the color red, people used firecrackers and red paper to frighten the mythical creature away.
It is a largely secular holiday but includes cultural rituals that derive from Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, as well as from ancient myths and folk traditions.
Some of the world’s biggest Lunar New Year celebrations are now held outside Asia, with one of the most noteworthy in San Francisco.
In California, the festival was recognized for the first time as an official state holiday last year.Lanterns and gifts of money in red envelopes are ubiquitous, along with dragon dances
農曆新年快樂！！
HAPPY LUNA NEW YEAR 🧨🧨🧨
旧正月🧧🧧🧧 pic.twitter.com/11LAUIzhWq— キノコ(暁美シオン)@ヒカセン&先生 (@kinoko_shion) February 10, 2024
Celebrations for Lunar New Year are determined by the phases of the moon. Technically, the holiday begins during the second new moon after the winter solstice. As a result, it falls on different dates each year.
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