The organization Asian American Community Services and the Franklinton brewery are teaming up to host a Lunar New Year celebration. Land-Grant Brewing Company: 5-10 p.m., 424 West Town St. In Columbus, there are events people can check out Tuesday if they wish to celebrate or are just interested in learning more about the holiday. Where can I celebrate Lunar New Year in Columbus? The water tiger comes up every 60 years and represents strength, clearing away evil and bravery. While last year was the Year of the Ox, this year's animal is the water tiger. Each year is associated with an animal that corresponds to an element. In addition to the animals, five elements of earth, water, fire, wood and metal are also mapped onto the traditional lunar calendar. What is this year's zodiac animal?Īnother large part about the holiday are the zodiac animals.Įach year in the lunar calendar is represented by one of 12 zodiac animals included in the cycle of 12 stations or “signs” along the apparent path of the sun through the cosmos. The 12 zodiac animals consist of the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. Families also continuously spend time with one another during each of the days, Yang said. Tết Nguyên Đán is a week long, and Seollal in South Korea goes for three days. In China, the celebration lasts 15 days, with the Spring Lantern Festival on the final day. "This is a new start, so now we welcome it with new energy." How long is Lunar New Year?
"We want to send away all the bad things, evil spirits," Xiaohua Yang, professor and director of the China Business Studies Initiative at the University of San Francisco, told USA TODAY. Lunar New Year allows people to put the past behind and look forward to a fresh start. More: Celebrate the Chinese New Year with pork-and-shrimp dumplings What does Lunar New Year celebrate? 1 as the beginning of the new year – Lunar New Year doesn't always start on the same day. This Lunar New Year is on Feb. Unlike the Gregorian calendar – which has Jan.
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The New Year usually begins with the first new moon that occurs between the end of January and early February, and in China it spans the first 15 days of the first month of the lunar calendar - until the full moon arrives. The United States is also home to some celebrations. Overall, about 1.5 billion people across the world will take part in the festivities. The holiday began as a time for feasting and to honor household and heavenly deities, as well as ancestors, according to . People may know the holiday as Chinese New Year, Vietnam's Tết Nguyên Đán or South Korea's Seollal.
Lunar New Year is one of the most significant celebrations of the year among east and southeast Asian cultures, such as the Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean communities. As the month of February begins, millions of people across the world will be celebrating the start of a new year.
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