The occurrence of the year of the monkey will not happen until 2028, after all other 11 signs have been used up.
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“It’s a wonderful family-friendly event and it’s a way for us all to celebrate this city’s Chinese heritage and welcome in the Year of the Monkey”.
Several noteworthy tenants at Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls, New York, will be celebrating the Lunar New Year of 2016 with a variety of special promotions, offers and events through February 14. One of the five elements – gold (metal), water, wood, fire or earth – is also assigned to each new year. People born in these years are said to show characteristics of ambition and adventure, but are also irritable. During this period, many Chinese people began cleaning and preparing for the New Year celebration.
Chinese New Year is celebrated by nearly a sixth of the world. While China’s urban shoppers are buying more and more farm produce and specialties such as fermented meat and dried Chinese dates, the country’s rural residents have increasingly developed a taste for imported products and global brands.
They will be up for Sunday’s day of celebrations and will stay in place for around a week. At the end of the 20th century, Chinese leaders were more minded toward celebrations of the Chinese New Year. In 1949 under the rule of CCP Chinese leader Mao Zedong, the Chinese government banned the celebration of the traditional Chinese New Year and continued following the Gregorian calendar or “Western calendar”.
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Children are traditionally given red envelopes with money inside, which bring them good fortune and happiness and which they sleep with under their pillows.
