Many investors will be hoping the year of the Monkey brings a more positive outlook for markets with today marking the start of the Chinese New Year.
Advertisement
The Year of the Monkey is the ninth of the 12 animal signs in the Chinese zodiac calendar.
A little girl watches a lion dance during the celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Manhattan’s Chinatown in NY. REUTERS/Jason LeeA member of security personnel stands on duty on an empty train platform inside a station on the Subway Line Number 1 on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016.
Burning incense is a New Year’s tradition at Yuanmiaoguan temple in Huizhou, Guangdong province.
BEIJING-Chinese are flocking to temples and fairs to pray for good health and fortune on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday.
Salutations: Many Chinese speakers greet each other during the New Year with the popular phrase “Kung Hei Fat Choi” in Cantonese, and “Gong Xi Fa Cai” in Mandarin. The new Chinese year is the one to go bananas over.
Dalhousie hosts more students from China than from any country other than Canada.
Art galleries in the inner-city Auckland suburb of Parnell are getting into the spirit of the Year of the Monkey. “Chinese visitors to the museum increased about 30 percent a year ago”, Nora Gainer, director of Tourism Marketing, told Xinhua.
Unlike the New Year celebration per the Gregorian calendar, Chinese New Year is not a time for drunken revelry and sequined hats.
The UN Chief wished the Chinese people “success in the year of Monkey” in Chinese.
In connection with this, during the Spring Festival, China has been recorded to have the most trips outside the country thus, according to the recent study of China National Tourism Administration, Chinese helps their destination country’s growth. An award-winning producer and television host, People Magazine once dubbed her “the most famous woman in China”.
Advertisement
In Japan’s Kobe, celebration of the Chinese Spring Festival and visits by Chinese consumers this year have both added vigor and vitality to Nanjing town, the second largest Chinatown in Japan, as well as economic benefits to the region.
