Chinese New Year 2016 – Year of the Monkey
Chinese New Year in 2016 is February 8th. This is the year of the monkey, to be precise the Fire Monkey.
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Chinese New Year 2014 – Year of the Horse
The Chinese New Year 2014 date is January 31st. 2014 is the year of the horse. Ji is the first of the ten celestial stems and ăwŭ (Horse) is the seventh of the twelve terrestrial branches and thus 1/7 marks the year of the Horse.
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Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year – First New Moon. Logically, the lunar New Year is the first new moon after the winter solstice (21st December).
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Welsh New Year – The Mari Lwyd Tradition
Mari Lwyd (Grey Mare). What distinguishes the Mari Lwyd celebrations from other New Year merriment is that the revellers challenge house-holders to a singing contest in Welsh.
