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Chinese New Years When: Chinese Year 4710, is January 23, 2012. It's the year of the Dragon, the mightiest of Chinese Zodiac animal figures. It is a Yang (Positive) year. The date of Chinese New Years changes every year. It is a 15 day celebration, beginning on the first day of the new moon, and ends on the full moon. The celebration on the15th day is called the Chinese Lantern Festival. Chinese culture is amongst the oldest in the world. While the rest of the world is in the early years of but the third millennium, Chinese culture is in their fifth millennium. In Chinese astrology, every year is represented by an animal. The cycle is twelve years, with a different animal each year. This is the year of the "Rat". According to Chinese astrology, it is a "Yang" or positive year. Every person is born under one of these animals that also dictates your personality and character. To find out more about your sign, see Chinese Astrology. Chinese New years or Spring Festival, is the biggest holiday in chinese culture. It is celebrated with festivities, fireworks, brightly colored lights, special meals with family and gift giving. Like Christmas in the western world, most chinese travel home to be with family for the new year celebration. Other Asian New Years: Cambodian New Years, celebrated on April 14-16 Laos New Years, celebrated on April 13-15 Thailand News Years, celebrated on April 13-15 Vietnamese New Years, it's called "Tet" and is celebrated on the same days as Chinese New Years Flower of the Day: Chinese Lanterns Today's Recipe: Chinese Cabbage with Parsley More Information: Chinese New Years Chinese Holidays and New Years History of Chinese New Years Taboos and Superstitions of New Years Fun Stuff: Chinese Fortune Cookies The Fortune Pumpkin Now here is a different way to get a fortune! The Fortune Turkey And, yet another different way to "Gobble" up a fortune cookie online. Screensavers and Clipart: Chinese New Years Screensavers Ecards We've got you covered with free Ecards for Chinese New Years, and just about any other holiday, occasion, event, or no event at all! Other Links: Chinese Recipes Ferry Morse Seeds - Millions of gardeners trust Ferry Morse seeds, America's oldest and #1 selling seed with their famous  "Guarantee to Grow". Western New Years

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