Help me with the Chinese New Year?!!!!!!

[teamaiden]

Hey I heard that there's Chinese new year. I don't know why there's a chinese year starting in early febuary or in late january. How comes there's a new year and a Chinese New Year? Do they celebrate both??Can you explain to me how you guys celebrate Chinese New Year?Where you get the red cards? confused confused (If you live in NYC, tell me!)
*In the poll there's no sheep and pig just comment if your chinese origin are one of them!*(sorry gaia wont let me add no more than 10 options)  

[Princess Rhode]

There's Chinese New Year because we have a different calendar. Or something.
/horrible at explaining.
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What red cards?

 

[Wingedvalkrie]

26th January, it goes for 2 weeks.
Chinese follow a different thing from western. Celebrate by praying [but i cbb hehe], seeing relatives, red packets, give cards and crazy feasts.  

[Minielf]

The Chinese generally follow the lunar calendar, which sometimes varies from the solar calendar considerably. Thus Chinese New Years can take place on different dates depending on the year involved. Red cards are usually given by friends and relatives to other friends and relatives. It's all very complex.

I assume that you must be non-Asian, or at least non-Chinese, because all Chinese should be familiar with the New Year customs.  

[Blind Oracle]

yeah, chinese have a more complicated calendar. new year is different each year and is either in january or febuary. apparently, next year's is the same day as valentine's day. and by red cards i assume you mean the red envelopes. you can buy them in most chinese stores, even supermarkets. they are given out by married people to the younger, unmarried generation. if i recall correctly, it usually contains money in which the the tens digits must be even(but not four. example: 20,60, etc.). i think red envelopes with odd numbered amounts of money is given at funerals, but i'm not too sure. but as of now, amount doesn't usually matter.  

[mymiridon]

hmm... currently I'm obsessed with food. Everyone tell me what you eat during new years and holidays. I usually have seafood or whatever's available since we don't have an asian market close by TT  

[Riza Hawkeye 100]

You don't have the sheep or the boar in your poll.