Don’t know why exactly China, but being curious about different traditions, my attention stopped on one of these oriental countries.
All in red, as there, red colour is considered to be the one of the luckiest colours at all.
Decorated hanging lanterns – with good wishes written on them.
…These and many other on a main winter festival in China -> Chinese New Year – a big and important Chinese holiday.
Chinese New Year starts with the new Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the fool moon 15 days later (not surprising that Chinese New Year falls on a different day each year).
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Santa Claus in China is called Dun Che Lao Ren (dwyn-chuch-law-oh-run) – ”Christmas old man”.
Find out about taboos and superstitions of Chinese New Year on education2.
