1、1 Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people all over the world. It is also called the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year.The exact date of the Spring Festival on the Western calendar changes from year to year. However, Chinese New Year takes place between
2、 January 1 and February 19. On the Chinese calendar every year has an animals name. These animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. A Chinese legend says that these twelve animals had a race. The first year was named after the rat, the winner. T
3、he other eleven years were named according to the order in which the animals arrived in the race. The clever rat jumped onto the oxs back, and then at the end jumped over the oxs head to arrive first! The Chinese believe that a person born in a particular year has some of the characteristics of that animal. lunar 月(亮)的exact 确切的calendar 日历rat 鼠ox 公 牛rabbit 兔子ram 公羊rooster 公鸡legend 传说name after 按.命名particular 特殊的 characteristic 特征
