Chinese New Year follows the lunar calendar and lasts 15 days. Bet the Gregorian calendar is jealous.
We eat delicious food puns.
Fish in Chinese is pronounced yú, which sounds like the word for surplus. We prepare a whole fish, head to tail, on New Year's Eve, but we don't eat it to ensure there is plenty of luck for the following year. It's the whole damn fish as no one wants just a filet of good fortune.
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All red everything.
Red is the happiest color on the Chinese color wheel. It symbolizes luck, joy, and all the best things. Red is EVERYWHERE during New Years. We wear red. We decorate our homes with red. We keep it lucky.
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