{"id":1880,"date":"2022-01-31T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2022-01-26T12:04:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T12:04:35","slug":"lunar-new-year-1-15-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2022\/01\/31\/lunar-new-year-1-15-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunar New Year 1-15 February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/01\/ch1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/01\/ch1.png 318w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/01\/ch1-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 85vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>X\u012bnni\u00e1n h\u01ceo \u65b0\u5e74\u597d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, Lunar or Chinese New Year falls on 1 February, although celebrations will typically last 16 days, starting from Chinese New Year\u2019s Eve (31 January) until 15 February . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/01\/ch2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/01\/ch2.jpg 355w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/01\/ch2-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 85vw, 355px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This year is Year of the Tiger. The tiger is known to be king of all beasts in China and comes third in the Chinese zodiac. The qualities associated with the tiger are competitive, self-confident, brave and with great willpower and strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/01\/ch3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1883\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year on the Chinese calendar is linked to one of 12 zodiac animals, each with their own specific characteristics. The twelve animals are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cycle is based on an old folk tale called the Great Race. All twelve animals take part in a race to reach the Jade Emperor. The order they completed the race is the order in which the years are named. The Rat won out against the bigger animals by catching a ride on the back of the ox and then jumping off its back at the last minute. So the Ox, who had been due to win the race, had to settle for second place and the others fill in the places behind, with the Pig coming last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"272\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022\/01\/lanterns.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1885\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The final day of the celebrations is marked by the Lantern Festival with many people letting paper lanterns off into the sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X\u012bnni\u00e1n h\u01ceo \u65b0\u5e74\u597d This year, Lunar or Chinese New Year falls on 1 February, although celebrations will typically last 16 days, starting from Chinese New Year\u2019s Eve (31 January) until 15 February . This year is Year of the Tiger. The tiger is known to be king of all beasts in China and comes third &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2022\/01\/31\/lunar-new-year-1-15-february\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lunar New Year 1-15 February&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":1882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-celebration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1886,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions\/1886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}