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Chinese New Year 2016: What does the Year of the Monkey mean?

January 24, 2016 by Geist Escrigui 1 Comment

With the advent of 2016, the Chinese New Year is almost beginning and in tandem with the Chinese zodiac, it is the Monkey’s Year. It is set to start on Monday, 8th February. If this year is to be the Year of the Monkey what does that mean? The Chinese Zodiac. The Chinese zodiac is […]

Tiger dancers and a surprising New Year twist

January 23, 2012 by Andrew Leave a Comment

It’s the Chinese New Year today. May the Year of the Dragon be a good one for you. Although these two dancing puppets aren’t dragons – they’re Chinese tigers – it’s still a good time to share the video. The two dancing tigers start of dancing to some traditional Chinese music but that doens’t last […]

5 Chinese Dragons to celebrate New Year

January 22, 2012 by Andrew Leave a Comment

When is the Chinese New Year in 2012? The Chinese New Year is Monday, 23 January. That’s right. Chinese New Year is today. There are five different time zones in China. They range from UTC+5 to UTC+8. That means the first parts of China celebrate New Year at about 4pm GMT on Sunday the 22nd. […]

Alignment: Valentine’s Day is also the Chinese New Year

February 13, 2010 by Andrew Leave a Comment

When is the Chinese New Year this year? It’s February the 14th. That’s right; the Chinese New Year will happen on the same date as Valentine’s Day.

This alignment is pretty rare; it will happen again in 38 years time.

This year is the year of the Tiger.

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