Chinese New Year 2014: the horse gallops in ... the snake exits ...

It is also the beginning of the lunar year and begins on a different day each year. Celebrations, stretching over the 15 days, include family dinners, visitations, lion and dragon dances, "ang pows" (red packets with money are given to children and unmarried adults) and feastings.

The Chinese calendar does not use numbered years but some Chinese scholars date it from the third millennium BC. According to different opinions, this year of the horse is 4712, 4711 or 4651.
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