Xiao Nian and The Chinese New Year
Xiao Nian and The Chinese New Year The first year in China makes for a lot of questions that are sometimes hard or difficult to find the answers to. With the new year swiftly approaching, it is appropriate that guests in this country are accustomed or informed on the traditions and interesting practices that people revolve this month long holiday around. “ Xiao Nian ”, or “Small Year“ in English, is the week or so before the actually Lunar Calendar New Year. It is probably just as important and significant as the New Year itself in a way, this usually occurs in late January or early February. Firstly it is important to recognize that although China follows both the Lunar Calendar year and the Georgian Calendar year. The Lunar Calendar year is traditionally the Calendar year followed more closely due to its practicality in farming and the country’s crop production. The Lunar Calendar year follows the earth’s rotation around the sun where ad the Georgian Calendar is a Solar calendar