China Gets Ready To Usher In The Year Of Goat/Sheep

Meera Dolasia
Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:17:13 -0800

Like most Asian countries, China has numerous festivals. However none is celebrated with as much enthusiasm as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, which begins on Thursday, February 19th. The age-old tradition that will usher in the year 4713, was started to celebrate the advent of spring. Today it is the longest and the most significant of all Chinese festivals.