It is lucky to send money in certain amounts, for example using the number eight, which in Chinese sounds like the word ‘prosper’.

Nowadays, many people send money electronically too. Red packets are used in China and Vietnam, as red is a lucky colour.

Older members of the family give younger ones cash presents, traditionally in small packets. The young people kneel on the ground and bow deeply. The younger generation greet their parents and grandparents with good wishes for the year ahead and show their respect for the older generation. A family celebrationĭifferent places celebrate in slightly different ways, but Lunar New Year is very much a family celebration wherever it takes place. The other eleven, in order, were the ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. The first to finish was the rat, so the first year is named after him. The Emperor rewarded them by naming the 12 years of the lunar calendar after them. Unfortunately, only 12 animals actually managed to get to the race. One day, the Emperor decided to have a race for all the animals in the country. A traditional story explains how this came to be. As well as being celebrated in China, Lunar New Year is also an important festival in many other places, including Vietnam, Singapore and Korea.Įach year is named after one of 12 animals. However, it is usually in January or February. The BBC reported on this situation in the Chinese version that the controversy over the name of 'New Year' was growing recently.Īt the same time, they introduced the opinions of experts that each person has a different culture, so they can have different terms.The lunar calendar is based on the cycles of the moon, so the date of Lunar New Year is different each year. In the UK, the expression 'Chinese New Year' has been widely used, but recently it is gradually changing to 'Lunar New Year' in that it is also a holiday in Korea and Vietnam.īritish Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also invited figures related to China, Korea and Vietnam while holding a Lunar New Year event at the Prime Minister's Office last week, and said 'Lunar New Year' during his speech. The British Museum's announcement of 'Chinese New Year' is against the recent trend in the UK. The British Museum proceeded with the event as scheduled at the time, but made some modifications, such as removing the expression 'Korean Lunar New Year' from the website notice and adding an explanation about the origin of the Lunar New Year. On the British Museum's social media, a well-known museum is helping Korea steal Chinese culture, and there is a 'Merry Korea Christmas' in the future.Ĭountless unreasonable comments have been posted, such as saying that it will be done.Īmong them, there were many identical expressions or pictures as if they were copied and pasted.Īfter the event, the British Museum's tweet disappeared, and this time, another recent post received thousands of similar criticism comments.Ĭomments are still going on even after saying 'Chinese New Year'. I received a comment attack close to terrorism. On the evening of the 20th ahead of Lunar New Year, the British Museum held events such as traditional Korean performances under the title of 'Celebrating Seollal Lunar New Year', wrote 'Korean Lunar new Year' on the promotional text, and was received from Chinese netizens on social media. He said, 'This year, we held a 'Seollal' (New Year's Day) event with the Shilla Ensemble, which is a Korean music and dance performance designed to show the tradition of enjoying the Lunar New Year in Korea.' The British Museum also wrote 'Chinese New Year' in the statement provided to the press.Ī spokesperson for the British Museum said: 'We celebrate Chinese New Year domestically and globally by holding events at the museum and wishing you well in the new year on our online platform.' The British Museum posted a picture of a Chinese Qing Dynasty woman holding a rabbit on various social media on the 22nd (local time) and wrote 'Chinese New Year' on the hashtag. The British Museum, which suffered from comment attacks after saying it was 'Korean Lunar New Year', hurriedly posted a Chinese picture on Twitter and made it official as 'Chinese New Year' to appease Chinese netizens.

Korean lunar new year saying