Chinese New Year by Mhirren

In China they celebrate Chinese new year by making a lot of noise to chase away the old year. Sometimes they watch a special dance called the lion dance. The lion dance is a performance performed by two of the best acrobats,the acrobat at the back has to be the strongest one. In the lion dance they jump from pole to pole instead of walking on a straight path. The lucky colours in China are red and gold. In China are some very important animals, these animals are the animals of the Chinese zodiac. It all started with a race by the lake and whoever came in 1st-12th place in the race would get a place on the zodiac. There was a pig, a rat, an ox, a cat, a dog, a horse, a rabbit, a monkey, a tiger, a rooster, a snake and a dragon. This year Chinese new year will take place on January 28 2017. They give each other a special red envelope with a gold coin inside it the envelope is very nicely decorated with the good luck symbol it looks like a person standing beside a house. Chinese new year is also called Spring festival. Chinese new year is one of the biggest celebration in the world.