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| - Chinese New Year is a year-long Kogo event which switches over in February on the New Year. During the year a Special Kogo can be found within the Kogo Park and as a rare on the Daily Chance Wheel. Previously, a Plush toy of the animal was also released either in the Donation Shop, or late in the Garden Patio Cafe.
- In January 2009 five other items were added to the line in celebration of Chinese new year. One of these items was the Ox Statue.
- 2007 Year of the Pig featured on February 13, 2007 edition of "The Colbert Report"
- Chinese New Year (), or Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year (), is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an important holiday in East Asia. The festival proper begins on the first day of the first lunar month () in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called the Lantern festival (). Chinese New Year's Eve is known as Chúxì (除夕). Chu literally means "change" and xi means "Eve".
- Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the Lunar Calendar. The origin of Chinese New Year is itself centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions. Ancient Chinese New Year is a reflection on how the people behaved and what they believed in the most. Outside of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, Chinese New Year is also celebrated in countries with significant Han Chinese populations, such as Singapore, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand.
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| - Chinese New Year (), or Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year (), is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an important holiday in East Asia. The festival proper begins on the first day of the first lunar month () in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called the Lantern festival (). Chinese New Year's Eve is known as Chúxì (除夕). Chu literally means "change" and xi means "Eve". Celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese, Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had a strong influence on the new year celebrations of its neighbours. These include Koreans, Mongolians, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Vietnamese, and formerly the Japanese before 1873. In countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and other countries with significant Chinese populations, the Chinese New Year is also celebrated, largely by overseas Chinese, but it is not part of the traditional cultures of these countries. In Thailand, for example, the true New Year celebration of the ethnic Thais is Songkran, which is totally different and is celebrated in April. The period around Chinese New Year is also the time of the largest human migration, when migrant workers in China, as well as overseas Chinese around the world travel home to have reunion dinners with their families on Chinese New Year's eve. More interurban trips are taken in mainland China in this 40-day period than the total population of China.
- Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the Lunar Calendar. The origin of Chinese New Year is itself centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions. Ancient Chinese New Year is a reflection on how the people behaved and what they believed in the most. Celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese, Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbors, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include Koreans, Vietnamese (Tết), and formerly the Japanese before 1873. Outside of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, Chinese New Year is also celebrated in countries with significant Han Chinese populations, such as Singapore, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. In Canada, although Chinese New Year is not an official holiday, many ethnic Chinese hold large celebrations and Canada Post issues New Year's themed stamps in domestic and international rates. Within China, regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the Chinese new year vary widely. People will pour out their money to buy presents, decorations, food, and clothing. It is also the tradition that every family thoroughly cleans the house to sweep away any ill-fortune in hopes to make way for good incoming luck. Windows and doors will be decorated with red colour paper-cuts and couplets with popular themes of “happiness”, “wealth”, and “longevity”. On the Eve of Chinese New Year, supper is a feast with families. Food will range from pork, to duck, chicken and sweet delicacies. The family will end the night with firecrackers. Early the next morning, children will greet their parents by wishing them a healthy and happy new year, and receive money in red paper envelopes. The Chinese New Year tradition is a great way to reconcile forgetting all grudges, and sincerely wish peace and happiness for everyone.
- Chinese New Year is a year-long Kogo event which switches over in February on the New Year. During the year a Special Kogo can be found within the Kogo Park and as a rare on the Daily Chance Wheel. Previously, a Plush toy of the animal was also released either in the Donation Shop, or late in the Garden Patio Cafe.
- In January 2009 five other items were added to the line in celebration of Chinese new year. One of these items was the Ox Statue.
- 2007 Year of the Pig featured on February 13, 2007 edition of "The Colbert Report"
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