Chinese New Year Festival

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chinese_New_Year_Festival

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:festival
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Lunar_New_Year gptkb:Spring_Festival
gptkbp:celebratedIn	gptkb:Brunei gptkb:China gptkb:Hong_Kong gptkb:Indonesia gptkb:Korea gptkb:Macau gptkb:Malaysia gptkb:Mongolia gptkb:Philippines gptkb:Singapore gptkb:Taiwan gptkb:Thailand gptkb:Vietnam Chinese diaspora worldwide
gptkbp:customs	visiting relatives and friends cleaning the house decorating with red couplets giving red envelopes (hongbao) staying up late on New Year's Eve
gptkbp:duration	15 days
gptkbp:endDate	15th day of the Chinese lunar calendar
gptkbp:holiday	gptkb:public_holiday
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Chinese New Year Festival
gptkbp:mainEvent	gptkb:fireworks gptkb:lion dragon dance family reunion dinner temple fairs ancestral worship lantern festival red envelope giving
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Chinese_folk_religion
gptkbp:significance	honoring ancestors time for family reunion marks the beginning of the new year on the traditional Chinese calendar
gptkbp:startDate	first day of the Chinese lunar calendar
gptkbp:symbol	firecrackers lanterns red color Chinese zodiac animals
gptkbp:traditionalFood	gptkb:fish gptkb:rice dumplings spring rolls sweet rice balls
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Melbourne_Chinatown gptkb:Huntington_Library
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5