Today marks the start of the Chinese New Year celebrations which has seen millions of Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese ringing in the new year with fireworks, dancing, rituals and feasting that will traditional last for 15 days. Each day of the festival has a particular role with participants abiding to traditional beliefs for each one of these, for instance the 3rd day is considered as a bad day to socialize and on the 8th day a family dinner is hosted to mark the birthday of the Jade Emperor. The celebration is then finally closed out on the 15 day with the Lantern festival where people leave lanterns and candles outside there houses to help guide the spirits back home.
2012 is the year of the water dragon which is perceived as a mystical and auspicious creature in Chinese cultures and this year is expected to bring prosperity and transformational change.
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