“Gung Hei Fat Choi!” The Chinese New Year is coming. This year is the year of tiger. The next year would be the year of the rabbit. This essay is about the Chinese New Year.

This will tell you about the tradition about Chinese New Year. The purpose of Chinese New Year is to celebrate a New Year and the holiday isn originally from the oldest country in the world, China. The foods are chicken, turnip cake, rice cake; different types of vegetables are for the holiday. This is a fun tradition year by year.

Once upon a time there was a great race, upon who would be in the zodiac in the order of the places of the race. One night in the animal kingdom, the animals were arguing about whom is the fastest animal. The Emperor rang the bell and the race had begun. Every animal except the Cat was at the starting line. The Rat won the race, and the Cat was so mad that the Rat had not woke him up.
The Rat won the race because he was on the ox for about 97 percent through the race. When the Cat was mad, the Dog stopped the Cat from chasing the rat. That is why dogs chase cats and cats chase rats.

Here is a general walk-through of facts about the Chinese New Year. On Chinese New Year’s Eve, the family gets together and has a feast. On Chinese New Year’s Day, we have a vegetarian feast at the elder’s house. The married people gives out money to the unmarried people no matter how old they are. The colors of the holiday are gold and red, gold for rich and red for good luck. The
Chinese New Year is full of facts.

This general information essay about the Chinese New-Year tradition and story about the Chinese Zodiac. Remember that this year is the year of the dragon. The next year will be the year of snake. B E WA R E of your luck!