Chinese New Year dragon, Hong Kong

Chinese New Year - often called the Chinese Lunar New Year, even if it is really lunisolar - is the most important traditional Chinese holidays. This is an All-East and South-East Asian Festival. In China, it is known as "Spring Festival", the literal translation of Chinese name  (pinyin: Chun Jie) due to the difference between Western and traditional Chinese methods of calculation of the seasons. It marks the end of the winter season, representing the Western Carnival. The festival begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zheng Yue) in the traditional Chinese calendar and ends with the Lantern Festival, which is 15 days. Chinese New Year, a day when Chinese families get together for their annual reunion dinner, known as Chu XI ) or "Eve of the passing year."

Celebration of Chinese New Year is the longest and largest of the Chinese lunar-solar calendar. The origin of Chinese New Year is itself a secular sense and profits due to various myths and traditions. Old Chinese New Year is a reflection on how people behave and what they thought was best.

Chinese New Year is celebrated in countries and territories with a population of China, as mainland China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Tibet, Macao, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and also in Chinatown elsewhere. Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had an influence on New Year's celebrations of its geographic neighbors, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These are the Koreans (Seollal) and Bhutan (Losar), Mongolians (Tsagaan Sar), Vietnam (Tet), and Japan before 1873 (Oshogatsu).

In countries such as Australia, Canada and the United States, although the Chinese New Year is a holiday, many ethnic Chinese hold large celebrations and Australia Post, Post of Canada and the U.S. Postal Service issue stamps on the theme of the year.

In China, varies with the regional customs and traditions to celebrate the Chinese New Year off. People will pour their money to buy presents, decoration materials, food and clothing. It is also the tradition that every family clean the house to sweep something bad fortune, hoping to make room for the incoming good luck. Windows and doors are decorated with red paper-cuts and couplets with themes popular "happiness", "wealth" and "life". On the eve of Chinese New Year is a festive dinner with families. Power include items such as pigs, ducks, chickens and sweet treats. The family will end the evening with fireworks. Early the next morning, children greet their parents wish them a Happy New Year and Happy, and receive money in red envelopes. The tradition of Chinese New Year is to unite, to forget all grudges and a sincere desire for peace and happiness for all.

Although the traditional Chinese calendar is not used continuously year numbered years outside of China is often numbered from the reign of the Yellow Emperor. But at least three different years numbered 1 are now used by different scholars, by the year 2011 "Year of China" 4709, 4708 or 4648th

Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) is one of the two major convention and exhibition venues in Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Expo. Located in Wan Chai North, Hong Kong Island. Built along the Victoria Harbour, which is connected by covered walkways to nearby hotels and commercial buildings. The site was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, in association with Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd. Larry Oltmanns led the design, a design partner with former Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.

The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre should not be confused with the Exhibition Centre of Hong Kong, another exhibition venue in Wan Chai North.

View over Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of the two Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of People's Republic of China (PRC), the other being Macau. A city-state located on the southeast coast of China and closed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, is famous for its natural harbor deep and broad view. With an area of ​​1,104 km2 (426 square miles) and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places on earth. Hong Kong's population is 95 percent ethnic Chinese and 5 percent other groups. Most Hong Kong are mainly Han Chinese city of Guangzhou and Taishan in Guangdong province near.

Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after the First Opium War (1839-1842). Initially limited to Hong Kong Island, the limits of the colony was extended to the stages of the Kowloon peninsula in 1860 and the New Territories in 1898. It was occupied by Japan during the Pacific War, after the British regained control until 1997, when China resumed sovereignty. The area is married with minimal government intervention in the spirit of non-intervention during the colonial era. The time great influence on the current culture of Hong Kong, often described as "East meets West", and the education system, which follows the system remotely in England until reforms in 2009.

According to the principle of "one country, two systems", Hong Kong has a different political system in mainland China. Independence of the judiciary in Hong Kong of their duties under common law. Basic Law of Hong Kong, its founding document, that Hong Kong is a "high degree of autonomy" in all matters except external affairs, military defense, regulates the political system. Although it is a fragile multi-party system, a small group of voters in half of the display of the legislature. 800 people, as the Election Commission elects the Director General of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

As one of the world's international leaders, the financial centers of Hong Kong has a service economy characterized by large capitalists low taxation and free trade and currency, the Hong Kong dollar, the currency is exchanged in the ninth world . Lack of space makes the demand for denser construction, which the city developed into a center of modern architecture and the vertical city in the world. The dense space has also led to a highly developed transportation network faster than the public transportation that travels 90 percent, the highest in the world. Hong Kong has many top international rankings in several respects. For example, economic freedom, economic competitiveness and financial quality of life, the perception of corruption, human development index, etc. are all very good rankings.

Traditional Chinese temple, Hong Kong

Wong Tai Sin Temple (simplified Chinese: great temple in Hong Kong, Traditional Chinese:; Mandarin pinyin: Huang Daxian CI; Jyutping: wong4 daai6 SIN1 CI4) is one of the most famous shrines in Hong Kong. It is dedicated to Wong Tai Sin, or the Great Immortal Wong. The 18 000 m² Taoist temple is famous for the many prayers said. "What you're asking what you get" (through a practice called Kau Cim temple is situated on the north side of Lion Rock in the north of Kowloon.