LUNAR NEW YEAR FITNESS CARDIO

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Lunar New Year 2021FITNESS

LUNAR NEW YEAR FITNESS

The Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in China. In 2021, Lunar New Year will begin on February 12. Tied to the Chinese lunar calendar, the holiday was traditionally a time to honor household and heavenly deities as well as ancestors. It was also a time to bring family together for feasting.Lunar New Year typically begins with the new moon that occurs between the end of January and the end of February, and it lasts about 15 days, until the full moon arrives with the Festival of Lanterns.

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Purpose: to learn and explore the celebration of the Lunar New Year. Also to challenge your cardiovascular system to see if you can get your heart rate up and maintain it.

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Since the Lunar New Year is marked by characteristics of the 12 zodiac animals, your job is to answer questions about the lunar new year to reveal the 2021 zodiac animal. Be ready to move after the correct response. Your goal is to challenge your aerobic capacity.

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LUNARNEW YEAR FITNESS

In China, another name for the Chinese New Year is the LUNAR NEW YEAR

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The term LUNAR NEW YEAR comes from the ancient Chinese lunar calendar, on which Chinese New Year is based, functioned as a religious, dynastic and social guide.

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The 15th day of the New Year is called the Cherry Festival

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The Lunar New Year typically begins with the new moon that occurs between the end of January and the end of February, and it lasts about 15 days, until the full moon arrives with the FESTIVAL OF LANTERNS

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There are 13 animal signs in the Chinese calendar

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The Chinese calendar also included the Chinese zodiac, the cycle of twelve stations or “signs” along the apparent path of the sun through the cosmos.Each new year was marked by the characteristics of one of the 12 zodiac animals: the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.

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The Lunar New Year lasts 15 days.

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The Lunar New Year typically begins with the new moon that occurs between the end of January and the end of February, and it lasts about 15 days.

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The color commonly used for Lunar New Year decorations are yellow.

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The origins of the Lunar New Year are steeped in legend. One legend is that thousands of years ago a monster named Nian (“Year”) would attack villagers at the beginning of each new year. The monster was afraid of loud noises, bright lights, and the color RED, so those things were used to chase the beast away. Celebrations to usher out the old year and bring forth the luck and prosperity of the new one, therefore, often include firecrackers, fireworks, and red clothes and decorations.

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The Lunar New Year is associated with the season of winter.

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Though being in winter for most of China, the Lunar New Year is popularly known as the Spring Festival in China. Because it starts from the Beginning of Spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coordination with the changes of Nature) and marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring.

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According to Chinese customs during the Lunar New Year, you are to supposed to sweep the house to ward off evil.

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Traditonally, many Chinese people believe that the year's start affects the whole year, so the Chinese Spring Festival is a season of superstitions. One superstion being that sweeping up on New Year's Day is bad luck because one will "sweep all your luck away".

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From newborn babies to teenagers, for the Lunar New Year, they received money as gifts in red envelopes.

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Like at Christmas in other countries, people exchange gifts during the Spring Festival. In rural areas and for older people the New Year gift giving tradition is still strong. The most common New Year gifts are red envelopes. Red envelopes have money in, and are believed to bring good luck because they are red. They are given to children and retirees

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CONGRATULATIONS

THIS LUNAR NEW YEAR IS THE YEAR OF THE OX!

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RESOURCES

https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/special-report/chinese-new-year/https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/chinese-new-yearhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Chinese-New-Yearhttps://www.kidsworldfun.com/quiz/chinese-new-year-quiz.phphttps://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/holidays/chinese-new-year.htm