Chinese new year: Cheerio, rat year ...and bring on the strong, patient ox
FOR most of us it was a rat of a year we were glad to see the back of – but for the Chinese 2020 was the Year of the Rat, which was meant to bring wealth and surplus. And despite being in the early throes of coronavirus they celebrated en masse, with the Chinese diaspora around the world all joining in – before March and lockdowns hit home. A year on and this festival of fun, which blows our end-of-the-year celebrations out of the water by lasting a full 15 days – from New Year’s Eve, Thursday, February 11, to Friday, February 26 – will be different from any before.
Source: thenational.scot