| New Years first appeared in the period of emperors | | | | the New Year is celebrated in April for three days |
| when it was used by the emperors to memorize the | | | | and the major tradition is to throw water to other |
| beginning and the ending of the year. The coming | | | | people which mean the purity of the soul. In China, |
| New Year always makes us feel quite excited and | | | | Korea and Vietnam, New Year is celebrated in |
| we also have many expectations and resolutions for | | | | January or February. And people usually wear fresh |
| the New Year. The celebration for this festival | | | | clothing and prepare a meal for the whole family to |
| becomes a worldwide custom, and people adopt a lot | | | | celebrate the coming year. But in Tibet, the date |
| of ways to celebrate this important festival. But the | | | | depends on the Tibetan calendar and people will give |
| exact date of New Years and the ways vary a lot | | | | food to the monks to get some kind of wishes. And |
| according to different religions. | | | | they will also dance and use fireworks. |
| For the Christian, they celebrate on January 1st and | | | | There are also some other kinds of celebrations of |
| the traditions including the New Year Baby, the Auld | | | | different religions to celebrate the New Year. And |
| Lang Syne song, and the resolutions for the coming | | | | the symbols or images they used are all related to |
| year. And the crackers and other fireworks are also | | | | the specific religion. Most of them will refresh their |
| the important part of the New Year festival. The | | | | houses or buy new clothes for the special day. And |
| New Year Baby is a image of the rebirth and is | | | | nearly all the people will hold different activities in |
| mostly displayed by Christians. The special song is | | | | order to get best wishes or good luck in the coming |
| often sang by a group on the New Years Eve and | | | | year. |
| there are also some other activities like having | | | | Most countries in the world have the New Year on |
| black-eyed peas. The fireworks are first used to | | | | January 1, but different countries of different religions |
| scare away the evils, but they are now used to | | | | have differences in the celebrations of New Year, |
| make happiness and fun. When the clock strike 12 at | | | | and most of the activities show people' best wishes |
| the midnight, people will hug or kiss each other and | | | | and happiness for the coming year. No matter what |
| say happy New Year. | | | | happened in the last year, we should be hopeful and |
| For the people in different countries of Buddhism, the | | | | confident in doing better in the coming year. |
| date of New Year can be quite different. In Thailand, | | | | |