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Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Happy Chinese New Year!

According to the Chinese calender it is the year 4706.

Get your own Chinese name here.Here are some things that may bring you good or bad luck for your new year:

Good Luck

• Opening windows and/or doors is considered to bring in the good luck of the new year.
• Switching on the lights for the night is considered good luck to 'scare away' ghosts and spirits of misfortune that may compromise the luck and fortune of the new year.
• Sweets are eaten to ensure the consumer a "sweet" year.
• Some believe that what happens on the first day of the new year reflects the rest of the year to come. Asians will often gamble at the beginning of the year, hoping to get luck and prosperity.

Bad Luck

• Washing your hair is also considered to be washing away one's own luck (although modern hygienic concerns take precedence over this tradition)
• Sweeping the floor is usually forbidden on the first day, as it will sweep away the good fortune and luck for the new year.
• Talking about death is inappropriate for the first few days of Chinese New Year, as it is considered inauspicious as well.
• Avoid clothes in black and white, as black is a symbol of bad luck, and white is a traditional funeral color.

Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality.
It is the Year of the Rat. So here are some qualities of those who were born (and to be born this year) under the sign of the Rat.
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Here is another chart for you to check out your own birth year.