{"id":143188,"date":"2017-01-28T07:27:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T05:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=143188"},"modified":"2017-01-28T07:32:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T05:32:39","slug":"juicy-tidbits-year-of-the-fire-rooster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/opinion-edition\/2017\/01\/28\/juicy-tidbits-year-of-the-fire-rooster\/","title":{"rendered":"Juicy Tidbits &#8211; Year of the Fire Rooster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the sun rose on January 28 the Year of the Fire Rooster began.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese New Year is one of the most colourful events on the global calendar and is a holiday when people take to the streets, both in China and across the globe, to celebrate the New Year.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The celebrations started of Friday,\u00a0January 27, and will continue for around two weeks &#8211; ending on February 2 \u2013 and the year will last until February 15, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese New Year takes place on a different date each year because it is based on the lunar calendar, but normally falls between January 21 and February 20.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The global celebrations are an explosion of light and sound &#8211; involving bell ringing, lighting firecrackers, and watching traditional lion dances.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese families also gather together for a reunion dinner on New Year&#8217;s Eve, and clean their houses to sweep away bad fortune on New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, children\u00a0would be given red envelopes stuffed with &#8216;lucky money&#8217; and positive wishes on New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>This year the New Year is symbolised by the Fire Rooster, which last fell in 1957.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to remember that not all Roosters are equal &#8211; there are five different types, each with different characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>Fire Roosters are known for being trustworthy, punctual and responsible, especially at work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you celebrate Chinese New Year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you know what your Chinese zodiac animal is?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='1849bc2fa7850764fcfe45f75ae17b52'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, January 28, is Chinese New Year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":143189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Leigh Hodgson ","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8518,6],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730],"class_list":["post-143188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-opinion-edition","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Opinion","SubCategory":"Blogs"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/557"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}