Chinese New Year 2016 Cards

40 beautifully designed Chinese New Year 2016 Greeting Cards for your festive wishes!

Chinese New Year is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the lunar Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Spring Festival, the literal translation of the modern China name. Celebrations traditionally run from the eve to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first calendar month, making it one of the longest celebrated festivals. The first day of the New Year falls on some day between 21 January and 20 February.

The Chinese Lunar Year is centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions. Traditionally, the festival was a time to honour deities as well as ancestors. Chinese New Year is celebrated in countries and territories with significant including Mainland Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, and the Philippines.

Within China, regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the Happy vary widely. Often, the evening preceding Lunar Day is an occasion for Chinese families to gather for the annual reunion dinner. It is also traditional for every family to thoroughly cleanse the house, in order to sweep away any ill-fortune and to make way for great incoming luck. Windows and doors will be decorated with red color paper-cuts and couplets with popular themes of "good fortune" or "happiness", "wealth", and "longevity." Other activities include lighting firecrackers and giving money in Red Paper envelopes.

With Chinese New Year 2016 Cards app, you can use it to send CNY greetings to your family and friends. Have them use this fabulous app as well!