Chinese New Year – Feb 1
Its Chinese New Year as it is February 1 in China, and that begins a 7 day public holiday celebrating the year of the tiger. Also known as the Spring Festival, there are a number of do’s and don’ts that have developed over the 3,500 years the holiday has been celebrated. As the New Year holiday can set the tone for the entire year, negative words are a no-no and breaking glass or similar items can break your connection to prosperity for the year as will sweeping, which should have been done before the holiday, but the gist of the holiday is for families to get together after being separated during the year for a feast to celebrate the new year, which usually means in excess of 1b people will be moving from one locations to another. Chinese New Year in 2020 came right before the COVID-19 outbreak, with ~1.5b people traveling but this year traveling for factory workers would require approval from a senior supervisory person or face a smaller year-end bonus, which will likely limit travel considerably, with the Chinese government being unusually careful about COVID-19 leading up to the Winter Olympics in Beijing. .
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