For how many days is the Chinese New Year Celebrated?
Answer to Yesterday’s Question: 4705 and red pig (Dinghai). 4705 because the years are dated from the reign of the 1st king of China, the Yellow King who was crowned in 2697 B.C. Pig because each year is named after an animal based on a Chinese legend that the Buddha summoned all animals to him and only 12 arrived, those 12 each got a year on the cycle of years named after them based on when they arrived, as the pig is lazy he was last. And red based off the stem-branch system used in Chinese years, this year will be fire (a yang element) which correlated to red. (It is also the stem of ding and branch of hai.)
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