{"id":1809,"date":"2014-01-31T01:36:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T06:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/2013\/02\/10\/happy-chinese-new-year\/"},"modified":"2014-01-31T01:36:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T06:36:06","slug":"happy-chinese-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/2014\/01\/31\/happy-chinese-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Chinese New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Temple at night illuminated with light from decorations\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/5a\/Ke_Lok_Si_Illuminations_01.JPG\/220px-Ke_Lok_Si_Illuminations_01.JPG\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span>2014 is the year of the horse! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The most spectacular event of the <\/span><strong>Chinese New Year <\/strong><span>festivities is the Lion Dance. If there is a Chinatown in a city nearby you can visit and watch the &#8220;lion&#8221; dancing through the streets. Be prepared for lots of firecrackers! Although celebrations of the Chinese New Year may vary, the underlying message is one of peace and happiness for family members and friends. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.activityvillage.co.uk\/chinese_new_year.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.activityvillage.co.uk\/chinese_new_year.htm<\/a><span> for your fortune and more information about this celebration.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese New Year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[79,534],"class_list":["post-1809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chinese-new-year","tag-year-of-the-snake"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy Chinese New Year! 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