Tomorrow is the start of the Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival. This festival starts on the first day of the first lunar month (on the Chinese calendar) and it ends on the fifteenth day of this month. This period is traditionally full of celebrations, family visits, special foods and fireworks. It’s one of the more important Chinese festivals and everybody will take the time to celebrate, especially during the first three days of the festival.This time is obviously not the best for arranging meetings and trying to make business deals. Also travelling within China is not recommended since many Chinese will go back to their hometown and every form of public transportation will be overloaded with families and bags full of presents and food. The best option is probably to stay where you are and try to see some of the local festivities such as fireworks and dragon dances. (more…)