Why is this the year of the buffalo?

In this way, the celebration begins each season with an animal symbolizing it. During the celebration, the year of the Rat is set aside to begin the year of the Metal Ox.

This Southeast Asian animal symbolizes the prosperity obtained thanks to strength and work, while the material condition assigned to it this year by tradition involves silver and gold, associated with old age, autumn, the planet Venus, white color and dry weather.

The Chinese horoscope is ruled by the rotation of the moon and is composed of 12 signs represented by the following animals: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.

How the Chinese New Year Parade is conducted

The typical parades and fairs that are usually held in most capitals around the world for the celebration of the New Year have undergone changes this time due to measures aimed at containing the further advance of Covid-19.

This is the case in Argentina, the traditional parade that takes place in the Belgrano region, will not take place like every year.

The event in recent editions has attracted more than 500,000 people and has become the largest outdoor mass event for communities in Buenos Aires, so this year to maintain care, it was decided to celebrate virtually.

Instead, there will be intense activity on social media from different Chinese institutions, including the meeting where four generations of women from the community will tell the secrets of the New Year’s dinner and the tea ceremony, which can be followed from Friday the Youtube channel of the government of Buenos Aires.

How to watch the Chinese New Year celebration live

The typical visit of the dragons, which symbolizes wisdom, culture and wealth, took place this year without an audience on the 7th to be shared virtually on the 12th.

“Con el objetivo de mantener el festejo de una manera cuidada, el dragón chino -que simboliza la sabiduría, la cultura y la riquera- y los dos leones pasearon por los lugares más representativos y emblemáticos de la ciudad”, explicaron desde el Gobierno de the city.

The tour started at Avenida Belgrano and Tacuarí, later passing by the Obelisk, the Caminito, the Woman’s Bridge, the Interama Tower, the Planetarium and the Floralis Generica.

The event that will be broadcast on the city’s YouTube channel It was organized in collaboration with the Lung Chuan School led by Germán Bermúdez, which has performed traditional lion and dragon dances since 2008 at New Year’s events and other community festivities.