Today is the official start of spring in the Chinese calendar, called Li Chun.

It's actually the real start of the new year, although we celebrate it a little later in the month on the 12th of February the actual transition is now, today!

The Western calendar puts the new year on the 31st jan in the period the Chinese associate with winter.

How can it be the beginning of the new if we are still in hibernation and deep in winter without the new growth and hope spring brings?

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