Culture
The reason why you shouldn't sweep the house on the first day of the year.
Sweeping away the good luck
The position of the animal representing this year in the zodiac cycle.
7th
The zodiac animal of this year.
Horse
These snacks contain a small piece of paper that tells you about what's going to happen.
Fortune cookies
Indonesia is home to these animals, the world's largest lizards.
Komodo dragons
In Chinese culture, people ignite fireworks or firecrackers for this spiritual reason.
Using loud noises to scare away evil and misfortune
The way the Rat ended up first in the zodiac signs in the folklore.
In the Chinese Zodiac Great Race, the Rat hitched a ride on the Ox's back and hopped off first as they reached shore
This empire relied on horse mobility to expand across Asia.
The Mongol Empire
During Lunar New Year, families in Vietnam and Thailand display this fruit on the altar or in front of the house for prosperity.
Orange, mandarin, or kumquat
This place in Vietnam is officially recognized as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.
Ha Long Bay
This is what Koreans call their Lunar New Year.
Seollal
12 Zodiac Signs represent 12 "Earthly Branches" (Chi/Dizhi). Together with "Heavenly Stems" (Can/Tiangan), they form a zodiac cycle. For example, I am a Yang Fire Rat, in which Yang Fire is a Heavenly Stem and Rat is an Earthly Branch. The number of "Heavenly Stems" there are.
10
Horses have these unique identifiers, just like fingerprints in humans.
Facial markings
This food is eaten in many Asian countries for long life; cutting it/them short is considered bad luck.
(Long) noodles
The year (year of the Academy Awards ceremony) the Korean movie Parasite became the first non-English language film to win an Oscar for Best Picture.
2020
Teacher(s)
The reason the Horse is after the Snake in the zodiac signs according to the folklore.
In the Chinese Zodiac Great Race, the Snake secured 6th place by cleverly hiding around the Horse’s hoof, startling it just before the finish line. The Horse, expecting to finish 6th, was surprised and landed in 7th place
A horse's hooves are made of this substance.
Keratin
In Chinese culture, people eat spring rolls/egg rolls for Lunar New Year because they resemble these things.
Gold bars
The name by which Thailand was formerly known until 1939.
Siam
The year when Lunar New Year was made national public holiday in Indonesia.
2003
Three animals in the zodiac signs that the animal representing this year isn't supposed to get along with.
Rat, Rabbit/Cat, and Chicken
This/these body part(s) of horses are the largest among land mammals.
Eyes
In Malaysian-Singaporean culture, this colorful dish is tossed high in the air with chopsticks to ask for rising prosperity.
Yusheng/Yee Sang/Raw fish salad
The "Four Great Inventions" of ancient China.
Paper, gunpowder, printing, and compass