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Chinese New Year - Dragon Year - Block of 5 stamps
Are you from the Dragon's astrological sign? So this is your year from February 10, 2024 until January 28, 2025.
On all corners of the globe, Asian communities celebrated on February 10, 2024, the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Wood Dragon. For several weeks now, streets and buildings have been dressed in red, a symbol of happiness and prosperity. Lanterns are suspended everywhere and duilian, strips of fabric or calligraphy paper reflecting wishes, are attached to the entrance doors. On New Year's Eve, everyone is with their family for the most important meal of the year, the "dinner of the reunion". The composition of the menu leaves nothing to chance, food favouring good fortune is in the spotlight ... The festivities will last for a fortnight, punctuated by fireworks, public celebrations, family visits, exchanges of gifts, donations of money slipped in red envelopes, lucky color.
According to Chinese astrology, we are entering the Year of the Dragon, and more specifically the Wooden Dragon. An emblem of the Chinese emperors, the dragon is associated with power and luck. Courageous, optimistic, determined, the native of the Dragon is particularly ambitious. If he tends to run headlong, the wood element calms its ardor, soothing its domineering character. He instils in her a creativity and an open mind that facilitates her relationship with others. More sociable and benevolent than the other Dragons, the Wood Dragon shows great inner strength and shines with its vivacity of mind. In its wake, the other animals of the zodiac, gaining self-confidence, will benefit from its charisma and ambitious challenges to make 2024 an exuberant year, nourished by big projects, curiosity and audacity.