The Chinese New Year 2018 starts on the new moon day of the first Chinese lunar month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar system.
When is the Chinese new year?
Chinese new year starts on Friday, February 16, 2018.
Chinese calendar combines solar, lunar and 60 Stem-Branch counting systems.
The 60 Stem-Branch calendar uses the names of Yin-Yang Five Elements (Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth) and 12 animals to rank the sequences.
2018 – Year of the Dog
2018 Chinese Brown Dog year starts on February 4, 2018.
The year 2018 is the Chinese Year of the Dog belonging to the element earth, thus called Yang Male Earth Dog.
The Dog is the eleventh animal of the Chinese zodiac and the Male Earth Dog is the 35th Stem-Branch in the cycle thus 2018 Earth Dog Year is the 4715th Chinese Year.
Year of the Dog starts from the date when the sun enters the 315th degree of the tropical zodiac. This day is around February 4, each year.
Those born under this sign are said to be loyal, happy, and playful but sometimes stubborn.
Driven by a sense of duty and justice, and disinterested in wealth or power, these sympathetic people put the well-being of others above all else.
Red, green, and purple are the lucky colours for those born in the Year of the Dog.Their lucky numbers are 3, 4, and 9.
Chinese new year 2018 Stamps
CANADA
Canada post celebrates the Year of the Dog with a stamp and Souvenir Sheet.
The stamps feature an illustration of a red dog on a glowing lantern. In the lower left is the Chinese character for a dog, gou.
The scroll-shaped souvenir sheet which bears the international-rate stamp features an illustration of a golden dog on a glowing red lantern.
Above the stamp, set over an image of several red lanterns, are the words ‘Year of the Dog’ in English and French, and a traditional Lunar New Year greeting in Chinese characters.
The souvenir sheet is embossed and gold foil has been used to highlight details.
The Official First Day cover bears the domestic stamp from this issue and is postmarked in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Title: Year of the Dog Stamps
Date of Issue: 15 January 2018
Denominations: Permanent, $2.50
Source: Canada Post
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