Chinese New Year 2018 begins on Feb. 16. Chinese artists perform a dragon dance at a local amusement park during celebrations for the Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, Feb. 19, 2015. Getty Images ...

How To Say Happy New Year In Chinese: 20 Inspirational Quotes, Sayings And Proverbs For Year Of The Monkey. By Adam Lidgett Published 02/07/16 AT 6:01 PM EST.

Some retell humorous folktales as proverbs for daily life. Others connect China’s 3,500-year-old written history, including pre-Qin dynasty writings like Confucian poetry classic Shijing (诗经 ...