Happy Chinese New Year ...

I hope you have all had a nice week?

It has been busy here at Synchro ERP....

I have finalized the merchandise for CastExpo in April and have ordered some brilliant stuff, If your going make sure you stop by booth #1463 and grab a freebie!

The training Team have been out and about helping our wonderful customers.

The support team have been busy in the office and the MD's are on important business in the Isle of Man. 

It was our wonderful Sales and Marketing Director's birthday on the 31st January and Leah wanted to send her a special birthday message ...

Leah has kept me busy this week and her favorite activities were finger painting and swimming ....

So Chinese new year is nearly upon us and everyone here at Team Synchro would like to wish our Chinese customers a  Very Happy One.

Chinese New Year will begin on 10th February which marks the start of the new year of the Snake.

The year will be 4711 on the Chinese calender. 

Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival. 

It marks the end of the winter season and is the grandest and most important festival of the year. 

It is also the time for families to get together, which is similar with Christmas Day to westerners. 

Originating during the Shang Dynasty (about 17th - 11th century BC), Spring festival is full of rich and colorful activities, and new hopes with the advent of Spring and flowers blossoming.

Traditions...

As the Chinese use the lunar calender for their festivals the date of Chinese New Year changes from year to year. The date corresponds to the moon (black moon) in either late January or February - Traditionally celebrations last for 15 days, ending on the date of the full moon.

The Chinese zodiac follows a twelve year cycle, each of the years being named after an animal. The Chinese believe that people born on a particular year take on the characteristics of the animal associated with that year.

As always i hope you've been enjoying the Facebook posts.

Catch up next week :)

Victoria