[Trending Now] 10 things that everyone should know about the year 2016! MUST READ!

As we welcome another year, people can't help but to get curious about what are the new serts of lucky colors, numbers, dates and of course everyone's curious about what's bound to happen this year! 

Here are the things that you need to know about the year 2016:

1. In the Chinese Calendar, 2016 is the year of the Red Fire Monkey that will officially start on February 8, 2016.

2. The year of the Red Fire Monkey will end on January 27, 2017.

3. 2016 is now being tagged as the 'Game Changer' year. Feng Shui experts claim that this is the right time to change your decisions and to move forward.

4. The 2016's element is fire, in short, this year will surely be bright and blazing! 

5. The lucky colors for the year 2016 are bright red, light blue, white and of course gold.

6. The luckiest direction will be WEST. Experts advised people to take things towards the west! 

7. 2016's lucky charm is called Pi Yao or Bixie which is a Chinese mythical creature that somehow looks like a lion with little wings.

8. For Chinese, there are certain lucky hours:

Monkey hours: 3-5pm

Dragon hours: 7-9am

Snake hours: 9-11am

Rat hours: 11pm-1am

9. The lucky numbers are 4, 6 and 9. However, experts claim that 9 stands out because the monkey is the ninth zodiac sign.

10. The lucky flowers for 2016 are crape myrtle and chrysanthemum! 

Source: EliteReaders