… reunite with their families during the New Year, and Koreans usually worship their ancestors. Various cultures also have different eating habits during the Lunar New Year. The Chinese usually make and eat traditional foods such as dumplings; … to measure time. To celebrate this feat, he summoned the animals of the world to a Great Race, in which the animals would have to cross a river to a designated finish line. The order in which they completed the race would determine the order of the calendar. The race began at dawn. Back then, the Cat and the Rat were friends, and they were both terrible swimmers. They convinced the Ox to let them ride on his …