Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. Happy Chinese New Year. The Year of The Rat. Four thousand, seven hundred and six years is a long time to be keeping track of things. I used to watch Jeopardy a lot, and whenever they had a question about who invented something first, it was almost always…