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2 days ago · Chinese New Year for the year 2021 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, February 12. This year the animal sign is the Ox. Chinese New Year is the first day of the New Year in the Chinese lunisolar calendar (Chinese traditional calendar). It is also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival.
Feb 10, 2021 · Travel and parties are discouraged in much of the world right now as the pandemic casts a shadow over the 2021 Lunar New Year. Find out how people are ushering in the Year of the Ox despite...
- Maggie Hiufu Wong
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- February 5th: Little New Year (小年—xiǎo nián) Before, social classes celebrated the Little New Year on different dates of the Chinese New Year calendar.
- February 11th: New Year’s Eve (除夕—chúxì) Depending on the cycle of the moon, New Year’s Eve falls either on the 29th or 30th on the Lunar December of the Chinese New Year calendar.
- February 12th: Spring Festival (春节—chūn jié) This day was originally known as the Yuán Dàn (元旦) as “yuán” means “the beginning.” Today, Yuán Dàn is used to refer to the New Year of the Solar (Gregorian) Calendar.
- February 13th: To the in-laws (迎婿日—yíng xù rì) In the northern regions of China, this day is celebrated on the 3rd of Lunar January of the Chinese New Year calendar.
Written by. Fabian Loo. Friday 29 January 2021. Chinese New Year celebrations are shaping up to be rather different amid ongoing safe distancing measures. The government announced on January...
- Fabian Loo
The first day of Chinese New Year begins on the new moon that appears between 21 January and 20 February. [a] Chinese New Year is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture.
- Spring Festival, Lunar New Year
- First day of the first lunar month
SM Lee Hsien Loong | 11 February 2021. In his Chinese New Year Message 2021, PM Lee Hsien Loong called on Singaporeans to continue remaining vigilant amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, despite a more subdued Chinese New Year period. Chinese New Year is a time for reunions and celebration.
The Lunar New Year date changes every year, falling no earlier than January 21 and no later than February 21. But why? Read our holiday news article on this very topic. What Do People Do? Lunar New Year is the most important and longest of all Chinese festivals, celebrated in Chinese and other East Asian communities worldwide.
