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May 26, 2024 · Find out when Chinese New Year 2021 is celebrated and what animal sign it is. Learn about the lunisolar calendar, the festival activities and the dates for future years.
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...
- 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.
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.
Feb 12, 2021 · What is the Chinese New Year 2021 animal and what does it mean? 2021 is a year of the Ox – the second of the 12-year cycle of animals in Chinese astrology -starting from 12 February...
Jan 31, 2022 · 31 January 2022. By Wanyuan Song & Jeremy Howell,BBC News. Getty Images. Tuesday 1 February marks the Lunar New Year for 2022 - celebrated in China, East Asia and across the world. The...
Definition. The Lunar New Year is an event celebrated by billions of people across the world on the first new moon of their calendar. Although often referred to as "Lunar New Year" in English, this is a misnomer, as it refers to both celebrations based on a lunar calendar as well as a lunisolar calendar.
