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- Chinese New Year 2021 is on Friday, February 12, the first day of the year for the Chinese lunar calendar also known as the Lunar New Year.
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6 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.
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Jan 31, 2022 · Tuesday 1 February marks the Lunar New Year for 2022 - celebrated in China, East Asia and across the world. The celebrations see people feast with relatives, watch parades and pray for good...
- 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.
[a] Chinese New Year is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture. It has influenced similar celebrations in other cultures, commonly referred to collectively as Lunar New Year, such as the Losar of Tibet, the Tết of Vietnam, the Korean New Year, and the Ryukyu New Year.
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.
Feb 12, 2021 · 2021 is a year of the Ox – the second of the 12-year cycle of animals in Chinese astrology -starting from 12 February (Chinese lunar New Year Day) and lasting until 30 January 2022.
Feb 12, 2021 · Chinese New Year celebrations have already begun, with millions of people marking the start of a new lunar year. The Spring Festival is the most important in the Chinese calendar and...
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