Chinese New Year Best Facts

2 chinese new year is based on the lunar calendar and begins on a different date every year.

Chinese new year best facts. Always in january or february. Chinese new year is the longest public holiday in china. This infographic by giraffe covers interesting facts about chinese new year get your infographic featured.

What s on weibo brings you 35 facts about chinese new year. 4 the chinese new year lands on the first day of the lunar month and continues for 15 days until the moon is full. It is a 16 day festival starting on the last day of the chinese calendar year and ending on the fifteenth day of the first month of the chinese new year.

Lanterns are hung up for decoration flying or floated ones in rivers. On the evening of the 15th when the moon becomes full february 8 2020 families gather for dinner and go down streets to watch fireworks and light lanterns. Kids receive red envelopes.

Each year has a zodiac animal sign. The world s population will be 7 7 billion for spring festival 2020 and over 2 billion celebrate it in some way even if it s just a national acknowledgment. The decorations are mostly in red.

1 6 of the world s people celebrate it. Here are 22 interesting facts about chinese new year. In 2017 the chinese new year will be celebrated on saturday january 28.

Its date changes every year. Note that it is also the longest festival in the chinese calendar. A new chinese year has just started.