Chinese New Year Birthday

The goddess nüwa created human beings by molding them from clay.

Chinese new year birthday. I ve had a very busy 2018 so far. In traditional chinese age counting system your age increases by one year on chinese new year and not on the day of your birthday. Therefore when compared to english calendar you ll be older according to chinese year calendar.

Most chinese people use lunar new year as the start of the zodiac year. Chinese age is calculated differently while for most people around the world age at birth is calculated at zero for the chinese being born means automatically turning one. The year of the rat started on jan 25 2020.

Roxy carissa in their chinese dresses during our family lunar new celebration. It s considered a big event not just in china but its neighboring countries as well. Chinese lunar new year falls between january 21 and february 20.

Families hold annual reunion dinner thoroughly declutter their homes and do ritual sacrifices to attract good fortune. Start of spring day 1 of the solar year the first day of the first solar term in the traditional chinese solar calendar which falls in the period february 3 5. The second day of chinese new year is for the ancestors and dieties and is the birthday of all dogs.

February 20 2018. The chinese lunar new year day is from the chinese lunar calendar. Chinese new year my birthday.

The calendar is also used in countries that have been influenced by or have relations with china such as korea japan and vietnam though occasionally the date celebrated may differ by one day or even one moon cycle due to using a meridian based on a different capital city in a different time zone or different. The number of days per year is less in a chinese calendar. It is also known as the lunar new year or the spring festival.