Chinese New Year Calendar Facts

Generally chinese new year s day the first day of the first chinese lunar month falls on different days in gregorian calendar.

Chinese new year calendar facts. 2021 new year falls on feb 12. There is a long running history of the chinese new year event from 220 to 1911 where more entertaining activities got introduced and despite its religious nature in the beginning the event became more about social gathering and entertainment. 2019 was the year of the pig the names of the chinese calendar are repeated every 60 years.

2021 is a year of the ox according to chinese zodiac. Discover the traditions taboos dishes and drinks that are part of china s most important holiday. The chinese new year is celebrated as the spring festival in china.

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. It is the nation s most important festival. The chinese new year is the most important and the longest celebration in the chinese calendar.

6 on the stroke of midnight on the chinese new year every door and window in a chinese house is opened to allow the old year to go out. Chinese new year starts a new animal s zodiac year. The chinese new year of 2021 falls on february 12th friday and the festival will last to february 26th about 15 days in total.

Rat ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse sheep monkey rooster dog and pig. As an official public holiday chinese people can get seven days absence from work from february 11th to 17th. 2021 is the year of the ox and 2022 is the year of the tiger.

It usually falls upon one day between january 21 and february 21 according to the gregorian calendar. The lunisolar chinese calendar determines the date of lunar new year. Chinese new year during the wei qing dynasty.