Chinese New Year Festival

Chinese new year in china.

Chinese new year festival. 2021 is a year of the ox according to chinese zodiac. In february chinese people are celebrating the chinese new year. As an official public holiday chinese people can get seven days absence from work from february 11th to 17th.

Lunar new year as it s based on lunar calender spring festival as it marks the beginning of spring lingvakids ru 3. For instance the third day of chinese new year is considered an unlucky day to host guests or go visit friends. The festival lasts for about 23 days ending on the 15th day of the first lunar month in the following year in the chinese calendar.

Chinese new year also known as spring festival or lunar new year is the grandest festival in china with a 7 day long holiday. The origins of this renaming from chinese new year to spring festival are fascinating and not widely known. Chinese new year 2021 falls on friday february 12 2021 beginning a year of the ox.

Chinese new year ends on the 15th day with the lantern festival not to be confused with the mid autumn festival moon festival which is sometimes also referred to as the lantern festival by chinese communities in southeast asia. The belief is that the loud noise of the firecrackers serves to scare nian the lion like monster who legend says rose from the sea for a feast of human flesh on the new year. Chinese new year celebrations also known as the spring festival in china start on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month of the chinese calendar.

The chinese new year of 2021 falls on february 12th friday and the festival will last to february 26th about 15 days in total. Festivities last until the following full moon. This centuries old holiday is filled with exciting traditions and rituals.

Is also called. In china new year celebrations are synonymous with spring festival 春节 or chūn jié which is typically a week long celebration. It is also the most important celebration for families and a week of an official public holiday.