Chinese New Year Lunar Calendar

In 2021 chinese new year begins on february 12th and ends february 26th with the lantern festival.

Chinese new year lunar calendar. It is also called the lunar calendar yin calendar xia calendar or the old chinese calendar. China public holidays include the new year s day chinese spring festival from lunar new year s eve to the sixth day of the new year qingming festival may day the dragon boat festival mid autumn festival and the national day from oct 1 to oct 7 holidays except the chinese spring festival and national day are usually 3 day holiday that are created by combine the weekends. The lunar calendar is also associated with 12 animal signs in chinese zodiac so every 12 years is regarded as a cycle.

The year begins on the first day of spring defined as the second sometimes third new moon after the winter solstice. The chinese gender chart is based on factors including the chinese lunar calendar five elements yin and yang the eight diagrams etc its accuracy is much higher than other free gender prediction tools online but it couldn t be higher than that of the ultrasound scanning. Chinese new year chinese.

The lunisolar chinese calendar determines the date of lunar new year. The lunar calendar is associated with the movement of the moon which usually defines traditional festivals like the chinese new year spring festival lantern festival dragon boat festival and mid autumn day. Chinese new year 2021 is also known as the lunar new year 2021 and spring festival.

Yet many people hold to the traditions to celebrate the chinese new year. Or 過年 过年 guònián also known as the lunar new year or the spring festival is the most important of the traditional chinese holidays. When is the chinese new year s day in year 2021.

Calendar year when it is agreed that one year ends and another begins. The chinese new year or spring festival has more than 4 000 years of history and is the longest holiday of the year in the 21st century the national holiday begins on the first of the lunar calendar and lasts until the 15th of the first month. 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.

Today china has adopted the gregorian calendar for official purposes. The chinese calendar is lunisolar similar to the hindu and hebrew calendars. 農曆新年 农历新年 nónglì xīnnián.