Chinese New Year Or Lunar New Year

Chinese new year 2021 is also known as the lunar new year 2021 and spring festival.

Chinese new year or lunar new year. Chinese new year is the first day of the new year in the chinese lunisolar calendar chinese traditional calendar. The chinese new year is also known as the lunar new year or the spring festival. China s public holiday will be february 11 17 2021.

Chinese new year 2021 falls on friday february 12 2021 beginning a year of the ox. Next year the first month of the new lunar year will start according to the chinese calendar on 12 february 2021. However this festival is not only celebrated in china but also in other asian countries such as vietnam and korea.

It is also the most important celebration for families and a week of an official public holiday. Furthermore the people who do call it lunar new yea. Instead of the chinese new year the phrase lunar new year is commonly used in non chinese countries.

The chinese new year kicks off with the new moon a slender crescent moon that s usually not visible on earth which falls. Lunar new year s eve. Happy chinese new year 2019 year of the rat.

It is celebrated in january or february in many countries around the world. Today chinese new year is almost always celebrated on the second new moon following the winter solstice therefore typically falling between late january to mid february. The chinese calendar was adopted by other nearby countries and some people in those countries might not like the holiday they celebrate locally being directly associated with another country.

This new year celebration is also called lunar new year and celebrated also as spring festival. The first day of the festival begins on the new moon sometime each year between january 21st and february 20th. Other cultures lunar new year celebrations usually take place on the first new moon after the winter solstice instead.