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The Vietnamese New Year celebration of Tet, short for Tet Nguyen Dan which means “festival of the first day”, is celebrated over three days as opposed to the traditional 15 of the Chinese New For around 1.4 billion Chinese, the new year begins on February 10 - unlike in the Gregorian calendar, China calculates its traditional new year's date according to the lunar cycle. Millions celebrate Lunar New Year in China, East Asia and around the world, but the way it's observed varies across countries and cultures. This year's Lunar New Year falls on 29 January, with The holiday is not celebrated just in mainland China and Hong Kong. For Chinese people, Lunar New Year is the Spring Festival, Spring Festival is mostly celebrated at home, with family. In diaspora communities, particularly in cultural enclaves, Lunar New Year is visibly and joyfully celebrated. In the Chinese zodiac, 2025 is the Year of the Snake. Different countries across Asia celebrate the new year in many ways and may follow a different zodiac. What is the Lunar New Year? In communities that celebrate Chinese New Year for 15 days, the fourth day marks the beginning of corporate "spring dinners" and the return to normal business operations. In other regions with a longer Chinese New Year holiday, celebrations include welcoming back the gods who were previously sent off on this day. Though the spreading of the pandemic was mostly under control in 2021, the majority of Chinese New Year travelers took only short-haul trips within the same province both in 2021 and 2022. Growth Since the mid-1990s people in China have been given seven consecutive days off work during the Chinese New Year. This week of relaxation has been designated Spring Festival, a term that is sometimes used to refer to the Chinese New Year in general. The origins of the Chinese New Year are steeped in legend. One legend is that thousands of years Residents and tourists set off fireworks to welcome the Chinese New Year at Luoma Lake in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, on Feb. 9, 2024. People celebrate the Lunar New Year of the It always falls on the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar, which begins the day after the first new moon appears between 21 January and 20 February each year. That means that Chinese New Year Symbolizing prosperity, fish is a must for Chinese New Year. Fish (鱼, yu) is a homonym of 余 Spring Festival is mostly celebrated at home, with family. Restaurants are closed, 1. Sacrifice to ancestor. Honoring the dead is a Chinese tradition that has been kept for thousands of years. Ancestor worship is a practice based on the concept that the spirits of deceased family members still exist even after they have passed away and have the power to influence the fortunes of the living. Muharram. 26 June-27 June 2025 Muharram marks the first month of the Islamic calendar, with the beginning of the year being celebrated on the 10th day of the month (Day of Ashura). As the last day of the lunar year, Chinese New Year's Eve (除夕 chú xī) is the day before Chinese New Year. It is a grand reunion time for the whole Chinese family. People will participate in many activities to celebrate the coming new year. Chinese New Year's Eve Traditions 1. Putting Up New Year Decorations Most major cities have their own unique take on celebrating the Chinese New Year, and have public performances or fairs, up to and including during the Lantern Festival (Chinese New Year day 15). These include lion dances , dragon dances , ceremonial folk shows, and religious worship. Since the first event organized by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in 1953, the San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade has always been a Chinese American celebration, with a mission to Wichita Asian restaurants and markets will celebrate the Lunar New Year with dragon and lion dances and other specials. Here’s a day-by-day guide to the fun, which starts Wednesday. Danielle Chang brings Asian cuisine and culture to the spotlight as the producer and host of the PBS series "Lucky Chow." She shows us ways we can celebrate the Lunar New Year. Lunar New Year, often referred to as Chinese New Year in the US, follows the lunisolar calendar and celebrates the beginning of spring. to Broadway in Chinatown on a mostly cloudy day in Los The festival celebrates the beginning of the new year on the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. This year, Chinese New Year begins on Wednesday, Jan. 29.Although the date changes each year, it is always between Jan. 21 through Feb. 20.
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