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Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year based on lunar calendars or, informally but more widely, lunisolar calendars. Lunar calendars follow the lunar phase while lunisolar calendars follow both the lunar phase and the time of the solar year. The event is celebrated by numerous cultures in various ways at diverse dates.
In 2023, we'll be living in the year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac. To celebrate, we reveal the Chinese traditions surrounding Lunar New Year.
Lunar New Year 2023 falls on Sunday, January 22 and is usually celebrated over a multi-day period. Over 1 billion people take part in the holiday’s festivities in countries around the world, ...
Lunar New Year 2023 began on January 22, and celebrations end on February 5 with the Lantern Festival. In terms of the Chinese zodiac animal, it’s the Year of the Rabbit.
In June 2015, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared that the Lunar New Year would be made a public school holiday, [173] in September 2023, New York State made Lunar New Year a mandatory public school holiday.
Lunar New Year is one of the biggest international holidays with over 1.5 billion people across the globe celebrating new beginnings. Although the holiday is commonly known as Chinese New Year ...
Dragon and lion dancers perform amidst exploding firecrackers in front of a business establishment in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Chinatown area of ...
The new year is on the new moon closest to Lichun (typically 4 February). The new year is on the first new moon after Dahan (typically 20 January) It has been found that Chinese New Year moves back by either 10, 11, or 12 days in most years. If it falls on or before 31 January, then it moves forward in the next year by either 18, 19, or 20 days ...