Chinese New Year(春节 (Chūnjié))

Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, falls on the first day of the first lunar month in the traditional Chinese calendar. It typically occurs between January 21 and February 20, with the exact date changing each year based on the lunar cycle.

Chinese New Year (Chunjie) is the most important traditional Chinese festival, marking the beginning of the lunar new year. It is celebrated with family reunions, red envelope money gifts (hongbao), fireworks, dragon and lion dances, and elaborate feasting. Each year is associated with one of 12 zodiac animals.

Chinese New Year is the main public holiday in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It is also widely celebrated in Vietnam (as Tet Nguyen Dan), South Korea (as Seollal), Thailand, Philippines, and among Chinese diaspora communities in the US, UK, and Australia.

Yes, Chinese New Year is a major public holiday in China (7 days), Taiwan (several days), Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Many businesses and government offices close for the entire holiday period, which is the world's largest annual human migration as people travel home.

Traditions include a family reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, giving red envelopes with money, watching dragon and lion dance performances, setting off firecrackers to ward off evil spirits, decorating homes with red paper and spring couplets, and eating symbolic foods such as dumplings (jiaozi), fish, and glutinous rice cakes (nian gao).