Happy Chinese New Year
- Estevon_Frisio
- Mar 4, 2024
- 10 min read
Updated: Apr 7, 2024
The Chinese New Year is the most important of all traditional Chinese celebrations. It dates from the time of the Shang dynasty (1600 BC - 1100 BC), when people worshiped gods and ancestors around the turn of the year. Only much later did it become a festival in which the old year was said goodbye and the new year was welcomed. The date of the Chinese New Year is determined by the lunar calendar and not the solar calendar. The Chinese New Year begins on the second new moon after the solstice of December 21. According to our calendar, that is somewhere between January 21 and Februari 20.
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