Lunar Calendar 2021 Chinese New Year

Chinese new year is the first day of the new year in the chinese lunisolar calendar chinese traditional calendar.

Lunar calendar 2021 chinese new year.

In china all stores are closed during the first. Chinese new year date is different every year. Lunar new year runs officially for three days and even four if the holiday coincides with a sunday. In 2021 chinese new year will begin on february 12.

Generally speaking it distributes between january 21st and february 22nd lots of people can understand chinese lunar calendar is different from the gregorian calendar so the new year dates on the two calendars are different but how can the chinese new year date itself have a so wide range. It is also known as the lunar new year or the spring festival. 2021 is a year of the ox while 2022 turns to be a year of the tiger. In 2021 chinese new year begins on february 12th and ends february 26th with the lantern festival.

Chinese new year calendar 1930 2030. Unofficially it is celebrated for up to two weeks. Tied to the chinese lunar calendar the holiday was traditionally a time to honor household and heavenly deities as well as ancestors. The lunar calendar is also associated with 12 animal signs in chinese zodiac so every 12 years is regarded as a cycle.

This year the animal sign is the ox.