What month is the Chinese New Year in 2021 and when is the holiday?
The New Year’s Day in 2021 is on February 12, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar.It is the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar; the time for the new year is on February 4, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, which is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month.Generally, we will be closed on February 11, 2021, and will be closed until February 17, 2021.
New Year’s meaning
New Year’s Day refers to the "New Year’s Festival", which is now called the "Spring Festival".The main content of the Chinese New Year is to remove the old and clothe the new, worship gods and ancestors, exorcise evil spirits, and pray for the New Year.According to the old custom, from the end of the year on the 23rd/24th of the December 23rd/24th of the Stove Sacrificial Day (Dust Sweeping Day), until the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month or the 19th day of the first month, the period of nearly a month is called "New Year", that is, What is now called "the Spring Festival period"; if it is calculated from the preparation of "New Year’s goods", it will be busy around the end of the year on December 15th and 6th.
2021 Chinese New Year schedule
Xiao Nian
"Xiao Nian" is the beginning and foreshadowing of the busy year before the Chinese New Year, not a festival.Due to local customs, the days called Xiaonian are not the same.Xiao Nian has different concepts and dates in various places.Most of the northern regions call the festival on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month as Xiaonian, in the southern region it is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.All are called Xiaonian.The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called Xiaonian in Nanjing, and the sixteenth of the first lunar month in some areas of Yunnan.There are also many areas in China that call the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as a small year, and the winter solstice is also called a small year in some places.The small year of 2021 is on February 4, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar.
New Year’s Day
New Year’s Eve refers to the New Year’s Day.In a narrow sense, it refers to the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar.From the Gregorian calendar, the Spring Festival swims from January 21 to February 20.During the Spring Festival, various activities to celebrate the Spring Festival are held all over the country, with a lively and festive atmosphere.The New Year’s New Year is centered on offering sacrifices and blessings for the New Year, and is carried out in the form of activities such as removing the old and clothing the new, worshiping gods and ancestors, exorcising evil, and praying for the new year.The festive atmosphere is rich and the content is rich and colorful, which embodies the historical and cultural essence of Chinese civilization.The New Year 2021 is on February 12, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar.
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