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interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_d%27any_lunar" title="Cap d'any lunar – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cap d'any lunar" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Nuevo_A%C3%B1o" title="Lunar Nuevo Año – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Lunar Nuevo Año" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mond-Neujahr" title="Mond-Neujahr – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mond-Neujahr" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%B1o_Nuevo_lunar" title="Año Nuevo lunar – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Año Nuevo lunar" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%86%D9%88_%D9%82%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="سال نو قمری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سال نو قمری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouvel_An_lunaire" title="Nouvel An lunaire – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Nouvel An lunaire" data-language-autonym="Français" 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data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahun_Baru_Lunar" title="Tahun Baru Lunar – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tahun Baru Lunar" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capodanno_lunare" title="Capodanno lunare – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Capodanno lunare" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_New_Year" title="Islamic New Year">Islamic New Year</a> celebration in <a href="/wiki/Nawa,_Afghanistan" title="Nawa, Afghanistan">Nawa, Afghanistan</a></li> <li>Blowing the <a href="/wiki/Shofar" title="Shofar">shofar</a> on <a href="/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah" title="Rosh Hashanah">Rosh Hashanah</a></li> <li>Fireworks display at <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Harbour" title="Victoria Harbour">Victoria Harbour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></li> <li>Chinese New Year parade in <a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_Manhattan" title="Chinatown, Manhattan">Manhattan's Chinatown</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a></li> <li>A woman lights the candle for celebrate <a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></li> <li>Decorated <a href="/wiki/Kadomatsu" title="Kadomatsu">kadomatsu</a> in <a href="/wiki/Japanese_New_Year" title="Japanese New Year">Japanese New Year</a></li> <li>A family gathering to make <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A1nh_t%C3%A9t" title="Bánh tét">bánh tét</a> for <a href="/wiki/T%E1%BA%BFt" title="Tết">Tết</a> celebrations in <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li>Korean <a href="/wiki/Pungmul" title="Pungmul">pungmul</a> dancers celebrating <a href="/wiki/Seollal" class="mw-redirect" title="Seollal">Seollal</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Cultural</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">Varies</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lunar New Year</b> is the beginning of a new year based on <a href="/wiki/Lunar_calendar" title="Lunar calendar">lunar calendars</a> or, informally but more widely, <a href="/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar" title="Lunisolar calendar">lunisolar calendars</a>. Typically, both types of calendar begin with a <a href="/wiki/New_moon" title="New moon">new moon</a> but, whilst a lunar calendar year has a fixed number (usually twelve) of <a href="/wiki/Lunar_month" title="Lunar month">lunar months</a>, lunisolar calendars have a variable number of lunar months, <a href="/wiki/Intercalation_(timekeeping)" title="Intercalation (timekeeping)">resetting the count</a> periodically to resynchronise with the <a href="/wiki/Solar_year" class="mw-redirect" title="Solar year">solar year</a>. The event is celebrated by numerous cultures in various ways at diverse dates. The determination of the first day of a new lunar or lunisolar year varies by culture. </p><p>In 2023, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> designated the <i>Lunar New Year</i> as a <i>UN holiday</i>, recognizing the spring festival that coincides with the Chinese New Year and is also celebrated in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a> among others. Some states in the US, including California and New York, officially celebrate the Lunar New Year as a public holiday in recognition of the Chinese New Year. </p><p>The better-known celebrations include new years based on the (lunar) <a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Islamic calendar</a> and the (lunisolar) <a href="/wiki/Jewish_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish calendar">Jewish calendar</a> that originated in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>; the (lunisolar) <a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_calendar" title="Tibetan calendar">Tibetan calendar</a> of <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the (lunisolar) <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendars</a> of <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definition">Definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>'Lunar New Years' and 'Lunisolar New Years' are events celebrated by billions of people across the world on the first <a href="/wiki/New_moon" title="New moon">new moon</a> of their calendar. Typically, the new year of a purely <a href="/wiki/Lunar_calendar" title="Lunar calendar">lunar calendar</a> is determined by the first new moon after the end of a cycle of twelve <a href="/wiki/Lunar_month" title="Lunar month">lunar months</a> (and ignores the solar cycle). The new year of a <a href="/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar" title="Lunisolar calendar">lunisolar calendar</a> is typically determined by the first, second or even third new new moon after the <a href="/wiki/Winter_solstice" title="Winter solstice">winter solstice</a>, or after an <a href="/wiki/Equinox" title="Equinox">equinox</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Islamic_New_Year" title="Islamic New Year">Islamic New Year</a> (also called the Hijri New Year or 1<span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/Muharram" title="Muharram">Muharram</a>) is determined by the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Islamic calendar</a>, a purely lunar calendar.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKizer2014650–652_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKizer2014650–652-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lunisolar New Year celebrations in East and Central Asia, such as <a href="/wiki/Chinese_New_Year" title="Chinese New Year">Chinese New Year</a>, are based on a lunisolar calendar. Chinese New Year usually falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice (rarely the third if an <a href="/wiki/Intercalation_(timekeeping)" title="Intercalation (timekeeping)">intercalary month</a> intervenes).<sup id="cite_ref-CentralWeatherBureau_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CentralWeatherBureau-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some Lunisolar New Year celebrations, such as in Korea and Vietnam, generally fall on the same day as the Chinese celebration in late January or February, due to being based on the Chinese calendar or a variation of it. However, celebration customs and holiday durations may differ. Lunisolar New Year celebrations of other cultures such as <a href="/wiki/Burmese_people" title="Burmese people">Burmese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambodian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambodian people">Cambodian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laotians" class="mw-redirect" title="Laotians">Lao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankans" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankans">Sri Lankan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thai_people" title="Thai people">Thai</a> people are based on the <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist calendar</a> and occur in mid-April.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZhong2019109_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZhong2019109-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKizer2014650–652_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKizer2014650–652-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah" title="Rosh Hashanah">Rosh Hashanah</a></i>, the new year in the (lunisolar) <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a>, is <a href="/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah#Date" title="Rosh Hashanah">based on</a> the <a href="/wiki/September_equinox" title="September equinox">September equinox</a>. </p><p>Although "Lunisolar New Year" would be a more accurate term, the name "Lunar New Year" has been promoted by people from some Asian countries, especially in <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>, leading to a rise in its use.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZhong2019109–111_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZhong2019109–111-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a>, "Lunar New Year" is strongly associated with <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Americans" title="Chinese Americans">Chinese Americans</a> and "Chinese New Year" is commonly used as a translation by people of non-Chinese backgrounds.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKizer2014650–652_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKizer2014650–652-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-origin_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-origin-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chinese New Year is the official name of the celebration and holiday in some countries such as <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the celebration has officially been known as "Spring Festival" (春节/春節 chūnjié) in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> since the founding of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a> in 1912 when the previous name, "Yuandan" (The First Day), was assigned to the first day of the Gregorian calendar. Chinese people outside China refer to it as both "Lunar New Year" as well as "Chinese New Year". Since at least the mid-2010s, there has been criticism in the United States regarding the use of the term "Chinese New Year" in an official capacity, particularly by Korean and Vietnamese people. Some American politicians have avoided using the term "Chinese New Year" in preference for "Lunar New Year".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZhong2019109–111_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZhong2019109–111-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKizer2014650–652_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKizer2014650–652-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-origin_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-origin-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Celebrations_by_region">Celebrations by region</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Celebrations by region"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_East_and_West_Asia">Middle East and West Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Middle East and West Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lunar New Year and Lunisolar New Year celebrations that originated in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> fall on different days: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Lunar Hijri calendar</a> used by most of <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, is a purely lunar calendar comprising 12 <a href="/wiki/Lunar_month" title="Lunar month">lunar months</a>: its year is shorter by about ten or eleven days than the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a> year. Consequently <a href="/wiki/Islamic_New_Year" title="Islamic New Year">Islamic New Year</a>'s Day may fall in any season: occasionally there can be two Islamic new years in one Gregorian year (as last happened in 2008). In 2023, the Islamic New Year fell on 7 or 8 July 2024 and is estimated to fall on 25 – 26 June 2025. (The <a href="/wiki/Solar_Hijri_calendar" title="Solar Hijri calendar">Solar Hijri calendar</a>, used in Iran, is a purely solar calendar. Its New Year's Day is always the day of the <a href="/wiki/March_equinox" title="March equinox">northward equinox</a>.)</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>, there are as many as four lunar new year observances. Since the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a> is <a href="/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar" title="Lunisolar calendar">lunisolar</a>, the days always fall in the same season. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nisan" title="Nisan">Nisan</a> is the month of the "barley ripening", or "spring" <a href="/wiki/Aviv" title="Aviv">Aviv</a>/Abib, and the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Exodus" title="Book of Exodus">book of Exodus</a> 12:1–2, has God instructing Moses to command the Israelites to fix the new moon, the 1st day, of Nisan at the first, or head moon of the year. The talmud in <a href="/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah_(tractate)" title="Rosh Hashanah (tractate)">Rosh Hashanah (tractate)</a> 2a calls this the <i>Rosh HaShana</i>, the new year, for kings and pilgrimages. The climax of this lunar new year is the festival of <a href="/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a>, which begins on 15 Nisan/Abib (Aviv). It is also the first day of secular new years in <a href="/wiki/Karaite_Judaism" title="Karaite Judaism">Karaite Judaism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samaritanism" title="Samaritanism">Samaritanism</a>.</li> <li>1 <a href="/wiki/Elul" title="Elul">Elul</a> corresponds to the <a href="/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah_LeMa%27sar_Behemah" title="Rosh Hashanah LeMa'sar Behemah">New Year for Animal Tithes</a> in the Rabbinic tradition. Elul is the sixth month, a very late summer/early autumn holiday. It is the date on which the Samaritan calendar advances a year, on the theory that 1 Elul commemorates the creation of the Earth.</li> <li>1 <a href="/wiki/Tishrei" title="Tishrei">Tishrei</a>, is called <a href="/wiki/Yom_teruah" class="mw-redirect" title="Yom teruah">Yom teruah</a>, <i>Day of (trumpet) Blasts</i> in the written <a href="/wiki/Torah" title="Torah">Torah</a>, and it falls on the first of the "seventh month". It is translated <i>Feast of Trumpets</i> in most English bible translations. This <i>Day of trumpet Blasts</i> was also called <i><a href="/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah" title="Rosh Hashanah">Rosh Hashanah</a></i>, literally "new year", in <a href="/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism" title="Rabbinic Judaism">Rabbinic Judaism</a>, on the theory that it is <i>Yom haDin</i>, a universal judgment day for all the children of Adam including Jews. Thus the universal, secular new year. It is the date on which the Rabbinic calendar advances a year, on the theory that 1 Tishrei is the day on which the world was born. Rosh Hashanah also inaugurates the ten days known as the High Holy Days/High Holidays or <i>Days of Awe</i>, culminating with <a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur" title="Yom Kippur">Yom Kippur</a>; which is the holiest day of the year in Rabbinic Judaism. For Samaritans and Karaites, Passover remains the holiest day of the year.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tu_BiShvat" title="Tu BiShvat">Tu BiShvat</a> is the New Year for Trees in Rabbinic Judaism. On this day, every tree ages one year. The age of a tree determines whether it is subject to certain tithes.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the modern era, it has become festive holiday with some ecological overtones.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="East_Asia">East Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: East Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a> celebrates the Lunisolar New Year based on the traditional <a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a>. While commonly referred to as "Lunar New Year" in the <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western world</a>, it is actually a Lunisolar New Year. Japan observes the <a href="/wiki/Solar_New_Year" title="Solar New Year">Solar New Year</a>, except for the <a href="/wiki/Ryukyu_Islands" title="Ryukyu Islands">Ryukyu islands</a> which continues to observe the Lunisolar New Year. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_New_Year" title="Chinese New Year">Chinese New Year</a> (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">農曆新年</span>; <a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">simplified Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hans">农历新年</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Nónglì Xīnnián</span></i>; <a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a>: <i><span lang="yue-Latn-jyutping">nung4 lik6 san1 nin4</span></i>; <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Wu_Chinese" title="Romanization of Wu Chinese">Wugniu</a>: <i><sup>2</sup>non-liq<sub>8</sub> <sup>1</sup>sin-gnie<sub>2</sub></i> or <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">春節</span>; <a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">simplified Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hans">春节</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Chūnjié</span></i>; <a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a>: <i><span lang="yue-Latn-jyutping">ceon1 zit3</span></i>; <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Wu_Chinese" title="Romanization of Wu Chinese">Wugniu</a>: <i><sup>1</sup>tshen-tsiq<sub>7</sub></i>, in <a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a>: <span lang="zh">新正</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">Pe̍h-ōe-jī</a>: <i><span lang="nan-Latn">sin-chiaⁿ</span></i>, <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">舊年</span>; <a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">simplified Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hans">旧年</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Jiùnián</span></i>; <a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a>: <i><span lang="yue-Latn-jyutping">gau6 nin4*</span></i> also found in many <a href="/wiki/Sinitic_languages" title="Sinitic languages">varieties</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tujia_people" title="Tujia people">Tujia</a> New Year (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">土家新年</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Tǔjiā Xīnnián</span></i> or <a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">simplified Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hans">赶年</span>; <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">趕年</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Gǎnnián</span></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsagaan_Sar" title="Tsagaan Sar">Tsagaan Sar</a> (Mongolian New Year) <a href="/wiki/Mongolian_script" title="Mongolian script">Mongol Bichig</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237794275">.mw-parser-output .font-mong{font-family:"Menk Hawang Tig","Menk Qagan Tig","Menk Garqag Tig","Menk Har_a Tig","Menk Scnin Tig","Oyun Gurban Ulus Tig","Oyun Qagan Tig","Oyun Garqag Tig","Oyun Har_a Tig","Oyun Scnin Tig","Oyun Agula Tig","Mongolian Baiti","Noto Sans Mongolian","Mongolian Universal White","Mongol Usug","Mongolian White","MongolianScript","Code2000","Menksoft Qagan"}.mw-parser-output .font-mong-mnc,.mw-parser-output .font-mong:lang(mnc-Mong),.mw-parser-output .font-mong:lang(dta-Mong),.mw-parser-output .font-mong:lang(sjo-Mong){font-family:"Abkai Xanyan","Abkai Xanyan LA","Abkai Xanyan VT","Abkai Xanyan XX","Abkai Xanyan SC","Abkai Buleku","Daicing White","Mongolian Baiti","Noto Sans Mongolian","Mongolian Universal White"}</style><span lang="mn-Mong" class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; ; vertical-align:middle;">ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠠᠷᠠ</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Hmong</a> New Year (<a href="/wiki/Hmongic_languages" title="Hmongic languages">Hmongic</a>: Nongx Yangx; <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">能央</span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_New_Year" title="Japanese New Year">Japanese New Year</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja-Hani">正月</span></span> <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Shōgatsu</i></span>) (before 1873)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryukyu_New_Year" title="Ryukyu New Year">Ryukyu New Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_New_Year" title="Korean New Year">Korean New Year</a> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">설날</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">RR</a>: <span title="Korean-language romanization"><i lang="ko-Latn">Seollal</i></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_New_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Vietnamese New Year">Vietnamese New Year</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_language" title="Vietnamese language">Vietnamese</a>: <i lang="vi">Tết Nguyên Đán</i>; <a href="/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%AF_H%C3%A1n" title="Chữ Hán">chữ Hán</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1051880798">.mw-parser-output .vi-nom{font-family:"Han-Nom Gothic","Nom Na Tong","Han-Nom Ming","Han-Nom Minh","HAN NOM A","HAN NOM B","Han-Nom Kai","TH-Khaai-TP0","TH-Khaai-TP2","TH-Khaai-PP0","TH-Khaai-PP2","TH-Sung-PP0","TH-Sung-PP2","TH-Sung-TP0","TH-Sung-TP2","TH-Sy-P0","TH-Sy-P2","TH-Ming-JP0","TH-Ming-JP2","Sun-ExtA","Sun-ExtB","Ming-Lt-HKSCS-UNI-H","Ming-Lt-HKSCS-ExtB","HanaMinA","HanaMinB","HanaMin","MingLiU","MingLiU-ExtB","MingLiU HKSCS","MingLiU HKSCS-ExtB","SimSun","SimSun-ExtB","FZKaiT-Extended","FZKaiT-Extended(SIP)",sans-serif}.mw-parser-output .vi-nom.ext{font-family:"Han-Nom Gothic","Han-Nom Ming","Han-Nom Minh","TH-Khaai-TP2","TH-Khaai-PP2","TH-Sung-PP2","TH-Sung-TP2","TH-Sy-P0","TH-Sy-P2","TH-Ming-JP2","BabelStone Han","Sun-ExtB","MingLiU HKSCS-ExtB","Ming-Lt-HKSCS-ExtB","HanaMinB","Han-Nom Kai",sans-serif}</style><span lang="vi-Hani" class="vi-nom">節元旦</span>)<sup id="cite_ref-Rossabi2014_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rossabi2014-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Tibetans" title="Tibetans">Tibetans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mongols" title="Mongols">Mongols</a> celebrate the Lunisolar New Year in February or early March, based on the closely related <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_calendar" title="Tibetan calendar">Tibetan calendar</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mongols_in_China" title="Mongols in China">Chinese Mongols</a> celebrate Tsagaan Sar according to Chinese calendar. Because the <a href="/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghurs</a> based their dates on the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a>, and the Mongols and Tibetans adopted the Uyghur calendar, Tibetan and Mongolian New Year can either coincide with the Chinese New Year, or take place around one month later.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsagaan_Sar" title="Tsagaan Sar">Tsagaan Sar</a> (Mongolian New Year) (<a href="/wiki/Mongolian_language" title="Mongolian language">Mongolian</a>: <span lang="mn">Цагаан сар</span>; <i>Cagán sar</i>; <a href="/wiki/Mongolian_script" title="Mongolian script">Mongol Bichig</a>: ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠠᠷᠠ)<sup id="cite_ref-Rossabi2014_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rossabi2014-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Losar" title="Losar">Losar</a> (Tibetan New Year) (<a href="/wiki/Tibetan_script" title="Tibetan script">Tibetan</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1106655535">.mw-parser-output .uchen{font-family:"Jomolhari","Uchen","Noto Serif Tibetan Medium","Noto Serif Tibetan","BabelStone Tibetan Slim","Yagpo Tibetan Uni","Noto Sans Tibetan","Microsoft Himalaya","Kailash","DDC Uchen","TCRC Youtso Unicode","Tibetan Machine Uni","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchen","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchung","Qomolangma-Uchen Suring","Qomolangma-Uchen Sutung","Qomolangma-Title","Qomolangma-Subtitle","DDC Rinzin","Qomolangma-Woodblock","Qomolangma-Dunhuang"}.mw-parser-output .ume{font-family:"Qomolangma-Betsu","Qomolangma-Chuyig","Qomolangma-Drutsa","Qomolangma-Edict","Qomolangma-Tsumachu","Qomolangma-Tsuring","Qomolangma-Tsutong","TibetanSambhotaYigchung","TibetanTsugRing","TibetanYigchung"}</style><span lang="bo" class="uchen" style="font-size:1.25em; vertical-align:middle; word-wrap:break-word;">ལོ་གསར་</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wylie_transliteration" title="Wylie transliteration">Wylie</a>: <i>lo-gsar</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="China">China</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Chinese_New_Year#History" title="Chinese New Year">Chinese New Year § History</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a></div> <p>The history of the Chinese New Year festival can be traced back to more than 4000 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the new year celebration was formed, ancient Chinese gathered around and celebrated at the end of harvest in autumn. However, the celebration is not <a href="/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival" title="Mid-Autumn Festival">Mid-Autumn Festival</a>, during which Chinese gathered with family and worship the moon. In the <i><a href="/wiki/Classic_of_Poetry" title="Classic of Poetry">Classic of Poetry</a></i>, a poem written during <a href="/wiki/Western_Zhou" title="Western Zhou">Western Zhou</a> (1045 BC – 771 BC), by an anonymous farmer, described how people cleaned up millet stack-sites, toasted to guests with <a href="/wiki/Mijiu" title="Mijiu">mijiu</a>, killed lambs and cooked the meat, went to their master's home, toasted to the master, and cheered for long lives together, in the 10th month of an ancient <a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar#Solar_calendars" title="Chinese calendar">solar calendar</a>, which was in autumn.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The celebration is believed to be one of the prototypes of the Chinese New Year.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first dated Chinese new year celebration can be traced back to the <a href="/wiki/Warring_States_period" title="Warring States period">Warring States period</a> (475 BC – 221 BC). In <i><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCshi_Chunqiu" title="Lüshi Chunqiu">Lüshi Chunqiu</a></i>, an exorcistic ritual called "Big <a href="/wiki/Nuo_folk_religion" title="Nuo folk religion">Nuo</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">大儺</span></span>)" was recorded being carried out in the ending day of a year to expel illness in <a href="/wiki/Qin_(state)" title="Qin (state)">Qin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, after <a href="/wiki/Qin%27s_wars_of_unification" title="Qin's wars of unification">Qin unified China</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Qin_dynasty" title="Qin dynasty">Qin dynasty</a> was founded, the ritual was continued. It evolved to cleaning up houses thoroughly in the preceding days of Chinese New Year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The first mentioning of the celebration of the start of a new year was recorded in <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han dynasty</a> (202 BC – 220 AD). In the book <span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">Simin Yueling</i></span> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">四民月令</span></span>), written by Eastern Han's agronomist and writer Cui Shi (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">崔寔</span></span>), the celebration was recorded by stating "The starting day of the first month, is called 'Zheng Ri'. I bring my wife and children, to worship ancestors and commemorate my father." Later he wrote: "Children, wife, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren all serve pepper wine to their parents, make their toast, and wish their parents good health. It's a thriving view."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People also went to acquaintances' homes and wished each other a happy new year. In <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Later_Han" title="Book of the Later Han">Book of the Later Han</a></i> Volume 27, <span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">吴良</span></span>, a county officer was recorded going to his prefect's house with a government secretary, toasting to the prefect and praising the prefect's merit.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chinese New Year is the grandest ancient traditional festival in China, commonly known as "Guo Nian". This festival means the beginning of spring and the arrival of the new year. The customs of Chinese New Year include sticking Spring Festival couplets, buying New Year's goods, and having family dinner together. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Korea">Korea</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Korean_New_Year" title="Korean New Year">Korean New Year</a></div> <p>The earliest references to Korean New Year are found in 7th-century Chinese historical works, the <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Sui" title="Book of Sui">Book of Sui</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Old_Book_of_Tang" title="Old Book of Tang">Old Book of Tang</a></i>, containing excerpts of celebrations during the New Year in the <a href="/wiki/Silla_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Silla Kingdom">Silla Kingdom</a> for <a href="/wiki/Korean_calendar" title="Korean calendar">Korean calendar</a>, which was influenced by the <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar#Han-Ming_dynasties_and_Taichulunar_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">calendar system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EncyKorea_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EncyKorea-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-silla_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-silla-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Korea's own record of new year celebration is found in <span title="Korean-language romanization"><i lang="ko-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Samguk_yusa" title="Samguk yusa">Samguk yusa</a></i></span> (<i>Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms</i>), compiled in the 13th century. Under the rule of 21st King of Silla, new year was celebrated in 488 AD. Then celebration of Korean New Year have continued to <a href="/wiki/Goryeo" title="Goryeo">Goryeo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joseon" title="Joseon">Joseon</a>. By the 13th century, Korean New Year was one of the nine major Korean festivals that included ancestral rites, according to the Korean historical work, the <span title="Korean-language romanization"><i lang="ko-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Goryeosa" title="Goryeosa">Goryeosa</a></i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-EncyKorea_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EncyKorea-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-silla_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-silla-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As opposed to red envelopes, Korean New Year tends to involve white envelopes.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Taiwan">Taiwan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Taiwan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Taiwan" title="Public holidays in Taiwan">Public holidays in Taiwan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_New_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwanese New Year">Taiwanese New Year</a></div> <p>While there is little recorded history of when Lunar New Year was first observed in <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, it is known that the <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples" title="Taiwanese indigenous peoples">indigenous population</a> had other ceremonies and did not originally celebrate the festival.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was likely first celebrated by the <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_people#Major_socio-cultural_subgroups" title="Taiwanese people">Hakka or Hoklo populations</a> that migrated from now part of mainland China to the island during the 17th century. Due to Taiwan's population being mostly <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han Chinese</a>, its Lunar New Year celebration is very similar to that of mainland China, especially in regards to traditions. In addition, some Lunar New Year's customs during the <a href="/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing Dynasties</a> were preserved in Taiwan. However, in modern day, there can be more of a focus on visiting <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> or <a href="/wiki/Taoist" class="mw-redirect" title="Taoist">Taoist</a> temples with extended family members. There are also notable variations to the food that is eaten during this time, such as the consumption of <a href="/wiki/Pineapple_cake" title="Pineapple cake">pineapple cakes</a> and other products derived from pineapples or <a href="/wiki/Daikon" title="Daikon">daikon</a> since the latter is a homophone for "good fortune" in <a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Japan">Japan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 1873, the official Japanese New Year has been celebrated according to the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>, on January 1 of each year, <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">元日</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ganjitsu</i></span>)</span>. Prior to 1872, traditional events of the Japanese New Year were celebrated on the first day of the year on the modern <a href="/wiki/Tenp%C5%8D_calendar" title="Tenpō calendar">Tenpō calendar</a>, the last official lunisolar calendar and, prior to <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dky%C5%8D_calendar" title="Jōkyō calendar">Jōkyō calendar</a>, the Chinese version. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Ryukyu_Islands" title="Ryukyu Islands">Ryukyu Islands</a> of Japan, including <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa Prefecture</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Amami_Islands" title="Amami Islands">Amami Islands</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kagoshima_Prefecture" title="Kagoshima Prefecture">Kagoshima Prefecture</a>, people traditionally celebrate Lunar New Year on the first day of the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_calendar" title="Lunar calendar">lunar calendar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the Lunar New Year is not commonly celebrated in Japan, it is celebrated in various Japanese <a href="/wiki/Chinatown" title="Chinatown">Chinatowns</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Yokohama_Chinatown" title="Yokohama Chinatown">Yokohama Chinatown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nankin-machi" title="Nankin-machi">Nankin-machi</a>, and Shinichi Chukagai in <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki" title="Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Asia">South Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: South Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asian</a> traditional lunisolar celebrations are observed according to the local lunisolar calendars. They are influenced by Indian tradition, which marks the system of lunar months in a solar <a href="/wiki/Sidereal_year" title="Sidereal year">sidereal year</a>. A separate solar new year also exists for those Indian regions which use solar months in a solar sidereal year. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gudi_Padwa" title="Gudi Padwa">Gudi Padwa</a>: <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dalal2010p150_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dalal2010p150-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugadi" title="Ugadi">Ugadi</a>: <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthandu" title="Puthandu">Puthandu</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navaratri#Chaitra_Navaratri" title="Navaratri">Chaitra Navaratri</a>: North and Central India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balipratipada" title="Balipratipada">Balipratipada</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheti_Chand" title="Cheti Chand">Cheti Chand</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sindhi_Hindus" title="Sindhi Hindus">Sindhi Hindus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navreh" title="Navreh">Navreh</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kashmiri_Hindus" title="Kashmiri Hindus">Kashmiri Hindus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajibu_nongma_panba" class="mw-redirect" title="Sajibu nongma panba">Sajibu Cheiraoba</a>: <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mha_Puja" title="Mha Puja">Mha Puja</a>: <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Newar_people" title="Newar people">Newaris</a>)</li></ul> <p>The following are influenced by the <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_calendar" title="Tibetan calendar">Tibetan calendar</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Galdan_Namchot" title="Galdan Namchot">Galdan Namchot</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Losoong_Festival" title="Losoong Festival">Losoong</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Losar" title="Losar">Losar</a>: <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Monpa_people" title="Monpa people">Monpas</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyalpo_Lhosar" class="mw-redirect" title="Gyalpo Lhosar">Gyalpo Lhosar</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sherpa_people" title="Sherpa people">Sherpas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamu_Lhosar" title="Tamu Lhosar">Tamu Lhosar</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gurung_people" title="Gurung people">Gurungs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonam_Lhosar" title="Sonam Lhosar">Sonam Lhosar</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tamang_people" title="Tamang people">Tamangs</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="India">India</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Various lunar calendars continue to be used throughout India in traditional and religious life. However, they are different from the Chinese lunisolar calendar used in <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a>. The two most common lunar new year celebrations in India are <a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a>, and Gudi Padwa/Ugadi/Puthandu.<sup id="cite_ref-Dalal2010p150_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dalal2010p150-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Diwali typically falls in October or November, and Gudi Padwa/Ugadi/Puthandu typically falls in April. </p><p>In ancient times, the sun's entry into Aries coincided with the equinox. However, due to the earth's <a href="/wiki/Axial_precession" title="Axial precession">axial precession</a>, the sidereal year is slightly longer than the tropical year, causing the dates to gradually drift apart. Today, the sun's entry into Aries occurs around 18 April, according to astronomical definitions.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some traditional calendars are still marked by the sun's actual movements while others have since been fixed to the Gregorian calendar. </p><p>The sun's entry into Aries is known as <i><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">meṣa saṅkrānti</i></span></i> in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>, and is observed as <a href="/wiki/Mesha_Sankranti" title="Mesha Sankranti">Mesha Sankranti</a> and <a href="/wiki/Songkran" class="mw-redirect" title="Songkran">Songkran</a> in South and South-east Asian cultures.<sup id="cite_ref-sewell31_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sewell31-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Southeast_Asia">Southeast Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Southeast Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asian</a> Lunar New Year celebration is observed according to the local lunisolar calendar and is influenced by Indian Hindu traditions. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nyepi" title="Nyepi">Nyepi</a> <i>(Balinese New Year)</i>: <a href="/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li>Rija Nukan <i>(Cham New Year)</i>: <a href="/wiki/Chams" title="Chams">Chams</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The following Southeast Asian Lunar New Year celebration is observed according to the local lunisolar calendar and is influenced by Islamic traditions. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satu_Suro" title="Satu Suro">Satu Suro</a> <i>(Javanese New Year)</i>: The Javanese calendar follows a purely lunar calendar of 12 months that retrogresses through the Gregorian and Julian calendar years. As in the Islamic calendar, the day of Javanese New Year may thus fall in any season on the calendar.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Malaysia">Malaysia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Malaysia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Malaysia is a multi-cultural country. The three dominant ethnic groups in Malaysia are the <a href="/wiki/Malays_(ethnic_group)" title="Malays (ethnic group)">Malays</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Chinese</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Indian_people" title="Indian people">Indians</a>. Each group has its unique culture and traditional festivals. Public holidays are declared on the three important festivals celebrated by the Malays, Chinese, and Indians, namely <a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr" title="Eid al-Fitr">Hari Raya Puasa</a>, Chinese New Year and <a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Deepavali</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As timing of these three important festivals fluctuates due to their reliance on the lunar calendars, they occasionally occur close to one another—every 33 years to be exact.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Malaysians has named this phenomenon <a href="/wiki/Kongsi_Raya" title="Kongsi Raya">Kongsi Raya</a> (Gongxi Raya), a Malaysian portmanteau, denoting the Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Aidilfitri festivals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Singapore">Singapore</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Singapore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lunar New Year is officially known as "Chinese New Year" in Singapore. It is celebrated in Singapore primarily by members of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_diaspora" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese diaspora">Chinese diaspora</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Peranakan_Chinese" title="Peranakan Chinese">Peranakans</a> as well as their descendants, who make up three-quarters of the population. They include those who are <a href="/wiki/Hokkien_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkien people">Hokkien</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cantonese_people" title="Cantonese people">Cantonese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Teochew_people" title="Teochew people">Teochew</a> from southeastern China; Hainanese from the island province of <a href="/wiki/Hainan" title="Hainan">Hainan</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Hakka_people" title="Hakka people">Hakka</a>, a migrant group spread out all over China. The Peranakans have been in the region for over 400 years and also have mixed Malay and European ancestry. Each ethnic group has its own set of traditions, as well as creating new ones incorporating elements from other cultures like Malays and Indians.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Vietnam">Vietnam</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Vietnam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/T%E1%BA%BFt" title="Tết">Tết Nguyên Đán</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_Wikipedia_ti%E1%BA%BFng_Vi%E1%BB%87t_T%E1%BA%BFt_Nh%C3%A2m_D%E1%BA%A7n_2022_(Artwork_Version).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Logo_Wikipedia_ti%E1%BA%BFng_Vi%E1%BB%87t_T%E1%BA%BFt_Nh%C3%A2m_D%E1%BA%A7n_2022_%28Artwork_Version%29.png/220px-Logo_Wikipedia_ti%E1%BA%BFng_Vi%E1%BB%87t_T%E1%BA%BFt_Nh%C3%A2m_D%E1%BA%A7n_2022_%28Artwork_Version%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Logo_Wikipedia_ti%E1%BA%BFng_Vi%E1%BB%87t_T%E1%BA%BFt_Nh%C3%A2m_D%E1%BA%A7n_2022_%28Artwork_Version%29.png/330px-Logo_Wikipedia_ti%E1%BA%BFng_Vi%E1%BB%87t_T%E1%BA%BFt_Nh%C3%A2m_D%E1%BA%A7n_2022_%28Artwork_Version%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Logo_Wikipedia_ti%E1%BA%BFng_Vi%E1%BB%87t_T%E1%BA%BFt_Nh%C3%A2m_D%E1%BA%A7n_2022_%28Artwork_Version%29.png/440px-Logo_Wikipedia_ti%E1%BA%BFng_Vi%E1%BB%87t_T%E1%BA%BFt_Nh%C3%A2m_D%E1%BA%A7n_2022_%28Artwork_Version%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Tết in Vietnam 2022</figcaption></figure> <p>Chinese migrants brought with them their own policies, cultures, and traditions. The Lunar New Year was passed to the Vietnamese people and has stayed relatively intact through the centuries, despite uneasy and often hostile relations between the two countries.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main difference between the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_calendar" title="Vietnamese calendar">Vietnamese calendars</a> is that the <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_zodiac" title="Vietnamese zodiac">Vietnamese zodiac</a> replaces the Ox and Rabbit in the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_zodiac" title="Chinese zodiac">Chinese zodiac</a> with the Buffalo and Cat, respectively.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> However, it is noteworthy that the Tết Nguyên Đán (Spring Festival) which is celebrated in late January or in the first half of February coincides with the onset of Spring in the regions of northern Vietnam and parts of southern China where the ancient Laos–Thailand kingdom of <a href="/wiki/%C3%82u_L%E1%BA%A1c" title="Âu Lạc">Âu Lạc</a> and some regions of the <a href="/wiki/Baiyue" title="Baiyue">Baiyue</a> people are located. The celebration marks the beginning of a new planting season, particularly rice. There is also the historical legend of the origin of <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A1nh_ch%C6%B0ng" title="Bánh chưng">bánh chưng</a>, which started on the occasion of <a href="/wiki/T%E1%BA%BFt" title="Tết">Tết</a>. All early written records of the country have been destroyed through the millennia by numerous invasions from various groups. </p><p>Vietnamese New Year can also be traced back to the <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BD_dynasty" title="Lý dynasty">Lý dynasty</a> (1009 AD – 1226 AD). Vietnamese people often celebrated their Tết holiday by painting tattoos on themselves, drinking rice liquor, eating betel nuts, and making <i><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A1nh_ch%C6%B0ng" title="Bánh chưng">bánh chưng</a></i>, as well as pickled onions. During the period of Emperor <a href="/wiki/L%C3%AA_Th%C3%A1nh_T%C3%B4ng" title="Lê Thánh Tông">Lê Thánh Tông</a> (1442 AD – 1497 AD), <a href="/wiki/T%E1%BA%BFt" title="Tết">Tết</a> was considered a significant festival in Vietnam. Today, the rule for determining Vietnamese New Year day is the same with that of China, so the day of Lunar New Year in China and Vietnam mostly coincide.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lucky money is also given on Lunar New Year.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_America">North America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For Celebrations of Chinese New Year in the US, see <a href="/wiki/Chinese_New_Year" title="Chinese New Year">Chinese New Year</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Canada">Canada</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Hobiyee" title="Hobiyee">Hobiyee</a>, also spelled <b>Hoobiyee</b>, <b>Hobiiyee</b> and <b>Hoobiiyee</b>, is the new year of the <a href="/wiki/Nisga%27a" title="Nisga'a">Nisg̱a'a</a> people, celebrated in February or March. It signifies the emergence of the first <a href="/wiki/Lunar_phase" title="Lunar phase">crescent moon</a> and begins the month Buxw-laḵs.<sup id="cite_ref-Hobiyee_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hobiyee-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Celebrations of Hobiyee are done by Nisg̱a'a wherever they are located, but the largest celebrations are in Nisg̱a'a itself and in areas with a large Nisg̱a'a presence like <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition_by_the_United_Nations">Recognition by the United Nations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Recognition by the United Nations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a decade of advocating for its inclusion by China and also other countries in Asia, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> unanimously passed a resolution at <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations" title="Headquarters of the United Nations">its headquarters</a> in December 2023, to recognize the "Lunar New Year" (based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar), as a floating holiday, at the <a href="/wiki/78th_session_of_the_United_Nations_General_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="78th session of the United Nations General Assembly">78th session of the United Nations General Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Viet-Lunar_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Viet-Lunar-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This means that starting in 2024, UN bodies are encouraged to avoid holding meetings during that day, marking Lunar New Year as the eighth floating holiday that is observed by UN staff internationally.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Viet-Lunar_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Viet-Lunar-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The United Nations's <i>Lunar New Year</i> holiday, recognizes the spring festival that coincides with the <i>Chinese New Year</i> and is also celebrated in <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, Japan, Korea, Canada, and Suriname.<sup id="cite_ref-Viet-Lunar_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Viet-Lunar-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some states in the US, including California and New York, officially celebrate the Lunar New Year as a public holiday coinciding with the Chinese New Year. <sup id="cite_ref-Viet-Lunar_48-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Viet-Lunar-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_cultural_sphere" class="mw-redirect" title="East Asian cultural sphere">East Asian cultural sphere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_calendar#List_of_lunar_calendars" title="Lunar calendar">List of lunar calendars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar#List_of_lunisolar_calendars" title="Lunisolar calendar">List of lunisolar calendars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_cultural_sphere" class="mw-redirect" title="South Asian cultural sphere">South Asian cultural sphere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_and_Southeast_Asian_solar_New_Year" title="South and Southeast Asian solar New Year">South and Southeast Asian solar New Year</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_New_Year&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 February</span> 2025</span>. <q>...十月涤場。朋酒斯飨，曰殺羔羊。躋彼公堂，稱彼兕觥，萬壽無疆。</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Classic+of+Poetry+%E2%80%93+Qi+Yue&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fctext.org%2Fbook-of-poetry%2Fqi-yue%2Fzhs&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALunar+New+Year" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gov.cn/2012cj/content_2045407.htm">"春节简介"</a> [Introduction to Spring Festival]. <i>www.gov.cn</i>. 31 December 2008. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230305100048/http://www.gov.cn/2012cj/content_2045407.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 5 March 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"12". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ctext.org/lv-shi-chun-qiu/shi-er-yue-ji/zh"><i>Lüshi Chunqiu</i></a> (in Chinese). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201024124604/https://ctext.org/lv-shi-chun-qiu/shi-er-yue-ji/zh">Archived</a> from the original on 24 October 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 February</span> 2025</span>. <q>命有司大儺，旁磔，出土牛，以送寒氣。</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=12&rft.btitle=L%C3%BCshi+Chunqiu&rft.aulast=L%C3%BC&rft.aufirst=Buwei&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fctext.org%2Flv-shi-chun-qiu%2Fshi-er-yue-ji%2Fzh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALunar+New+Year" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREF田" class="citation web cs1">田, 東江. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sohu.com/a/246276571_161794">"儺戲"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sohu" title="Sohu">Sohu</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210401090126/https://www.sohu.com/a/246276571_161794">Archived</a> from the original on 1 April 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 February</span> 2025</span>. <q>《呂氏春秋·季冬紀》《後漢書·禮儀志》均有相應記載，前者云，届时"命有司大儺，旁磔，出土牛，以送寒氣"。後者云："先臘一日，大儺，謂之逐疫。"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sohu&rft.atitle=%E5%84%BA%E6%88%B2&rft.aulast=%E7%94%B0&rft.aufirst=%E6%9D%B1%E6%B1%9F&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sohu.com%2Fa%2F246276571_161794&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALunar+New+Year" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREF崔寔" class="citation cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">崔寔. <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:zh:四民月令"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/zh:%E5%9B%9B%E6%B0%91%E6%9C%88%E4%BB%A4"><i>四民月令</i> </a></span> (in Chinese) – via <a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a>. <q>正月之旦，是謂正日。躬率妻孥，絜祀祖禰...子、婦、孫、曾，各上椒酒於其家長，稱觴舉壽，欣欣如也。</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E5%9B%9B%E6%B0%91%E6%9C%88%E4%BB%A4&rft.au=%E5%B4%94%E5%AF%94&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALunar+New+Year" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREF范曄" class="citation cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">范曄. 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