Chinese new year 2021 is a year of the Ox, starting from February 12th, 2021 (Chinese lunar New Year Day) and lasting until January 31st, 2022.
When is Chinese New Year 2021?
The Chinese New Year marks the first day in the lunar calendar, which begins the day after the first new moon appears between January 21 and February 20. This year the New Year falls on Friday, February 12. The celebrations usually start on the evening preceding the first day of the new year (February 11), and run until the fifteenth day (February 26), when lantern festivals traditionally take place.
Where is Chinese New Year celebrated?
All over China, for a start: the period from February 11 to 17 is a national public holiday. But the lunar new year is also celebrated in many other regions and countries which either use the lunar calendar or have large Chinese or Chinese-speaking populations. This includes Malaysia, Vietnam, Korea, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore and the Philippines, along with Chinese communities in almost every other country in the world.