Chinese Festivals and Celebrations
- Chinese New Year Eve
- 除夕Last day of lunar year
- 新年(xīnnián), 农历新年, 春節, 春节,大年初一
- Spring Festival, Chinese New Year
- 1st day of 1st lunar month
- 新年(xīnnián), 农历新年, 春節,大年初
- The date for the Chinese New Year in 2012 is January 23rd. (CNY 2012)
- It will be the year of the dragon
- Chinese zodiac and dates
Rat | 2008 |
Ox | 2009 |
Tiger | 2010 |
Rabbit | 2011 |
Dragon | 2012 |
Snake | 2013 |
Horse | 2014 |
Sheep | 2015 |
Monkey | 2016 |
Rooster | 2017 |
Dog | 2018 |
Pig | 2019 |
- More fireworks after midnight, visit family members.
- Songs for Chinese New Year
- Lantern Festival
- 元宵節
- Lantern parade and lion dance celebrating the first full moon.
- Eating tangyuan.
- This day is also the last day of new year celebration.
- Ching Ming Festival
- 清明節
- Visit, clean, and make offerings at ancestral gravesites, spring outing
- Duan Wu Festival
- Dragon Boat Festival
- 端午節
- The Nights of the Sevens
- Magpie Festival
- 七夕
- Spirit Festival
- Ghost Festival
- 中元節
- Mid-Autumn Festival
- Moon Festival
- 中秋節
- Moon Festival lantern craft tutorials
- Double Ninth Festival
- 重陽節
- Spirit Festival/Water Lantern Festival
- 下元節
- Winter Solstice
- Mid-Winter Festival
- 冬至
- Laba Festival
- Congee Festival
- 腊八节