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In Singapore, the Chinese New Year is celebrated primarily by Chinese Singaporeans, or members of the Chinese diaspora located there, who make up over 75% of Singapore's population. The holiday is the start of a new year based on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.
Chinese New Year is observed as a public holiday in the provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala, Satun and Songkhla. For the year 2021 (one year only) the government declared Chinese New Year a government holiday. It applied mostly to civil servants.
This Chinese calendar correspondence table shows the stem/branch year names, correspondences to the Western calendar, and other related information for the current, 79th Sexagenary cycle of the Chinese calendar based on the 2697 BC epoch or the 78th cycle if using the 2637 BC epoch.
Across Asia and the Asian diaspora, Lunar New Year, also commonly known as Chinese New Year, is the most widely celebrated and most important holiday.
Chinese New Year is on Feb. 1, according to information from Library of the Chathams. Known as the “Year of the Tiger,” 2022 New Year festivities are expected to wind down on Feb. 15.
The date of Chinese New Year varies from year to year. This year, the Chinese New Year begins on Saturday, February 10, 2024, whereas in 2023, the Chinese New Year began on...
Chinese New Year's Eve originated in the Shang dynasty (1600 – 1046 BC), when Chinese held sacrificial ceremonies in honour of gods and ancestors at the end of each year. Then in the Zhou dynasty (1046 – 256 BC), the phrase “Nian (Year)” appeared and certain cultural practices became popular among Chinese such as sending door gods and ...
The Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, celebration is the largest and most important in Chinese culture, usually running for 15 days.
According to Chinese mythology, the nian lives under the sea or in the mountains. The Chinese character nian more usually means "year" or "new year". The earliest written sources that refer to the nian as a creature date to the early 20th century.
Nothing cemented the Chinese dragon’s might better than when it became a symbol of the empire. The mythical Yellow Emperor, a legendary sovereign, is said to have been fetched by a Chinese ...