Lunar New Year

English Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lunar New Year.wav Southern England Noun ~ lunar New Year An annual holiday of several cultures that marks the beginning of a new year according to a lunar or lunisolar calendar, as opposed to a new year dictated by a solar calendar such as the Julian or Gregorian calendars. en Chinese New Year Chunjie Tet Al Hijrah en 24 April 2015 Euan McKirdy What a send-off: China's funeral strippers told to cover up https://web.archive.org/web/20150424060325/https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/24/asia/china-funeral-strippers/index.html 24 April 2015 w:CNN Photos obtained by CNN from an attendee at a village funeral in Cheng'an County in Hebei Province show mourners of all ages, including children, watching the performance.The attendee, who asked not to be identified, said he was visiting family during the Lunar New Year holiday. While he was there, one of the elderly villagers died so he went to the funeral. en 2026-02-16 Eler Alicia Lunar New Year, Ramadan and Lent in rare alignment this year. The holidays follow different solar and lunar calendars, but some of them sync up in 2026 w:Minnesota Star Tribune https://www.startribune.com/lunar-new-year-fat-tuesday-ramadan-and-lent-occur-around-the-same-time-this-year/601581997 This Tuesday and Wednesday, four holidays from different cultures and religions overlap in a rare calendar year. The celebrations of Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) and Lunar New Year both occur on Tuesday, Feb. 17 2026. This won't happen again until Feb. 13, 2029, according to the websites chinahighlights.com and mardigrasneworleans.com. Ramadan is expected to start Tuesday evening, pending official confirmation, and Lent (which begins on Ash Wednesday) begins on Feb. 18. Last year, Ramadan and Lent began within a week of each other on Feb. 28 and March 5. The holidays are all happening within two days this year because several long solar, lunar and lunisolar calendar cycles sync up. Lunar New Year happens on the second new moon after winter solstice, which is also Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) — 47 days before Easter Sunday. https://web.archive.org/web/20260917002025/https://www.startribune.com/lunar-new-year-fat-tuesday-ramadan-and-lent-occur-around-the-same-time-this-year/601581997 17 September 2026 Usage notes In the western world, this term was commonly used to refer to the start of a lunar/lunisolar calendar other than the traditional Chinese calendar, such as Babylonian, Hindu, Islamic, and various other Old World systems. When referring to an East Asian culture's new year (such as Chinese, Mongolian, Korean, or Vietnamese), "Chinese New Year" is sometimes colloquially used (although this usage is often proscribed) regardless of nationality due to the Chinese being the most commonly known practitioners of a lunar calendar. (The Japanese replaced their lunar calendar with the Gregorian following the Meiji Restoration). In the 2010s and 2020s, "Lunar New Year" became used more often in English to describe East Asian celebrations as it is considered more inclusive of various communities than "Chinese New Year"; this push grew in popularity in the United States, then spread elsewhere in the English-speaking world, including in non-Chinese East Asian Englishes. By contrast, Chinese nationalists often prescribe the use of "Chinese New Year" regardless of nationality in accordance with their claim that the celebration of this holiday is rooted in Chinese culture and was only adopted because of Chinese influence in the region. Translations Lunar New Year Arabic: ar رَأْس السَّنَة الصِّينِيَّة, ar عِيد الرَّبِيع Betawi: bew lebaran cina Burmese: my တရုတ်နှစ်တစ်ကူး Chinese: Cantonese: yue 新年 san1 nin4, yue 農曆新年 nung4 lik6 san1 nin4 Hokkien: nan-hbl 新正 sin-chiaⁿ Mandarin: cmn 春節 chūnjié, cmn 農曆新年 nónglì xīnnián Finnish: fi kiinalainen uusivuosi French: fr nouvel an chinois m Galician: gl aninovo chinés m Georgian: ka ჩინური ახალი წელი German: de chinesisches Neujahrsfest Hawaiian: haw konohī Hindi: hi चंद्र नववर्ष m Hungarian: hu kínai újév, hu holdújév, hu tavaszünnep Indonesian: id Imlek, id hari raya Imlek, id imlek, id tahun baru imlek, id sincia Japanese: ja 旧正月 きゅうしょうがつ, kyūshōgatsu, ja 春節 しゅんせつ, shunsetsu Kazakh: kk Қытай Жаңа жылы Khmer: km ចូលឆ្នាំចិន, km នានិទាឃរដូវ Korean: ko 춘절(春節), ko 설, ko 설날 Lao: lo ກຸດຈີນ, lo ປີໃໝ່ຈີນ, lo ປີໃໝ່ຫວຽດ Lü: khb Malay: ms Tahun Baru Cina, ms Raya Cina Malaysia Mongolian: mn Хятадын Шинэ Жил, mn Цагаан сар Norwegian: Bokmål: nb kinesisk nyttår n Portuguese: pt ano novo chinês m Russian: ru Кита́йский Но́вый год m Spanish: es año nuevo chino m Tagalog: tl Bagong Taon ng mga Tsino Thai: th ตรุษจีน Tibetan: bo Uyghur: ug چاغان, ug باھار بايرىمى Vietnamese: vi Tết Nguyên Đán (vi 節元旦), vi Tết, vi Tết ta, vi Tết âm lịch Zhuang: za cieng en Holidays