{"id":23681,"date":"2018-02-16T13:11:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T11:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smile4travel.de\/?p=23681"},"modified":"2019-03-05T06:34:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T04:34:40","slug":"chinese-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smile4travel.de\/en\/asia\/china\/chinese-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Chinese New Year – Xinchun ku\u00e0il\u00e8!"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the months of January and February, when the Christmas season in Western parts of the world is long over and the Carneval season is big in Central European and Brazil, China and the majority of the Asian continent celebrates one of the most important – if not the most important festival: Chinese New Year. Also known as Spring Festival in modern China or Lunar Year Festival in most other Asian regions, it is based on the lunar calender, starting with the first of twelve lunar months between mid of Jan and mid of Feb on a different date each year (2018: Feb 16th \u2013 2019: Feb 2nd – 2020: Jan 25th )<\/p>\n

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But no matter how you call it: Chinese New Year celebrations always start at the evening before New Years Day with a festive dinner, the New Years Gala-show on TV as well as various fireworks and lasts for15 days until the Lantern Festival , including 7 days off for all workers granted by almost every company.<\/p>\n

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So Chinese New Year also stands for the longest public holiday period for Chinese workers – and schoolchildren alike, who are even priviledged to have an entire month off. This being said it is obviously the best time of the year for big family reunions, and special traditions, which are very much comparable to the Christmas season and homecoming for the holidays of us Westerners.<\/p>\n