Two public holidays will be extended by a day, but the survival of the unpopular ‘holiday swap’ system tempers enthusiasm.

Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is one of the most significant holidays in Chinese ...

Therefore, New Year’s Eve lands on the 29th or 30th of the month, depending on the cycle of the moon. This year, there is no 30th day in the first month of the Chinese calendar, so locals will ...

Celebrated in China for thousands of years, the Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year holiday—also called Spring Festival—is based on a complicated calendar that uses both the lunar (cycles of the ...

Fortune and greatness are predicted for 2024 babies. If you’ve got a little one on the way this year, according to Chinese ...

Traditionally, Chinese New Year celebrations begin on the final day of the last month of the Chinese calendar (February 5 in 2019) and end with the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first ...

The Chinese and Jewish calendars are soli-lunar calendars. These calendars offer many possibilities for celebrating the start of a new year. Here are some of the most famous new year festivals of ...

The calendar consists of rows and columns that mark the 12 ... Add another year if your birthday falls after the Chinese New Year, as the lunar age increments with each Spring Festival. *A baby is one ...

True, it follows the Chinese Lunar calendar, but the holiday is celebrated across the entire continent of Asia, and each country has its own customs and traditions. Lunar New Year is most often ...

For the first time, New York City’s public school students have the day off to mark the holiday of Diwali, celebrated in ...

BEIJING: China announced on Tuesday that two days will be added to the public holiday calendar next year ... extended from ...