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Chinese New Year (.. Chun1jie2, .... Nong2li4 Xin1nián or .. Guo4nián), also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, one of the traditional Chinese holidays, is celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, which falls on the day on which the second new moon after the day on which the winter solstice occurs, unless there is an intercalary eleventh or twelfth month in the lead-up to the New Year. In this case, the New Year falls on the third new moon after the Solstice. (The next time this occurs is in 2033.) Celebrated internationally, including in Chinatowns, Chinese New Year is the most important holiday of the Chinese people, and many East Asians such as Koreans and Vietnamese who have holidays which fall on the same day.

Greetings

Around the New Year people greet each other with:

Simplified Chinese: .... - "G.ngx. f.cái" (Mandarin/Putonghua), * Traditional Chinese: ....; "Kung hei fat choi" (Cantonese) = "congratulations and be prosperous"

* "X.nián kuàilè" (....) = "Happy New Year"

Traditions

Traditionally, red packets (Mandarin'hong bao' ..; [Cantonese] 'lai see' ..) are passed out during the Chinese New Year's celebrations, from married couples to unmarried people. Chinese New Year is celebrated with firecrackers, Dragon dances and lion dances.

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