Date of Chinese New Year Celebration

Lunisolar Chinese calendar determines Chinese New Year dates. Calendars are also used in countries that have been raised or been influenced by Han culture (notably in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam) and probably has an origin similar to New Year celebrations outside of East Asia (such as Iran, and in the days of yore , mainland Bulgarian). In the Gregorian calendar, Chinese New Year falls on different dates each year, between 21 January and 20 February. In the Chinese calendar, the winter sun turning point must occur in month 11, which means the Chinese New Year usually falls on the second new moon after the winter sun turning point (and sometimes a third if that year is inter calary month). In traditional cultures in China, Lichun is solar time that marked the start of spring, which occurs about February 4. Dates for Chinese New Year from 1996 to 2019 (in the Gregorian calendar) can be seen in the table above, along with the zodiac animals for that year and earthly branches. Along with 12-year cycle each with a zodiac animal is 10-year cycle of heavenly stems. Every heavenly associated with one of the five elements of Chinese astrology, namely: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. The elements are rotated every two years while docking yin and each successive year. The elements that serve targeted with differentiated into: Wood, Yin Wood, Yang Fire, Yin Fire, and so on. This results in a combined cycle that repeats every 60 years. For example, the year of the Fire Rat occurred in 1936 and in 1996. Many people confuse with the Chinese birth year with their Gregorian birth-year. Because Chinese New Year to begin in late January to mid February, the Chinese year from January 1 until day Lunar New Year Gregorian remain unchanged from the previous year. For example, the year of the snake in 1989 began on February 6, 1989. Year 1990 is considered by some to be the year of the horse. However, the year of the snake in 1989 officially ended on January 26, 1990. This means that whoever is born from January 1 to January 25, 1990 was actually born in the year of the snake instead of a horse.