Chinese New Year 2020

When is Chinese New Year 2020

Chinese New Year 2020

Saturday, January 25, 2020

When is Chinese New Year 2021

Chinese New Year 2021

Friday, February 12, 2021

Why we celebrate Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is a spring festival that begins on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month on the Chinese calendar. The festival lasts 23 days and ends on the 15th day of the first lunar month next year in the Chinese calendar. According to historical data on the day when Shun – the mythological emperor of ancient China, came to the throne more than 4000 years ago, he led his ministers to worship heaven and earth. Since that time, this day is considered the first day of the first lunar month of the Chinese calendar. In 1911, the country adoptedThe Gregorian calendar, according to which the New Year was renamed the Spring Festival.

What Do People Do

Chinese New Year is associated with the cleaning of the house, which is connected with the greeting of the Spring Festival. Exhibited red posters with poems on the door, Chinese paintings with red lanterns hang on the walls. On this day, relatives come to visit each other. In the evening of the Spring Festival, fireworks are arranged. Children are given money for good luck. Beating drums and shock gongs, dragon and lion dancing are part of the Spring Festival celebration.

How to Celebrate Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is the national holiday of China. Government agencies, schools, universities and many companies are closed on this day until the 7th day of the first lunar month in the Chinese’s calendar.

Chinese New Year Observances

List of dates for other years

Weekday	Date	Year	Name
Saturday	25 January	2020	Chinese New Year
Friday	12 February	2021	Chinese New Year
Tuesday	01 February	2022	Chinese New Year
Sunday	22 January	2023	Chinese New Year
Saturday	10 February	2024	Chinese New Year
Wednesday	29 January	2025	Chinese New Year
Tuesday	17 February	2026	Chinese New Year
Saturday	06 February	2027	Chinese New Year
Wednesday	26 January	2028	Chinese New Year
Tuesday	13 February	2029	Chinese New Year
Sunday	03 February	2030	Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year Video

Chinese New Year Cards

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List of Common Holidays in 2020

Date	Holiday	Type
January 2020
Jan 1 - Tues	New Year's Day 2020	National holiday
Jan 6 - Sun	Epiphany 2020	Christian
Jan 7 - Mon	Orthodox Christmas Day 2020	Orthodox Christian
Jan 14 - Mon	Orthodox New Year 2020	Orthodox Christian
Jan 15 - Tues	Makar Sankranti 2020	Hindu
Jan 21 - Mon	Tu B'Shevat 2020	Jewish
Jan 21 - Mon	Martin Luther King Day 2020	National holiday
February 2020
Feb 1 - Fri	National Freedom Day 2020	Observance
Feb 1 - Fri	National Wear Red Day 2020	Observance
Feb 2 - Sat	Groundhog Day 2020	Observance
Feb 5 - Tues	Chinese New Year 2020	Observance
Feb 12 - Tues	Lincoln's Birthday 2020	Observance
Feb 14 - Thurs	Valentine's Day 2020	Observance
Feb 18 - Mon	Presidents' Day - Washington's Birthday 2020	National holiday
March 2020
Mar 1 - Fri	Read Across America Day 2020	Observance
Mar 1 - Fri	Employee Appreciation Day 2020	Observance
Mar 5 - Tues	Maha Shivaratri 2020	Hindu
Mar 5 - Tues	Mardi Gras 2020	Christian
Mar 6 - Wed	Lent 2019	Christian
Mar 6 - Wed	Ash Wednesday 2020	Christian
Mar 10 - Sun	Daylight Saving Time - begins 2020	Daylight Saving
Mar 17 - Sun	St. Patrick's Day 2020	Observance
Mar 20 - Wed	Spring/Fall - March equinox 2020	Season
Mar 21 - Thur	Purim 2020	Jewish
Mar 21 - Thurs	Holi 2020	Hindu
April 2020
Apr 1 - Mon	April Fools' Day 2020	Observance
Apr 3 - Wed	Isra and Mi'raj 2020	Muslim
Apr 13 - Sat	Thomas Jefferson Birthday 2020	Observance
Apr 14 - Sun	Rama Navami 2020	Hindu
Apr 14 -Sun	Palm Sunday 2020	Christian
Apr 15 - Mon	Tax Day 2020	Observance
Apr 16 - Tues	National Library Workers Day 2020	Observance
Apr 18 - Thurs	Maundy Thursday 2020	Christian
Apr 19 - Fri	Good Friday 2020	Christian
Apr 20 - Sat	Holy Saturday 2020	Christian
Apr 20 - Sat	Passover - Starts 2020	Jewish
Apr 21 - Sun	Laylat al Bara'at 2020	Muslim
Apr 21 - Sun	Easter 2020	Christian
Apr 21 - Sun	Earth Day 2020	Observance
Apr 22 - Mon	Easter Monday 2020	Christian
Apr 24 - Wed	Administrative Professionals Day 2020	Observance
Apr 25 - Thurs	Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day 2020	Observance
Apr 26 - Fri	Orthodox Good Friday 2020	Orthodox Christian
Apr 26 - Fri	Arbor Day 2020	Observance
Apr 27 - Sat	Passover - Final Day 2020	Jewish
Apr 28 - Sun	Orthodox Easter 2020	Orthodox Christian
May 2020
May 1 - Wed	May Day 2020	Observance
May 2 - Thur	Yom Hashoah 2020	Jewish
May 2 - Thurs	National Day of Prayer 2020	Observance
May 5 - Sun	Cinco de Mayo 2020	Observance
May 6 - Mon	National Nurses Day 2020	Observance
May 6 - Mon	Ramadan starts 2020	Muslim
May 12 - Sun	Mothers' Day 2020	Observance
May 15 - Wed	Peace Officers Memorial Day 2020	Observance
May 18 - Sat	Armed Forces Day 2020	Observance
May 22 - Wed	National Maritime Day 2020	Observance
May 23 - Thurs	Lag BaOmer 2020	Jewish
May 27 - Mon	Memorial Day 2020	National holiday
May 30 - Thurs	Ascension Day 2020	Christian
Jun 1 - Sat	Laylat al Qadr 2020	Muslim
June 2020
Jun 1 - Sat	Laylat al Qadr 2020	Muslim
Jun 5 - Wed	Eid al-Fitr 2020	Muslim
Jun 6 - Thurs	D-Day 2020	Observance
Jun 9 - Sun	Shavuot 2020	Jewish
Jun 9 - Sun	Pentecost 2020	Christian
Jun 10 - Mon	Whit Monday 2020	Christian
Jun 14 - Fri	Flag Day 2020	Observance
Jun 16 - Sun	Fathers' Day 2020	Observance
Jun 20 - Thurs	Corpus Christi 2020	Christian
Jun 21 - Fri	Summer/Winter Solstice 2020	Season
July 2020
Jul 4 - Thurs	Rath Yatra 2020	Hindu
Jul 4 - Thurs	4th of July - Independence Day 2020	National holiday
Jul 28 - Sun	Parents Day 2020	Observance
August 2020
Aug 4 - Sun	Friendship Day 2020	Observance
Aug 11 - Sun	Day of Arafat 2020	Muslim
Aug 11 - Sun	Tisha B'Av 2020	Jewish
Aug 11 - Sun	Eid al-Adha 2020	Muslim
Aug 14 - Wed	Raksha Bandhan 2020	Hindu
Aug 15 - Thurs	Assumption of Mary 2020	Christian
Aug 19 - Mon	National Aviation Day 2020	Observance
Aug 21 - Wed	Senior Citizens Day 2020	Observance
Aug 23 - Fri	Krishna Janmashtami 2020	Hindu
Aug 26 - Mon	Women's Equality Day 2020	Observance
Aug 31 - Sat	Muharram 2020	Muslim
September 2020
Sept 2 - Mon	Ganesh Chaturthi 2020	Hindu
Sep 2 - Mon	Labor Day 2020	National holiday
Sep 8 - Sun	National Grandparents Day 2020	Observance
Sep 10 - Tues	Ashura 2020	Muslim
Sep 11 - Wed	Patriot Day 2020	Observance
Sep 17 - Tues	Constitution Citizenship Day 2020	Observance
Sep 23 - Mon	Fall/ Spring - September equinox 2020	Season
Sept 29 - Sun	Navratri 2020	Hindu
Sept 30 - Mon	Rosh Hashana 2020	Jewish
October 2020
Oct 7 - Mon	Child Health Day 2020	Observance
Oct 7 - Mon	Dussehra 2020	Hindu
Oct 9 - Wed	Leif Erikson 2020	Observance
Oct 9 - Wed	Yom Kippur 2020	Jewish
Oct 14 - Mon	Sukkot 2020	Jewish
Oct 14 - Mon	Columbus Day 2020	National holiday
Oct 16 - Wed	Boss's Day 2020	Observance
Oct 21 - Mon	Shemini Atzeret 2020	Jewish
Oct 22 - Tues	Simchat Torah 2020	Jewish
Oct 27 - Sun	Diwali 2020	Hindu
Oct 31 - Thurs	Halloween 2020	Observance
November 2020
Nov 1 - Fri	All Saints' Day 2020	Christian
Nov 2 - Fri	All Souls Day 2020	Christian
Nov 3 - Sun	Daylight Saving Time - ends 2020	Daylight Saving
Nov 10 - Sun	The Prophet's Birthday 2020	Muslim
Nov 11 - Mon	Veterans Day 2020	National holiday
Nov 28 - Thurs	Thanksgiving Day 2020	National holiday
Nov 29 - Fri	Black Friday 2020	Observance
December 2020
Dec 2 - Mon	Cyber Monday 2020	Observance
Dec 1 - Sun	Advent 2020	Christian
Dec 6 - Fri	St Nicholas Day 2020	Christian
Dec 7 - Sat	Pearl Harbor Remebrance Day 2020	Observance
Dec 17 - Tues	Wright Brothers Day 2020	Observance
Dec 22 - Sun	Winter/Summer Solstice 2020	Season
Dec 23 - Mon	Hanukkah/Chanukah - Starts 2020	Jewish
Dec 24 - Tues	Christmas Eve 2020	Christian
Dec 25 - Wed	Christmas Day 2020	National holiday
Dec 26 - Thurs	Kwanzaa -thru Jan 1 2020	Observance
Dec 30 - Mon	Hanukkah/Chanukah - Final Day 2020	Jewish
Dec 31 - Tues	New Years Eve 2020	Observance