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| Chinese New Year |
| Traditional Chinese |
農曆新年 |
| Simplified Chinese |
农历新年 |
| Literal meaning |
Agriculture / Agricultural / Agrarian Calendar's New Year |
| Transcriptions |
| Mandarin |
| - Hanyu Pinyin |
Nónglì Xīnnián |
| Min |
| - Hokkien POJ |
sin-nî (新年) or sin-chiaⁿ (新正) |
| Cantonese (Yue) |
| - Jyutping |
nung4 lik6 san1 nin4 |
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| Spring Festival |
| Traditional Chinese |
春節 |
| Simplified Chinese |
春节 |
| Literal meaning |
Spring Festival |
| Transcriptions |
| Mandarin |
| - Hanyu Pinyin |
Chūnjié |
| Min |
| - Hokkien POJ |
sin-chhun (新春) |
| Cantonese (Yue) |
| - Jyutping |
ceon1 zit3 |
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Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China, it is also known as the 'Spring Festival', the literal translation of the modern Chinese name (see Names in Chinese below). Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally ran from Chinese New Year's Day itself, the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month. The evening preceding Chinese New Year's Day is an occasion for Chinese families to gather for the annual reunion dinner. Because the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the Chinese New Year is often referred to as the "Lunar New Year".
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