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Overall, the Taiwanese Lunar New Year is a blend of ancient customs and modern-day celebrations, offering a unique experience that highlights the country's rich cultural heritage. While similar in some ways to the Chinese New Year, Taiwan’s celebration has a distinct charm that reflects its national values and traditions. [18]
Starting from 1990, the Tourism Bureau integrated civilian and local governmental resources to conduct the event to celebrate the Lantern Festival (15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar) and the end of the lunar new year. The purpose of the festival is to spread the traditional folklore. It is also known as the Yuan Xiao Festival.
1 January – New Year's Day and Republic Day; 25 January – 2 February – Chinese New Year; 28 February – Peace Memorial Day; 5 April – Children's Day and Tomb-Sweeping Day; 1 May – Labour Day; 31 May – Dragon Boat Festival; 6 October – Mid-Autumn Festival; 10 October – National Day
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In China, the 15-day celebration kicks off on New Year’s Eve with a family feast called a reunion dinner full of traditional Lunar New Year foods, and typically ends with the Lantern Festival.
The climax of this lunar new year is the festival of Passover, which begins on 15 Nisan/Abib (Aviv). It is also the first day of secular new years in Karaite Judaism and Samaritanism. 1 Elul corresponds to the New Year for Animal Tithes in the Rabbinic tradition. Elul is the sixth month, a very late summer/early autumn holiday.
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's defence ministry said on Saturday it had detected eight Chinese balloons crossing the Taiwan Strait in the previous 24 hours, two of which flew across the island, in an ...