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Name Date Remarks Ref. New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu): January 1 This national holiday was established in 1948, as a day to celebrate the new year. New Year's Day marks the beginning of Japan's most important holiday season, the New Year season (正月, Shōgatsu), which generally refers to the first one, three or seven days of the year.
In pre-modern Japan, the date of the Niiname-sai was moveable, taking place on the last Day of the Rabbit of the eleventh month of the old Japanese lunar calendar, but in the Meiji period the date was fixed at November 23, and this date became a national holiday, Labor Thanksgiving Day, in the Shōwa period after World War II.
Because a Javanese lunar year is between 11 and 12 days shorter than a civil year, it begins 11–12 days earlier in the civil year following the civil year in which the previous Javanese year began. Once every 33 or 34 Javanese years, or once every 32 or 33 civil years, the beginning of a Javanese year (1 Sura) coincides with one of the first ...
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Mark your (Gregorian) calendar for February 1, 2022, and get ready to welcome the Year of the Tiger! The post What Is the Lunar New Year and How Is It Celebrated? appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Across the globe, around 2 billion people celebrate the Lunar New Year, an international holiday observed throughout many Asian countries, but not all. The U.S. has its own unique celebrations ...
New Year's Eve celebration in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2004) Chinese New Year celebration with fireworks display at Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong 2012. The New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner. [1]
Chinese New Year: Tahun Baru Imlek 農曆新年 农历新年 (Nónglì Xīnnián) 1st day of 1st month of Chinese calendar. Public holiday since 2003 15th date of 1st month Lantern Festival: Festival Lampion 元宵節 元宵节 (Yuánxiāo Jié) 十五暝 (Cha̍p Gō͘ Mê) Festival marking the last day of Chinese New Year celebration.