Chinese New Year

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. Chinese new year celebrations traditionally ran from Chinese New Year's Day itself, the first day of the first month of the Chinese calender, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, making the festival the longest in the Chinese calender. Because the Chinese calender is lunisolar, the Chinese New year is often referred to as the " Lunar New year".