They are both new year and are from different countries
1961, was the Chinese Year of the Ox.
The Spring Festival is the New Year's Day for the Chinese lunar calendar. For this reason, it is more commonly called Chinese New Year. It always falls between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20 in the Gregorian calendar.
This is never possible as people around the world celebrate Chinese New Year at the same time, however, it is a different date on every year. Think of it as would you celebrate new year on a different date in America and in Australia?
In the calendar the Americans use - the Gregorian calendar - the Chinese New Year fluctuates; it usually falls sometime between January 21 and February 20. It is celebrated at varied dates due to its dependency on the lunisolar Chinese calender.(Click on the Related link to read more about this festival.)
New Year's is determined by the Gregorian calendar while Chinese New Year is determined by the lunar calendar.
The difference is that Chinese New Year is celebrated by mostly Chinese, it comes from China and is celebrated later then Feliz Navidad. Also let's not forget that Feliz Navidad is 'Merry Christmas' in Spanish, another difference because Christmas and New Years are the same holidays.
The Chinese new year always in winter,it between January and Match!
Chinese new year is falls between January and late February, depending on the Lunar (moon) calender.
The Chinese zodiac is based on a twelve year cycle. The year is lunar based, starting on the second new moon after the winter solstice. The western zodiac and the Amerind earth magic zodiac are based on a twelve month cycle.
It is the year of the tiger! It comes in between the ox and the rabbit.
The Chinese calendar is a lunar calendar, which is based on the moons cycle. Chinese new year falls between January 21 and February 19. The next Chinese year will be cycle 78, year 28, the year of the hare and will begin on Gregorian February 3 2011
The year which will be 2010 in the Gregorian calendar will coincide with the following years:It will be year 1432 in the Islamic calendarIt will be year 5771 in the Hebrew calendarIt will be year 4647 in the Chinese calendarIt will be year 1727 in the Coptic calendarIt will be year 4343 in the Korean calendarFor a full reference of alternative years, see the related linkIt is also the year of the tiger (chinese).
Soo-Jung-Gwa is a Korean traditional drink that Korean ancestors drank. People nowadays, when an Chinese New Year comes, they serve this particular drink and something called Shik-Hae, another Korean traditional drink, to their ansestors (deceased, of course). Hope it answered your question!
Generally, it seems it was the year of the Water Rabbit. There are a few sources that list Rabbits as Cats instead... Either way, it was the year of a small, furry, cute animal. With a few sources calling it the year of the Cat, sometimes I've seen confusion with the previous year, the year of the Tiger. The basic difference between the personalities of the two years can be associated with the size difference between the two animals... year of the Tiger people are authoritative, emotional, courageous, and intense. On the other hand, year of the Rabbit people are popular, compassionate, and sincere.
September 8 [year between 1950-1950]
It is the same as one being given a holiday on the 1st of January each year. Chinese new year is a new year based on traditional Chinese calender instead of the modern internationally used calendar, therefore explaining the difference in dates. Hence, it is very natural for people to get a holiday to welcome the Chinese's new year.