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Chinese New Year is not always on January 26, just this year it was. The date on which Chinese New year depends on the way the moon is. Because Chinese New year starts on the new moon of the first day of the New Year, then ends on the ful moon 15 days later.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoChinese New Year follows the lunar calendar, not the solar or Gregorian calendar.
Chinese New Year falls on the 1st day of the lunar calendar every year without fail, but this '1st day' is different for every Gregorian Year, falling between early January to late February of the Gregorian calendar.
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∙ 15y agoChinese New Year occurs on the start of the year in the Chinese calendar instead of the Western calendar. It's just a matter of perspective.
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∙ 14y agoIt sometimes falls on January. But Chinese people follow the Lunar Calender as oppose to the Solar Calendar that is wildly use.
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