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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

2020 Chinese New Year Saturday Jan 25,2020


Chinese New Year dates change every year. 

Chinese New Year 2020  falls on Saturday, January 25th, 2020, and celebrations will continue from New Year's Eve for 16 days in total.

As a public holiday, Chinese people will get 7 days off from work from January 24 – 30 in 2020.

2020 is a Year of the Rat according to Chinese zodiac





2000 February 5 Dragon (2000-02-05—2001-01-23)
2001 January 24 Snake (2001-01-24—2002-02-11)
2002 February 12 Horse (2002-02-12—2003-01-31)
2003 February 1 Goat (2003-02-01—2004-01-21)
2004 January 22 Monkey (2004-01-22—2005-02-08)
2005 February 9 Rooster (2005-02-09—2006-01-28)
2006 January 29 Dog (2006-01-29—2007-02-17)
2007 February 18 Pig (2007-02-18—2008-02-06)
2008 February 7 Rat (2008-02-07—2009-01-25)
2009 January 26 Ox (2009-01-26—2010-02-13)
2010 February 14 Tiger (2010-02-14—2011-02-02)
2011 February 3 Rabbit (2011-02-03—2012-01-22)
2012 January 23 Dragon (2012-01-23—2013-02-09)
2013 February 10 Snake (2013-02-10—2014-01-30)
2014 January 31 Horse (2014-01-31—2015-02-18)
2015 February 19 Goat (2015-02-19—2016-02-07)
2016 February 8 Monkey (2016-02-08—2017-01-27)
2017 January 28 Rooster (2017-01-28—2018-02-15)
2018 February 16 Dog (2018-02-16—2019-02-04)
2019 February 5 Pig (2019-02-05—2020-01-24)
2020 January 25 Rat (2020-01-25—2021-02-11)



Background

According to historical documents, on the day when Shun, who was one of ancient China’s mythological emperors, came to the throne more than 4000 years ago, he led his ministers to worship heaven and earth

From then on, that day was regarded as the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar. This is the basic origin of Chinese New Year

China adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1911, so Chinese New Year was renamed the Spring Festival.

Symbols

Each new year year is represented by a Zodia Animal sign

The red posters with poetic verses on it were initially a type of amulet, but now it simply means good fortune and joy

Various Chinese New Year symbols express different meanings. For example, an image of a fish symbolizes “having more than one needs every year”

A firecracker symbolizes “good luck in the coming year”. The festival lanterns symbolize “pursuing the bright and the beautiful”.

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