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    What natural event signals the end of the Chinese New Year?

    Question #112105. Asked by nibbles0011. (Jan 14 10 8:38 AM)


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    		Does it have something to do with the Lantern festival?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival

    Jan 14 10, 12:20 PM
    looney_tunes

    		"Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is often called the Lunar New Year, especially by people in mainland China and Taiwan. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival. ... Chinese New Year usually falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice (rarely the third if an intercalary month intervenes). In traditional Chinese Culture, lichun is a solar term marking the start of spring, which occurs about February 4."

    From this, if the start of celebrations is on the first new moon of spring, the end coincides with the first full moon of spring.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year

    Jan 14 10, 1:23 PM

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