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the day of the second new moon after the day on which the winter solstice occurs, unless there is an intercalary eleventh or twelfth month in the lead-up to the New Year—in such a case, the NewYear falls on the day of the third new moon after the solstice.
The date of the Chinese NewYear is determined by the Chinese calendar, a lunisolar calendar.
This means that anyone born from January 1 to 25 January 1990 was actually born in the year of the snake, not the year of the horse, although some people born during this period are not aware of this fact.
Chinese NewYear (春節, 農曆新年 or 過年), also known as the LunarNewYear or the Spring Festival, one of the traditional Chinese holidays, is celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, which is usually the day on which the second new moon after the winter solstice occurs.
Celebrated internationally, especially in Chinatowns, Chinese NewYear is the most important holiday of the Chinese people and much of East Asia by Koreans, Vietnamese and others who also have the same newyear.
In Chinese mythology, several legends are related to the Chinese newyear.
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