Is there a Spring Festival abroad?

There is a Spring Festival in foreign countries, and so do foreigners.

In addition to the "Chinatown" in overseas countries, the Spring Festival is celebrated every year. According to incomplete statistics, about eight countries in Asia have designated the Lunar New Year as a legal holiday. In Korea, North Korea and Vietnam, the Lunar New Year is the most important festival of the year.

On the Korean peninsula, the Lunar New Year is called New Year's Day or "Old Correction", and the first to third day of the first month is a national legal holiday. 2. Vietnamese Lunar New Year holiday lasts from New Year's Eve to the third day of the first month, plus Saturday and Sunday, ***6 days.

Chinese families in Singapore get together to make rice cakes every year. The whole family get together, make all kinds of cakes, talk about family and have fun. They also want to open the oil pan to burn the stove, which means that the fire will grow stronger every year.

New Year's Eve is extremely important for Chinese in Singapore. On this day, people are ready to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and have a family reunion dinner. At the same time, they also provide food or flowers to their dead ancestors. Although the form may vary according to their religious beliefs, the significance of commemorating their ancestors is the same.

Foreign development

In 2002, the Spring Festival was listed as a national public holiday in Indonesia.

20 16 10, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil officially passed a bill, which designated the Spring Festival as an official holiday in Rio de Janeiro, and February became the "China Spring Festival Commemorative Month".

On August 26th, 20 18, many California officials and Chinese community members who promoted the passage of the Lunar New Year Bill held a press conference in San Francisco to celebrate the formal entry into force of the Bill. The bill does not directly designate the Lunar New Year as a public holiday, but encourages schools and educational institutions to organize activities to promote Asian cultural traditions.

On February 29th, 2020, the Cabinet Meeting of 65438+ Thailand decided to add some special legal holidays in 20021year to promote the development of domestic tourism, including the China Lunar New Year.