How long can I visit relatives and friends in advance of the Spring Festival?

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Visiting relatives and friends in the New Year can be advanced to the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, while visiting relatives and friends after the fifth day of the first month and before the fifteenth day of the first month is a New Year greeting.

Chinese New Year refers to the Spring Festival, headed by Hundred Festivals, which is the most solemn and lively traditional festival of the Chinese nation. In ancient China, there was a tradition of celebrating the New Year. In ancient times, New Year refers to the beginning of spring, which has a dry calendar. When the solar term is beginning of spring, the transformation of Yin and Yang, the harmony of Yang, the beginning of the sting and the spring of everything mean the beginning of a new cycle. Later, due to the change of the calendar, the New Year usually refers to the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar.