Chinese New Year is the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar

The Chinese New Year is the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar. In ancient times, the Spring Festival used to refer exclusively to the beginning of spring in the solar calendar, which was also considered to be the beginning of the year, but was later changed to the beginning of the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar as the New Year. Generally the New Year did not end until at least the 15th day of the first lunar month (Shangyuan Festival), but in the folklore, the Spring Festival in the traditional sense refers to the period from the Lunar New Year's wax festival or the sacrifice of zaos on the 23rd or 24th day of the Lunar New Year, until the 19th day of the first lunar month. Over time, people began to refer to the first day of the New Year as the Spring Festival.

The Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, is commonly known as "New Year", "New Year", "New Year's Day", etc. It is also known as "New Year's Eve", "New Year's Day", "New Year's Day", and "New Year's Day". "" New Year "", is a set of old and new, worship God and ancestors, pray for blessings and evil spirits, family and friends reunion, celebrations and entertainment and food as one of the folk festival. Now the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, "Spring Festival" the name of the festival, there is no ancient (generally known as the old days, the New Year, New Year's Day), is the Republic of China government to create.