What's the difference between New Year's Day and Spring Festival?

There is one day off on New Year's Day, and sometimes there are three days off on Saturday and Sunday. If there is no weekend approaching, it will be New Year's Day. The Spring Festival is a seven-day holiday.

2. Different ways to celebrate

In China, New Year's Day celebrations, red lanterns will be hung in shopping malls, and promotion and family dinners are very simple. But the Spring Festival is full of activities. On New Year's Eve, northerners eat jiaozi and southerners eat jiaozi. These are all traditional customs. During the Spring Festival, there will be activities such as lion dance, dragon dance, beating gongs and drums, and worshipping relatives. The elders will also give the younger generation red envelopes and other customs. It can be said that the Spring Festival is the most lively festival in a year.

3, the time is different

Most countries in the world call New Year's Day "New Year", while China calls it "New Year". According to the lunar calendar, the time of the Spring Festival is uncertain every year.

4. Different degrees of attention

New Year's Day and Spring Festival are both New Year's Day and Lunar New Year. In China, people pay more attention to the Lunar New Year, because the lunar calendar is a traditional calendar in China. Some traditional festivals in China, such as Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day, are calculated according to the lunar calendar. China's New Year or Spring Festival has a long history. People in China pay more attention to the Spring Festival.