What date is the 2021 Chinese New Year's Eve? How many days until Chinese New Year?

What date is the 2021 Chinese New Year's Eve? How many days until Chinese New Year?
Xiaonian is also very important to people. Xiaonian is also known as the Kitchen God Festival. There are many customs and considerations on Xiaonian Eve. So what is the date of Xiaonian Eve in 2021? How many days until Chinese New Year?

What date is the 2021 Chinese New Year's Eve?

The New Year’s Eve in 2021 is February 4th in the Gregorian calendar, while the lunar calendar is still the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in 2020.
The concept and date of Minor New Year's Eve vary from place to place. It is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the north, the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month in some southern regions, the day before New Year's Eve in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions, New Year's Eve in some ethnic minority areas in the southwest and north, the 15th day of the first lunar month in Nanjing, and the 16th day of the first lunar month in some parts of Yunnan.
People call it "Little New Year", which means that the year is about to end, but in some places (such as Shanghai), people habitually call the day before New Year's Eve "Little New Year's Eve".
The taboos of Xiaonian vary from place to place
1. According to legend, in some areas of Hubei, people are forbidden to slaughter animals on the day of the Little New Year.
2. In some places in Henan, people are taboo about pounding garlic, believing that pounding garlic during the Little New Year will make the family poor.
3. In Taiwan, people avoid pounding rice. It is said that this may bring down the god of wind, which may bring about wind disasters in the coming year. On the 25th day of the 12th lunar month, it is taboo in Taiwan to collect debts.
4. A few days after the Little New Year, people in rural areas will steam buns to prepare for the New Year, but it is not appropriate to give them away to others because these buns are first used to worship ancestors and heaven.

How many days until Chinese New Year?

The Little New Year is usually on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, and in some places it is on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. Then in another six or seven days it will be New Year's Eve.
The New Year refers to the Lunar New Year, which includes the period from New Year's Day to the Lantern Festival. It is a festive expression used by the Chinese to celebrate the Chinese New Year. It expresses people's joy during the Chinese New Year. Although the custom of celebrating the New Year has existed among the ancient Chinese people for a long time, it was not called the Spring Festival at that time. Because the Spring Festival at that time refers to the "Lichun" in the twenty-four solar terms. After liberation, because the beginning of spring falls around the New Year, the State Council changed the name to Spring Festival to distinguish it from the Gregorian New Year's Day.
"Da" means more important than usual, so New Year means it is the most important festival of the year. Legend has it that "Nian" is an imaginary animal that brings bad luck to people. When the "year" comes, the trees wither and the grass dies; when the "year" passes, all things grow and flowers are everywhere. It is necessary to celebrate the New Year with firecrackers, so the custom of setting off firecrackers came into being.
In addition, everyone should know that New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Eve are the same day. Since ancient times, there have been customs on New Year’s Eve such as ancestor worship, staying up all night, reunion dinner, pasting red New Year stickers, and hanging lanterns. These customs have been passed down to this day and have continued. Influenced by Chinese culture, New Year's Eve is also a traditional festival in countries in the Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese around the world. In 2007, New Year's Eve officially became a legal holiday in China in accordance with the "National Holidays and Anniversary Days Holidays Regulations". In 2014, New Year's Eve was adjusted in accordance with the State Council's decision to amend the "National Holidays and Anniversary Days Holidays Regulations" and is no longer a legal holiday in China.

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