Will there be a holiday for the Little New Year in 2018? When is the Little New Year’s Eve?

Will there be a holiday for the Little New Year in 2018? When is the Little New Year’s Eve?
There are various traditional festivals in China, which have influenced generation after generation of Chinese working people, and Little New Year is one of them. So, will there be a holiday for Little New Year in 2018? Time has unknowingly come to the end of the year. Fortune Teller.com has prepared some information about the 2018 Chinese New Year's Eve. Click in to learn more!

Will there be a holiday for the Little New Year in 2018?

The 2018 Little New Year is on February 8, 2018, the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month of 2017, which is Monday. Little New Year is not a statutory holiday in my country, so there will be no holiday in 2018.
The Little New Year is also known as the Kitchen God Festival, Thanksgiving Festival, Kitchen God Festival, etc. It is usually held on the 23rd or 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. It is said that on the Little New Year's Day at the end of each year, the Kitchen God, Tai Sui God and other folk gods would return to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor. In particular, the Kitchen God would report to the Jade Emperor the good and evil in the world as a basis for rewarding and punishing humans. Therefore, most people worship the gods and the Kitchen God at home at this time.

When is the Little New Year’s Eve?

Northern region: December 23rd Southern region: December 23rd Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions: "The 24th day of the twelfth lunar month" and "the night before New Year's Eve" are both called Little New Year's Eve.
Taiwan: the day before New Year's Eve Nanjing: the 15th day of the first lunar month, also known as the Lantern Festival
Some ethnic minority areas in the southwest and north: New Year's Eve (New Year's Eve is the night of the first day of the new year) Some places in Yunnan: The 16th day of the first lunar month Some areas have the custom of sending off the Kitchen God on the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, and this day becomes the Little New Year in that area.

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