They do that. Supposedly more inclusive.
Koreans call it lunar new year. Chinese and Vietnamese call it spring festival.
As far as I’ve seen over the years it has always been called lunar new year. In China it is called Spring Festival. It’s date varies, depending on the moon/lunar calendar.
It’s the loony new year - Feb is the worst for manic depressants 🤪
Because China is a pejorative they Google) still want to honor. (?)
It’s the we couldn’t figure out Leap year New Year’s day
Because it IS their New Year, based on their LUNAR calendar.
Try doing some actual research before posting a stupid vanity.
It’s not an exclusively Chinese New Year. Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Cambodians, etc. all celebrate this particular New Year.
Here - from Wikipedia:
Days begin and end at midnight, and months begin on the day of the new moon. Years start on the second (or third) new moon after the winter solstice. Solar terms govern the beginning and end of each month. A sexagenary cycle consists of stems (干, gān) and branches (支, zhī) is used as identification alongside each year and month; including intercalary months or leap months. The length of a month is also annotated as either long (大, literally “big” for months with 30 days) or short (小, literally “small” for months with 29 days).
Here - from Wikipedia:
Days begin and end at midnight, and months begin on the day of the new moon. Years start on the second (or third) new moon after the winter solstice. Solar terms govern the beginning and end of each month. A sexagenary cycle consists of stems (干, gān) and branches (支, zhī) is used as identification alongside each year and month; including intercalary months or leap months. The length of a month is also annotated as either long (大, literally “big” for months with 30 days) or short (小, literally “small” for months with 29 days).
For the first time in my memory, the company HR department sent an email that wished us a Happy Lunar New Year. It continued:
In this festive season, we wish all of those who celebrate health, happiness and prosperity in the Year of the Tiger.
Many of us were dumbfounded.
Self-admitted lunatics.
The Lunar calendar and New Year is identified in the cultures of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and throughout Southeast Asia.
Yup.
They won’t celebrate Christmas or the 4th of July... but everybody’s jumping on the “Lunar New year” bandwagon.
Getting us ready for the Commie takeover.
If you are a follower of the ancient Roman calendar, you would know that February 1 is the new year, which of course is a lunar calendar new year.
Hap. . . . .py new year !!!!
It is celebrated in China, Vietnam, Korea, and even Mongolia.
It’s been called that for years, and not just in the USA.
The Jewish followed a lunar calendar, festivals followed lunar cycles.
It’s lunar new year all over the world. Do they celebrate “Chinese” new year in Vietnam?