.svg) "Chinese New Year" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 春節 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 春节 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | "Spring Festival" | ||||||
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| "Agricultural Calendar New Year" | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 農曆新年 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 农历新年 | ||||||
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| "Chinese New Year" | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國新年 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中国新年 | ||||||
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CNY stands for Chinese New Year. it is celebrated in Taiwan and Singapore. In mainland china it is called Spring Festival.
LNY is used in Korea. The initials stand for Lunar New Year. Also used by the Vietnamese.
Korea
The Koreans also give gifts of money.
They wear traditional costume called hanbok.
You might want to check out lunar new year and lunisolar New Year. Lunisolar follows both the sun (solar) and moon (luni) so it stays in the same season.
The Indians also follow New Year.
Other New Year Festivals
Jewish New year falls in the autumn.
Muslim New Year is purely solar and gradually changes season.
Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_New_Year
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_New_Year
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Angela Lansbury teacher of English (advanced and English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language, French and other languages, aspiring polyglot.
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