Chinese New Year’s Day customs

In 1911, the Revolution of 1911 led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China. Representatives of the provincial governors met in Nanjing and decided to use the Gregorian calendar, calling January 1st of the lunar calendar "Spring Festival" and January 1st of the Gregorian calendar "New Year's Day", but it was not officially announced at the time.

On September 27, 1949, the first Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, while deciding to establish the People's Republic of China, also decided to adopt the world's common AD calendar, which we call Speaking of the Gregorian calendar.

January 1st of the Gregorian calendar is designated as the beginning of the new year, "New Year's Day", and is listed as a legal holiday, which has become our current legal holiday.

Chinese people have never had any customs about New Year's Day in the Gregorian calendar. It is just the beginning of the Gregorian calendar year and is nothing more than celebrating "Happy New Year's Day".

Our customs are all placed on the traditional festival-"Spring Festival"!