When is Chinese New Year 2022? – February 1
Chinese New Year 2022 will fall on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. The animal sign of the Chinese New Year will be the Tiger. As a public holiday, the Chinese will have 7 days off, from January 31 to February 6, 2022.
Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally last 16 days, from Chinese New Year’s Eve to the Lantern Festival. In 2022, that is from January 31 to February 15.
The most important dates of the Chinese Lunar New Year 2022 are these three days:
Traditionally, Chinese New Year activities begin as early as three weeks before Chinese New Year’s Eve. Old-fashioned (mostly rural) people start cleaning their houses from the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month (January 25, 2022).
What Animal is Chinese New Year 2022? – Tiger
Each Chinese year is associated with an animal sign according to the Chinese horoscope cycle, which features 12 animal signs in the order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig.
2022 will be the Year of the Tiger. Recent and upcoming Years of the Tiger are 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 and 2022. If you were born in one of these years, your Chinese zodiac sign is the Tiger.
Recent / upcoming Years of the Tiger are 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 and 2022.
You can use our free Chinese horoscope calculator to find your animal sign.
When is Chinese New Year? – The date changes every year
For the Chinese, years begin on the Chinese Lunar New Year, the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar rather than on January 1.
The date of Chinese New Year changes every year, but it always falls between January 21 and February 20.
The date is determined by the Chinese lunar calendar, which is based on the cycles of the moon and the sun and generally runs 20 to 50 days ahead of the (internationally used) Gregorian calendar. Chinese New Year is a new moon day, usually the second one after the winter solstice.
How long are the New Year holidays in China?
The official holidays – 7 days
The public holidays in China for the Lunar New Year are 7 days, from Chinese New Year’s Eve to the sixth day of the new year of the lunar calendar (in 2022 that will be from January 31 to February 6).
Officially, only the first three days of Chinese New Year are official holidays. Chinese people must work the two weekend days closest to the statutory holidays to “make up for the work time.”
Offices, banks, factories, shops and most non-essential services will close their doors for a week of holidays. Hotels and large retail establishments stay open and may even be busier than usual!
School holidays last four weeks, and migrant workers leave their factory and construction jobs for weeks to return home.
The holidays in Hong Kong, Macau and other Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Korea run from 1 to 3 days.
Chinese New Year Dates and Calendar 2020 – 2032
The following table shows when the Chinese Lunar New Year is celebrated from 2020 to 2032 and what the animal signs are for each year of the Chinese horoscope.
Source: Viaje a China
