Chinese New Year 2016

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Chinese New Year's Day is the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar. But the date is different each year on the Gregorian (internationally-used) calendar, between January 21th and February 20th. In 2016 it's Monday February 8th.

When Chinese New Year is Celebrated

Officially Celebration — 7 Days (February 7–13, 2016)

It's a public holiday for Chinese. Usually people have 7 consecutive days off from Chinese New Year's Eve to the sixth day after Chinese New Year's Day.

Officially only the first three days of Chinese New Year (February 8–10, 2016) are statutory holiday. Chinese New Year's Eve and three more days are always added to give seven consecutive days of holiday. These four extra days are taken from weekends: the two weekend days closest to the statutory holiday are included, while the Saturday before (February 6, 2016) and the Sunday after (February 14, 2016) are worked.

The most important days of celebration are:

• Chinese New Year's Eve (February 7, 2016; 除夕 Chúxī /choo-sshee/ 'Excluded Evening' on the Chinese calendar): the day of family reunions

• Chinese New Year's Day (February 8, 2016; 初一 Chūyī /choo-ee/ 'First One' on the Chinese calendar): the day of (close) family visits and New Year greetings

Most people will return to work on Sunday February 14 or Monday February 15 in 2016.

Chinese New Year Dates 2016 (China's Public Holiday )
February
Day	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Dates	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

Traditional Celebration — 23 days (January 31 – February 22, 2016)

Traditionally celebrations start much earlier than Chinese New Year's Eve. Some people start to celebrate three weeks before, the 8th day of the twelfth Chinese month (January 16, 2016; 腊八 Làbā /laa-baa/ '12th lunar month + 8'). More people celebrate from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month (January 31, 2016). They start to clean the house to welcome a new year from then.

Traditionally the end day of the Spring Festival is the fifteenth day of the first Chinese month, February 22, 2016 — . Chinese make all kinds of beautiful lanterns and eat sweet glutinous rice balls in sweet soup (汤圆 tāngyuán /taang-ywen/ 'soup round').

2016 — A Monkey Year

Chinese New Year 2016 will be a year of the Monkey. For people born in a year of the monkey (1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004), 2016 is considered a bad year. 

"Monkeys" are witty, intelligent and have a magnetic personality... Read more on the personality, career, and love suggestions for those born in Monkey years, and for other Chinese zodiac animals by clicking on the links in the table below.

Why Chinese New Year is Celebrated in Winter

Like Christmas in the other countries, Chinese New Year is China's much-needed winter holiday.

It was set to coincide with the slack time just before a new year of farm work begins, as a time of preparation. Traditionally most Chinese were farmers, so this made sense. Now 55% of China's population is urban (a generation ago it was 25%), but 100+ million return to their rural roots for CNY.

Things You Should Know For Chinese New Year Travel

Holiday Closures

small shops, restaurants, and businesses will be closed for about 10 days during Chinese New year. Some supermarkets may still run during this period, but most close earlier than normal days.

Transportation Problems

During the "Chinese New Year rush" (January 24th to March 3rd, 2016), you may meet some problems in booking flights, trains, and road transportation. Trains and railway stations are particularly overcrowded.

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