Monday, January 23, 2012

Happy Lunar New Year!

Lunar New Year refers to the beginning of the year in several calendars. It is commonly assumed that they are all based on a lunar calendar, although some are actually based on a lunisolar calendar.

These new year celebrations sometimes fall on or near the same day of the Gregorian year:

Chinese New Year
Japanese New Year (before 1873)
Korean New Year (Seolnal)
Tết, Vietnamese New Year
Losar, Tibetan New Year
Tsagaan Sar, Mongolian lunisolar new year

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