介绍:
Every winter, a sixth of the world’s population, including more than one billion Chinese citizens, celebrate Chinese New Year. The 15-day festival, also known as Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, kicks off on the second new moon after the winter solstice, or according to the Gregorian calendar in use since the 16th century, sometime between January 21st and February 19th. But Chinese New Year goes back a lot further than the 16th century, it’s based on the ancient Chinese calendar, which existed as early as the 14th century BC. Chinese New Year remains the country’s most important social and economic holiday.
每年冬天，全世界六分之一的人口，其中包括超过10亿的中国公民，都会庆祝中国新年。这为期15天的节日，也叫做农历新年或者春节，开始于冬至后的第二次新月；或者根据从16世纪开始使用的公历，中国新年大概介于1月21日和2月19日之间，但是中国新年的历史要远远早于16世纪，根据中国古代历法，最早存在于公元前14世纪。如今，春节依然是中国最重要的社交和经济层面的节日。
