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Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival (see also § Names) is a festival that
celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese
calendar. Marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring, observances
traditionally take place from Chinese New Year's Eve, the evening preceding the
first day of the year, to the Lantern Festival, held on the 15th day of the year.
The first day of Chinese New Year begins on the new moon that appears between 21
January and 20 February.[a]

Chinese New Year is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture. It has
influenced similar celebrations in other cultures, commonly referred to
collectively as Lunar New Year, such as the Losar of Tibet, the Tết of Vietnam, the
Korean New Year, and the Ryukyu New Year.[3][4][5] It is also celebrated worldwide
in regions and countries that house significant Overseas Chinese or Sinophone
populations, especially in Southeast Asia. These include Singapore,[6] Brunei,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar,[7] the Philippines,[8] Thailand, and
Vietnam. It is also prominent beyond Asia, especially in Australia, Canada, France,
Mauritius,[9] New Zealand, Peru,[10] South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the
United States, as well as in many European countries.[11][12][13]

The Chinese New Year is associated with several myths and customs. The festival was
traditionally a time to honour deities as well as ancestors.[14] Within China,
regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the New Year vary
widely,[15] and the evening preceding the New Year's Day is frequently regarded as
an occasion for Chinese families to gather for the annual reunion dinner. It is
also a tradition for every family to thoroughly clean their house, in order to
sweep away any ill fortune and to make way for incoming good luck. Another
practiced custom is the decoration of windows and doors with red paper-cuts and
couplets. Popular themes among these paper-cuts and couplets include good fortune
or happiness, wealth, and longevity. Other activities include lighting firecrackers
and giving money in red envelopes.