Chinese New Year 2021 - Year of the Ox

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is China's most important festival. It is time for families to be together and a week of an official public holiday. Chinese New Year 2021 falls on Friday, February 12, 2021, beginning a year of the Ox. China's public holiday will be February 11–17, 2021.

Chinese New Year falls on Friday, February 12 in 2021. The date of the Chinese New Year is determined by the lunar calendar: the holiday falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice on December 21. Thus, each time the New Year in China falls on different dates of the usual Gregorian calendar, between January 21 and February 20. The important dates during the period of Chinese New Year 2021:

2021 is a Year of the Ox according to the Chinese zodiac, starting from February 12th, 2021 and lasting until January 31th, 2022. 2022 is a Year of the Tiger, starting from February 1st, 2022, and lasting until January 21, 2023. Zodiac Years Table (Year of the ...) This table of Chinese zodiac years will help you find Chinese zodiac signs and years fast. E.g.: 1948 is a year of the Rat. If you were born in Chinese calendar 1948 your zodiac sign is the Rat, and you are known as a "Rat". 2021 is the Year of the Ox. What does it represent? Feb. 12 marks the first day of the xin chou year, or Year of the Metal Ox under the Lunar New Year sexagenary cycle, Hong Kong-based feng shui master Thierry Chow told CNN that the ox is a hardworking zodiac sign that signifies movement. "So, hopefully, the world will be less static than last year and get moving again in the second half of the year," she said. She added that the metal element of the year represents an emphasis on metal industries in 2021, from jewelry to "the needle of a syringe." How are people celebrating Chinese New Year in a pandemic? While celebrations typically vary around the world, they will be especially different this year as the pandemic forces people to stay at home. In New Jersey, where Asian Americans account for 10% of the state's 8.9 million people, those who mark the day are arranging everything from drive-thru celebratory meals to Zoom performances to ensure that this year will be one to remember. "We're helping to bring normal to not a normal year," said Yoon Kim, director of the Korean American Association of New Jersey. The organization will distribute food at a drive-by event and will host a food drive this weekend. Entering the Year of the Ox:Finding inspiration for small business in the Chinese New Year And in Arizona, organizers of Phoenix's Chinese Week said last year that they would not go forward with any in-person celebrations for the Lunar New Year. Instead, elements of the festival will be accessible online. At bus and train stations in China, there is no sign of the annual Lunar New Year rush. The government has called on the public to avoid travel because of new coronavirus outbreaks. The South China Morning Post reported that Hong Kong’s annual Lunar New Year night parade will be replaced by an online shopping event. Despite that, the government says people will make 1.7 billion trips during the holiday, but that is down 40% from 2019.