Chinese New Year
traditional Chinese celebration of the first day of the lunar calendar
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Summary
Chinese New Year is an annual event[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of annual event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,164 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: People's Republic of China[3]
- Instance of: holiday[4]
- Part of: New Year[5]
- Commons category: Chinese New Year[6]
- Commemorates: Lunar/Lunisolar New Year[7]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: Lunar/Lunisolar New Year's Day[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chinese New Year[9]
- Described at URL: https://baike.sogou.com/v46056.htm[10]
- Has characteristic: public holidays in China[11], spring festival[12], public holidays in Hong Kong[13], Q15891646[14]
- Intangible cultural heritage status: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[15]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject COVID-19[16]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[17]
- P14541: 3n24FL[18], 1t6BTs[19]
Why It Matters
Chinese New Year has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 104 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]