Chinese New Year

traditional Chinese celebration of the first day of the lunar calendar
Event annual_event Q131772
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Chinese New Year is an event in the People's Republic of China[1].

Chinese New Year

Summary

Chinese New Year is an annual event[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of annual_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,568 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chinese New Year is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].
  • Chinese New Year's instance of is recorded as annual event[4].
  • Chinese New Year's instance of is recorded as holiday[5].
  • Chinese New Year is part of New Year[6].
  • Chinese New Year's Commons category is recorded as Chinese New Year[7].
  • Chinese New Year's commemorates is recorded as Lunar/Lunisolar New Year[8].
  • Chinese New Year's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as Lunar/Lunisolar New Year's Day[9].
  • Chinese New Year's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chinese New Year[10].
  • Chinese New Year's described at URL is recorded as https://baike.sogou.com/v46056.htm[11].
  • Chinese New Year's has characteristic is recorded as public holidays in China[12].
  • Chinese New Year's has characteristic is recorded as spring festival[13].
  • Chinese New Year's has characteristic is recorded as public holidays in Hong Kong[14].
  • Chinese New Year's has characteristic is recorded as Q15891646[15].
  • Chinese New Year's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[16].
  • Chinese New Year's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject COVID-19[17].
  • Chinese New Year's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[18].

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When and Where

Chinese New Year is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].

Context

Chinese New Year is part of New Year[6]. Recorded instance of include annual event[4] and holiday[5].

Why It Matters

Chinese New Year ranks in the top 2% of annual_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,568 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . ich.unesco.org. Retrieved . ich.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Chinese New Year
    Country
    Country People's Republic of China
    Commemorates Lunar/Lunisolar New Year
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543990705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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