How does China mark New Year?
春节
- Local date
- February 5, 2027–February 8, 2027
- When is it?
- From Lunar New Year's Eve to the 3rd day of the first lunar month, 4 days off (Lunar New Year's Eve added after the 2024 revision)
In mainland China the Spring Festival gets four days off under the national holiday regulation: Lunar New Year's Eve and the first three days of the first month. The eve was added in the 2024 revision — before that it was not a statutory day off, and many people relied on shifted workdays to get home in time. The detail shows that the boundary of a festival can be rewritten by regulation: whether you can be home on the eve depends on how the rule is worded.
What is this topic?
'New Year' is not one day. Taiwan and mainland China keep the first day of the first lunar month; Japan, the United States, Brazil and Indonesia take 1 January; and India's national holiday list contains no 1 January at all — there the new year falls in March or April and carries a different name in each state. This page compares which day each place treats as the beginning, and how many days off follow.
Sources and dates
Dates follow local time zones, calendars, and official notices. Check the source when a date is estimated or locally variable.