Chinese
New Year Days Are Different on Our Regular Calendar Every Year
See When It's Going to be Next
Few Years
Chinese New Year starts on the first day of the first month on the lunar calendar.
But if it shows on the western calendar, it varies year by year ranging from the mid-January to late February (totally lasts
for 30 days).
The following table gives you some ideas about the variation of the days throughout the next
5 years.
Year
First
of the festival
Last day of
the Festival
2009
Jan
26
Feb 24
2010
Feb 14
Mar 15
2011
Feb 3
Mar 4
2012
Jan 23
Feb 21
2013
Feb 10
Mar 11
Chinese are very, very active from 2 days before the arrival of the Chinese New
Year until the 15th day.
After
that, everything starts to settle down and gradually go back to normal.