Far and a the i holiday in China is Spring Festival also kno as the Chinese Ne ;
To the Chinese people it is as i as Christ to people in the West. the dates for this annual celebration are deter by the lunar calendar rather than the GREgorian calendar so the ti of the holiday varies fro January to early February.
To the ordinary Chinese the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar Ne＇s Day and ends on the fifth day of the first of the lunar calendar. But the 15th of the first nor is called the Lantern Festival the official end of the Spring Festival in parts of the country.
