Lunar New Year

The Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year based on lunar calendars or lunisolar calendars, celebrated by numerous cultures in various ways at diverse dates. It is celebrated by billions of people across the world on the first new moon of their calendar, with different cultures determining the first month of a new year in different ways. The event is known as Chinese New Year in East Asia, and is based on a lunisolar calendar, while in other regions such as Southeast and South Asia, it is celebrated as a lunisolar or lunar New Year, with different dates and customs.learn more on wikipedia