Spring Festival

E181413
Chinese festival cultural event lunar new year celebration public holiday traditional festival

The Spring Festival is the most important traditional Chinese New Year celebration, marked by family reunions, festive meals, cultural rituals, and the welcoming of the lunar new year.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Chinese New Year 16
Lunar New Year 7
Spring Festival canonical 6

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese festival ⓘ
cultural event ⓘ
lunar new year celebration ⓘ
public holiday ⓘ
traditional festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Spring Festival ⓘ
surface form: Chinese New Year

Chunjie ⓘ
Spring Festival ⓘ
surface form: Lunar New Year

Spring Festival ⓘ
surface form: 春节
associatedAnimal zodiac animal of the new year ⓘ
associatedColor red ⓘ
associatedItem dumplings ⓘ
fish dishes ⓘ
red envelopes ⓘ
rice cakes ⓘ
spring couplets ⓘ
basedOn lunar-solar calendar ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalMeaning driving away bad luck ⓘ
strengthening family bonds ⓘ
welcoming prosperity ⓘ
custom ancestor worship ⓘ
cleaning the house before New Year ⓘ
decorating with red lanterns ⓘ
dragon dance performances ⓘ
family reunion ⓘ
giving red envelopes ⓘ
lion dance performances ⓘ
offering sacrifices to ancestors ⓘ
pasting paper cuttings ⓘ
putting up spring couplets ⓘ
receiving red envelopes ⓘ
reunion dinner ⓘ
setting off firecrackers ⓘ
setting off fireworks ⓘ
staying up late on New Year’s Eve ⓘ
visiting relatives and friends ⓘ
wearing new clothes ⓘ
endsWith Lantern Festival ⓘ
followsCalendar Chinese lunar calendar ⓘ
mainEvent CCTV Spring Festival Gala ⓘ
surface form: New Year’s Eve CCTV Spring Festival Gala

New Year’s Eve family reunion dinner ⓘ
observedIn Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong

Macau ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form: Mainland China

Malaysia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
publicHolidayIn China ⓘ
Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong

Macau ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

Tet holiday ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam (as Tết Nguyên Đán)
religiousAspect ancestor veneration ⓘ
folk religion practices ⓘ
significance marks beginning of the lunar new year ⓘ
most important traditional festival in China ⓘ
symbolizes new beginnings and good fortune ⓘ
time for family reunion ⓘ
startsWith Spring Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chinese New Year’s Eve
timeOfYear late January or February ⓘ
typicalDuration 15 days ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of Chinese New Year practices recognized as intangible cultural heritage in some regions ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Han Chinese → traditionalFestivals → Spring Festival ⓘ
Chinese folk religion → observesFestival → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunar New Year
New Year → hasVariant → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunar New Year
New Year → hasVariant → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Hell Hath No Fury → hasTrack → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Yokohama Chinatown → hasCulturalEvent → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year festival
traditional Chinese calendar → definesFestival → Spring Festival ⓘ
traditional Chinese calendar → definesNewYear → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Tet holiday → influencedBy → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Lunar New Year
Chinese community (nearby Chinatown) → celebrates → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Lunar series coins → isAssociatedWith → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunar New Year
Kobe Chinatown → hasAnnualEvent → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year festival
Lantern Festival → associatedWith → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Zhuang people → traditionalFestival → Spring Festival ⓘ
Ông Công Ông Táo → associatedWith → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tết Nguyên Đán
Pacific Mall → hasEvent → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunar New Year celebrations
Chinese → culturalTradition → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Li people → festival → Spring Festival ⓘ
Chaoshan culture → festival → Spring Festival ⓘ
Kitchen God → associatedWith → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Losar → relatedFestival → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Viet → traditionalFestival → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tết Nguyên Đán
Thien Hau Temple → festival → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunar New Year
Spring Festival → alsoKnownAs → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Spring Festival → alsoKnownAs → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunar New Year
Spring Festival → alsoKnownAs → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: 春节
Spring Festival → startsWith → Spring Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year’s Eve
Caishen → hasFestival → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Shuāngshí Jié → relatedHoliday → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
National Day of the People’s Republic of China → relatedHoliday → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Ongpin Street → notableEvent → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year festivities
Moutai baijiu → associatedWith → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year celebrations
Chinese New Year fireworks → celebrates → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunar New Year
Chinese New Year fireworks → celebrates → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Chinese Quarter → hostsEvent → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year festival
Chinese New Year Parade (Los Angeles Chinatown) → celebrates → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunar New Year
Chinese New Year Parade (Los Angeles Chinatown) → celebrates → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Vietnamese traditional calendar → determinesDateOf → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tết Nguyên Đán
Laba Festival → relatedFestival → Spring Festival ⓘ
Ruyi (traditional Chinese ceremonial scepter) → associatedWith → Spring Festival ⓘ
subject surface form: Ruyi
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Chinese Brazilians → celebrates → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese New Year
Monterey Park, California → hasEvent → Spring Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunar New Year Festival