“There are mechanisms keeping these calendars in sync, but it’s the lunar calendar that’s the primary one. In a lunisolar calendar, there are certain things that are also pegged to the movement of the sun, says Jan Stuart, a curator at the Freer and Sackler Galleries, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. This means that Lunar New Year festivities fall on a different day each year. However, lunar calendars don’t always correspond with the seasons so to remedy that an extra month is sometimes added to a lunar calendar to align it with a solar calendar. Many ancient calendars such as the Chinese, Hindu and Jewish ones are based on these moon cycles. Though it takes 365 days for the Earth to orbit the sun, the moon’s 12 full cycles take about 354 days to complete. However, the Lunar New Year is based on a lunisolar calendar that matches the cycles of the moon. The dates of the New Year change every year on the Gregorian calendar, the solar dating system used in most of the world. The Lunar New Year-which is also called Spring Festival-marks the first full moon of the lunar calendar and generally takes place between January 21 and February 20. Here’s more information on the Lunar New Year and how you can celebrate at home in 2021. Similarly, in the United States, government officials continue to ask people to practice social distancing and to restrict travel.Īs a result, many families are homebound for this year’s Lunar New Year festivities, so the Smithsonian American Art Museum is partnering with the Freer and Sackler Galleries to host a series of virtual events to kick off the new year. Every year, millions of people usually travel to see their families ahead of the Lunar New Year, one of the most important holidays celebrated in Vietnam, South Korea, China, other Asian countries and the diaspora.īut this year, the Covid-19 pandemic has made travel difficult: The Chinese government has urged families to limit “nonessential” trips to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
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