However the celebration has officially been known as "Spring Festival" in China since the founding of the Republic of China in 1911 when the previous name, "Yuandan" (The First Day), was assigned to the first day of the Gregorian calendar. Chinese New Year is the official name of the celebration and holiday in some countries such as Singapore, Brunei, and Malaysia.
In the United States of America, Lunar New Year is strongly associated with Chinese Americans and "Chinese New Year" is commonly used as a translation by people of non-Chinese backgrounds. Lunisolar New Year celebrations of other cultures such as Burmese, Cambodian, Lao, Sri Lankan, and Thai people are based on the Buddhist calendar and occur in mid-April. However celebration customs and holiday durations may differ. Some Lunar New Year celebrations, such as in Korea and Vietnam, generally fall on the same day as the Chinese celebration in late January or February, due to being based on the Chinese calendar or a variation of it. Chinese New Year usually falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice (rarely the third if an intercalary month intervenes). Lunar New Year celebrations in East and Central Asia, such as Chinese New Year, are based on a lunisolar calendar. The Islamic New Year (also called the Hijri New Year or 1 Muharram) determined by the Islamic calendar, a purely lunar calendar that ignores the solar cycle that is used to reset lunisolar calendars. Although often referred to as "Lunar New Year" in English, this is a misnomer, as it refers to both celebrations based on a lunar calendar as well as a lunisolar calendar. The Lunar New Year is an event celebrated by millions of people across the world on the first new moon of their calendar. The determination of the first month of a new lunar year varies by culture. The more well-known celebrations include New Year's Day (or week) in the Chinese calendar and Tibetan calendar of East Asia the Buddhist and Hindu calendars of Southeast and South Asia the Islamic calendar and the Jewish calendar that originated in the Middle East and the Nisga'a calendar from Canada. The event is celebrated by numerous cultures in various ways at diverse dates. Lunar New Year is the first new moon of a lunar calendar or lunisolar calendar year, whose months are moon cycles. A family gathering to make bánh tét for Tết celebrations in Vietnam.Korean people wearing hanbok and playing yut during Seollal.Lunar New Year parade in Manhattan's Chinatown, New York City.Lunar New Year celebrations in Singapore.A lion dance performance in Kuala Lumpur.Fireworks display at Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.Use the stapler or tape to affix the handle to the top of the lantern. Cut a one-inch wide strip from the narrow end of another sheet of colored paper for your lantern's handle.The middle of the lantern will flare out at the crease. Roll the paper into a cylinder and tape the narrow edges of the paper together where they meet.If you flip it over and re-crease the fold in the opposite direction you can hide your pencil marks. Cut the paper along the lines to the "do not cut" line.Now, take your pencil and ruler and draw lines one inch apart from the folded edge to the do not cut line.This is your "do not cut line" that marks where you stop cutting. With your pencil and ruler, draw a line lengthwise on the paper one inch from the top of the unfolded edge.Fold your sheet of paper in half lengthwise.Glue, glitter, stickers, markers, paint, sequins, and other things to decorate your lantern.Construction or other heavy colored paper (red is a traditional color for Chinese New Year).Here's what you'll need to make the paper lanterns: To kick off your celebration, create some neat Chinese New Year paper lanterns. The Chinese Lunar New Year, marking the start of Year of the Rabbit, begins on January 22.
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