Lunar New Year Festival is on 1-12 February 2022.Ĭheck out our online content available now here!ĭue to the country’s current Red Alert status, we’ve pivoted our Festival online. between these dates you are: Zodiac Animal. Learn more about the history and legend of the Chinese New Year.
The holiday is a time for renewal, new clothes, lucky. The Chinese use a lunar calendar as opposed to our own Gregorian calendar. Chinese New Year starts with the New moon on the first day of the first lunar month and ends on the Full moon 15 days later. Asian and non-Asian audiences can connect through interest and desire to participate in the event, increasing exposure, awareness, understanding and acceptance of Asian New Year traditions and celebrations. 2021 is the Year of the Metal Ox which begins on Friday, February 12th, and lasts for fifteen days. Lunar New Year 2020: Swipe through this photo gallery from last year's celebration at the Chinese Community Center, prior to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The Metal element, this time in its Yin form, continues to be the main source of energy in. According to the Chinese horoscope 2021, the Ox (Buffalo) is the governing zodiac animal sign from Lunar New Year 2021's day and during the entire Chinese lunar year, which ends on January 31st, 2022. This celebration has become a mainstay of Wellington’s events calendar, providing a platform for local community groups to showcase their talents and engage the wider community to experience and be enriched by vibrant and diverse culture. The 2021 Chinese New Year's day is February 12, 2021. Wellington’s much-loved Chinese New Year Festival is rebranding to the Lunar New Year Festival 2022 a similar event but refreshed and renewed!Īfter 21 years of organising Wellington’s Chinese New Year celebrations, Asian Events Trust is excited to present the Lunar New Year Festival 2022. Unlike Western countries, the Chinese New Year generally falls on a day between January 21st and February 20th in the Gregorian calendar, according to the. Celebrating cultural diversity in Wellington and building strong communities with an understanding of the Asian culture.