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Chinese
New Year, known in China as Spring Festival (simplified Chinese: 春节;
traditional Chinese: 春節; pinyin: Chúnjíe), is the most important of
the traditional Chinese holidays. It is sometimes called the Lunar
New Year, especially by people outside China. The festival
traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month
(Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on
the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year's
Eve is known as Chúxī (除夕, abbr. for 年除夕 Niánchúxī, Chúxì in
Taiwan). It literally means "Year-pass Eve".
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