Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year is the beginning of a lunar calendar or lunisolar calendar year, whose months are moon cycles. The event is celebrated by numerous cultures in various ways at diverse dates.
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, and the Islamic and Jewish calendars that originated in the Middle East.
The Chinese zodiac, or shengxiao, names an animal a symbol of each year; in order, they are the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
==References==
*Let's Celebrate Chinese New Year is a 2016 television special produced by China Central Television and featured appearances by Elmo, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster.
*Chinese New Year is celebrated in Sesame Street Episode 4814.
* In 2023, to commemorate the Year of the Rabbit, Animal appeared in a video on the Muppets social media channels chasing and hugging two bunnies. (Twitter)
*The Lunar New Year is celebrated as the main plot in Sesame Street Episode 5414 with Lily, Qui, Ji-Young along with Charlie, Alan, Elmo and Grover.
==See also==
*New Year's Eve
Category:New Years