2022 Chinese New Year - Year of the Tiger
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2022 Chinese New Year - or Lunar New Year - begins on Tuesday, February 1.
Chinese New Year is one of the most important holidays in China and has a strong influence on celebrations like the Korean New Year or the Vietnamese New Year (Tết).
It is also celebrated worldwide, especially in countries and regions with a significant overseas Chinese or Sinophone population, such as Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, the United States, and Peru, amongst others.
Celebrations of the Chinese New Year traditionally last up to 16 days, starting from Chinese New Year’s Eve to the Lantern Festival.
In 2022, it will be celebrated from January 31 to February 15.
In China, the first 7 days are considered a public holiday (January 31 - February 6, 2022).
Main dates of the 2022 Chinese Lunar New Year:
New Year’s Eve - January 31
New Year’s Day - February 1
Lantern Festival - February 15
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The new year marks the transition between traditional Chinese zodiac signs. This year we transition from the Year of the Ox (2021) to the Year of the Tiger (2022).
Tiger zodiac sign
According to the Chinese zodiac, 2022 is the Year of the Tiger, starting on February 1, 2022, and lasting up to January 21, 2023.
The Year of the Tiger is the third in row in the 12-year-cycle of the Chinese zodiac animals.
People born in the year of the Tiger were (will be) born in 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2012, 2022. A Tiger personality is predicted to be brave, confident, competitive, and sometimes unpredictable.
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2022 - Year of the Water Tiger
Chinese astrology assigns each year with one of the five elements - Metal, Water, Wood, Earth, and Fire. Each of the elements has associated meanings, here is a simplified list:
Metal: persistence, ambition
Water: agility, eloquence
Wood: creativity, imagination
Earth: patience, stability
Fire: passion, adventure
When you combine these five elements with the 12-year-cycle of animal signs, you get a 60-year-cycle.
Calculating your Chinese element and zodiac sign
Calculating your Chinese element is not difficult at all. Just look up the last number of your birth year in the list below:
birth years ending in 0 or 1 - metal
birth years ending in 2 or 3 - water
birth years ending in 4 or 5 - wood
birth years ending in 6 or 7 - fire
birth years ending in 8 or 9 - earth
The Chinese lunisolar calendar and the Gregorian calendar do not line up, and the Chinese New Year falls on different days from year to year.
If you were born in January or February, you will have to check the year you were born in the Chinese calendar. Check what was the exact date of the Chinese New Year’s Day that year to determine your zodiac sign.
Happy New Year!
