Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people all over the world. It is also called the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year The exact date on the Western calendar changes from year to year. However, Chinese New Year takes place between HAPPY NEW YEAR CHINESE NEW YEAR CHINESE CALENDAR On the Chinese calendar every year has an animal's name. These animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram,monkey, rooster, dog and pig. A Chinese legend says that these twelve animals had a race. The first year was named after the Rat，the winner. and so on. January 1 and February 19. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/1ee9f25f874769eae009581b6bd97f192279bfdf.html