<Tr> <Th> Hokkien POJ </Th> <Td> Chhun cheh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Tâi - lô </Th> <Td> Tshun tseh </Td> </Tr> <P> Chinese New Year,, usually known as the Spring Festival in modern China, is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar . It is one of several Lunar New Years in Asia . Celebrations traditionally run from the evening preceding the first day, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first calendar month . The first day of the New Year falls on the new moon between January 21 and February 20 In 2018, the first day of the Lunar New Year was on Friday, 16 February, initiating the year of the Dog . </P> <P> It is one of the world's most prominent and celebrated festivals, and involves the largest annual mass human migration in the world . It is a major holiday in Greater China and has strongly influenced the lunar new year celebrations of China's neighbouring cultures, including the Korean New Year (seol), the Tết of Vietnam, and the Losar of Tibet . It is also celebrated worldwide in countries with significant Overseas Chinese populations, including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Australia, the Philippines and Mauritius, as well as many countries in North America and Europe . </P>

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