<Tr> <Th> Hokkien POJ </Th> <Td> Chhun cheh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Tâi - lô </Th> <Td> Tshun tseh </Td> </Tr> <P> Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival (simplified Chinese: 春节; traditional Chinese: 春節; pinyin: Chūn Jié) in modern China, and one of the Lunar New Years in Asia, is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar . 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 21 Jan and 20 Feb . In 2018, the first day of the Lunar New Year is on Friday, 16 February, initiating the year of the Dog . </P> <P> It is one of the world's most prominent and celebrated festivals, with the largest annual mass human migration in the world . It is a major holiday in China and has had strong influence on the lunar new year celebrations of its geographic neighbours, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Mauritius, Australia, and the Philippines . </P>

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