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Based from WIKIPEDIA 2009

Chinese New Year
Animal Branch Dates 鼠 Rat 子 Zi February 19, 1996 February 7, 2008 牛 Ox 丑 Chou February 7, 1997 January 26, 2009 虎 Tiger 寅 Yin January 28, 1998 February 14, 2010 兔 Rabbit 卯 Mao February 16, 1999 February 3, 2011 龍 Dragon 辰 Chen February 5, 2000 January 23, 2012 蛇 Snake 巳 Si January 24, 2001 February 10, 2013 馬 Horse 午 Wu February 12, 2002 January 31, 2014 羊 Sheep 未 Wei February 1, 2003 February 19, 2015 猴 Monkey 申 Shen January 22, 2004 February 8, 2016 雞 Rooster 酉 You February 9, 2005 January 28, 2017 狗 Dog 戌 Xu January 29, 2006 February 16, 2018 豬 Pig 亥 Hai February 18, 2007 February 5, 2019 Chinese New Year’s Eve in Meizhou, China
Also called	Lunar New Year, Spring Festival
Observed by	Chinese communities worldwide[1]
Type	Cultural, Religious (Buddhist and Taoist)
Significance	The first day of the Chinese calendar (lunar calendar)
2008 date	February 7
2009 date	January 26
2010 date	February 15
Celebrations	Dragon dances/Lion dances, fireworks, family gathering, family meal, visiting friends and relatives (拜年), giving red envelopes, decorating with duilian (對联).
Related to	Lantern Festival, which concludes the celebration of the New Year

Chinese New Year or Spring Festival

Is one of the most important traditional Chinese holidays. It is sometimes called the Lunar New Year, especially by people outside China. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year’s Eve is known as Chúxī. It literally means “Year-pass Eve”.

Celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese, Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbours, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include Aboriginal Taiwanese people, Koreans, Mongolians, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Vietnamese, and formerly the Japanese before 1873. In Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, ThailandCanada, although Chinese New Year is not an official holiday, many ethnic Chinese hold large celebrations and Canada Post issues New Year’s themed stamps in domestic and international rates. and other countries or regions with significant Han Chinese populations, Chinese New Year is also celebrated, and has, to varying degrees, become part of the traditional culture of these countries.

Although the Chinese calendar traditionally does not use continuously numbered years, its years are often numbered from the reign of Huangdi outside China. But at least three different years numbered 1 are now used by various scholars, making the year 2008 “Chinese Year” 4706, 4705, or 4645

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