What is the date of the New Year's Eve? Is the New Year's Eve of 2017 the last day of the lunar year?

What day is New Year’s Eve? Is New Year’s Eve the last day of the lunar year? Next, please see the introduction to New Year’s Eve 2017.

When is New Year's Eve 2017?

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In China, New Year's Eve is an important day for our family to get together and eat the New Year's Eve dinner. Generally, New Year’s Eve refers to the last night of the lunar calendar each year, which is the night before the first day of the Lunar New Year. This year’s New Year’s Eve is Friday, January 27, 2017 in the Gregorian calendar.

Introduction

The last day of the lunar calendar every year is called "Chu Sui", and that night is called "Chu Xi". On New Year's Eve, every household will clean the house and outside, put up Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters, hang lanterns, and everyone will wear new clothes in festive colors. On New Year's Eve, the family often stays up all night, gets together, and counts down together for the arrival of the New Year. This is what we commonly call "Shou Sui".

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1. Post Spring Festival couplets on New Year’s Eve. During the Spring Festival, every household will buy Spring Festival couplets, and on New Year’s Eve they will paste the couplets and words "Fu" on the door.
2. Eat New Year’s Eve dinner. On New Year's Eve, the family gathers together to prepare a sumptuous dinner and celebrate the New Year.
3. Worship your ancestors on New Year’s Eve. Before eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, every household will offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors, and the forms of ancestor worship vary from place to place.
4. Set off firecrackers on New Year’s Eve. On the night of New Year’s Eve, fireworks and firecrackers will be set off after midnight to welcome the arrival of the new year. A poem by Wang Anshi from the Song Dynasty: "A year has passed with the sound of firecrackers, and the spring breeze brings warmth to people."