Feb 18 - March 04, 2007 "Chinese New Year" known in Chinese as the Spring Festival (春節 Chūnjié) or the Lunar New Year (農曆新年 Nónglì xīnnián), is the most important one of the traditional Chinese holidays. The festival proper begins on the first day of the first lunar month (正月 zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th, in which this day is called Lantern Festival