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Chinese New Year 1975
Tuesday, 11 February 1975. It opened the Year of the Wood Rabbit, 乙卯, which ran until 30 January 1976.
- New Year's Eve10 February 1975
- New Year's Day11 February 1975
- Lantern Festival25 February 1975
- Animal and elementWood Rabbit 木兔, Yin
- Year ends30 January 1976; the next new year is 31 January 1976
What the Rabbit year carries
The Rabbit
Gentle, tactful and perceptive. The Rabbit prefers harmony to confrontation and tends to be the one everyone confides in.
The Jade Rabbit lives on the moon, pounding the elixir of life under the osmanthus tree; look for it at Mid-Autumn.
Wood 木
Wood years are associated with growth and flexibility: spring, bamboo, new shoots. Wood years favour growth and beginnings: planting, building, the first steps of long projects.
The pairing of stem and branch, 乙卯, returns once every sixty years; the last Wood Rabbit year was 1915, the next is 2035.
The 1975 festival calendar
Fifteen days from the eve to the first full moon; the dates below are for 1975 only.
| Day | Date in 1975 | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Little New Year 小年 | 3 February 1975 | The Kitchen God is sent off with sweets; the house cleaning begins. |
| New Year's Eve 除夕 | 10 February 1975, Monday | Reunion dinner, red couplets on the door, staying up to see the year in. |
| New Year's Day 初一 | 11 February 1975, Tuesday | The Year of the Rabbit begins; red envelopes, visits in order of seniority, no sweeping. |
| Day 2 初二 | 12 February 1975 | Married daughters visit their parents. |
| Day 5 初五 | 15 February 1975 | Shops reopen and the God of Wealth is welcomed with firecrackers. |
| Lantern Festival 元宵 | 25 February 1975, Tuesday | First full moon: lanterns, riddles, sweet rice balls. The season closes. |
In mainland China the public holiday usually runs from the eve for seven or eight days; Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia each keep their own, shorter, holiday. How the days are kept, in more detail: the traditions.
What is particular to 1975
1975 is a Wood Rabbit year, 乙卯, the 52th of the sixty stem-and-branch pairs. The same pairing last fell in 1915 and comes again in 2035; the previous Rabbit year was 1963, the next is 1987. Its 纳音 "sound" in the old almanacs is 大溪水.
New Year's Day fell on a Tuesday; the reunion dinner was the Monday evening before. The festival landed on 11 February in the Western calendar, near the middle of its range.
Born in 1975?
Between 11 February 1975 and 30 January 1976 you are a Wood Rabbit.
Anyone born from 11 February 1975 to 30 January 1976 is a Wood Rabbit (乙卯) and turns 51 in 2026. Gentle, tactful and perceptive. The Rabbit prefers harmony to confrontation and tends to be the one everyone confides in. Wood years favour growth and beginnings: planting, building, the first steps of long projects.
Born in January or early February 1975, before the 11 February 1975 new year? Then the previous animal, the Tiger, is yours: the zodiac follows the lunar calendar, not 1 January. The zodiac calculator settles it from the exact date.
Your zodiac years (本命年, when the Rabbit comes round again) are 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023, 2035, 2047, 2059; the next one is 2035. Tradition has you wear something red through a 本命年 for protection. The signs said to suit a Rabbit best are the Goat, the Pig and the Dog: the compatibility table has every pair.
Chinese New Year in other years
The second new moon after the winter solstice, so it moves between 21 January and 20 February. Every year from 1924 to 2050.
- 196917 February 1969, Earth Rooster
- 19706 February 1970, Metal Dog
- 197127 January 1971, Metal Pig
- 197215 February 1972, Water Rat
- 19733 February 1973, Water Ox
- 197423 January 1974, Wood Tiger
- 197631 January 1976, Fire Dragon
- 197718 February 1977, Fire Snake
- 19787 February 1978, Earth Horse
- 197928 January 1979, Earth Goat
- 198016 February 1980, Metal Monkey
- 19815 February 1981, Metal Rooster
Questions
When was Chinese New Year 1975?
Tuesday, 11 February 1975. New Year's Eve was 10 February 1975, and the Lantern Festival that closed the celebrations was 25 February 1975.
What animal is 1975 in the Chinese zodiac?
The Rabbit. From 11 February 1975 to 30 January 1976 it was the year of the Wood Rabbit (乙卯). Before 11 February 1975, the year still belongs to the previous animal, the Tiger.
How old is someone born in 1975?
Someone born in the Year of the Rabbit 1975 turns 51 in 2026. Their zodiac years (本命年) are 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023, 2035, 2047.
Why does the date change every year?
The festival falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice, so it moves between 21 January and 20 February on the Western calendar.
How long does Chinese New Year last?
Fifteen days, from New Year's Day to the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth of the first lunar month. Most people have a week of public holiday in mainland China.
Born in a Rabbit year?
Your animal depends on the exact date, not the calendar year.
Find your animal
Enter your birthday and we count it by the lunar calendar: the animal, its element, your lunar birth date and your next zodiac year.
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