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Chinese New Year 2047
Saturday, 26 January 2047. It opens the Year of the Fire Rabbit, 丁卯, which runs until 13 February 2048.
- New Year's Eve25 January 2047
- New Year's Day26 January 2047
- Lantern Festival9 February 2047
- Animal and elementFire Rabbit 火兔, Yin
- Year ends13 February 2048; the next new year is 14 February 2048
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.
Fire 火
Fire years are associated with warmth and drive: summer, lanterns, the hearth. Fire years favour energy and visibility: bold moves, warm company, the spotlight.
The pairing of stem and branch, 丁卯, returns once every sixty years; the last Fire Rabbit year was 1987, the next is 2107.
The 2047 festival calendar
Fifteen days from the eve to the first full moon; the dates below are for 2047 only.
| Day | Date in 2047 | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Little New Year 小年 | 18 January 2047 | The Kitchen God is sent off with sweets; the house cleaning begins. |
| New Year's Eve 除夕 | 25 January 2047, Friday | Reunion dinner, red couplets on the door, staying up to see the year in. |
| New Year's Day 初一 | 26 January 2047, Saturday | The Year of the Rabbit begins; red envelopes, visits in order of seniority, no sweeping. |
| Day 2 初二 | 27 January 2047 | Married daughters visit their parents. |
| Day 5 初五 | 30 January 2047 | Shops reopen and the God of Wealth is welcomed with firecrackers. |
| Lantern Festival 元宵 | 9 February 2047, Saturday | 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 2047
2047 is a Fire Rabbit year, 丁卯, the 4th of the sixty stem-and-branch pairs. The same pairing last fell in 1987 and comes again in 2107; the previous Rabbit year was 2035, the next is 2059. Its 纳音 "sound" in the old almanacs is 炉中火.
New Year's Day falls on a Saturday, so the reunion dinner on 25 January 2047 lands on a Friday evening. The festival lands on 26 January in the Western calendar, one of the earlier dates it can take.
A child born between 26 January 2047 and 13 February 2048 is a Fire Rabbit: Gentle, tactful and perceptive. The Rabbit prefers harmony to confrontation and tends to be the one everyone confides in. A baby born in January 2047 before the new year is still a Tiger.
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.
Questions
When is Chinese New Year 2047?
Saturday, 26 January 2047. New Year's Eve is 25 January 2047, and the Lantern Festival that closes the celebrations is 9 February 2047.
What animal is 2047 in the Chinese zodiac?
The Rabbit. From 26 January 2047 to 13 February 2048 it is the year of the Fire Rabbit (丁卯). Before 26 January 2047, the year still belongs to the previous animal, the Tiger.
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.
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