Taiwanese New Year

This article is about the festival and national holiday of Taiwan observed on the Lunar calendar. For other traditions of celebrating the lunar New Year in other regions of Asia, see Lunar New Year.

Taiwanese New Year
Taiwanese people worshipping Poh Seng Tai Tay during Guonian.
Also called	Guonian, Lunar New Year
Observed by	Taiwanese people around the world
Type	Cultural
Significance	First day of the lunisolar calendar
Date	Typically the second new moon after the winter solstice
2024 date	Saturday, 10 February
2025 date	Wednesday, 29 January
Frequency	Annual
Related to	Chinese New Year Japanese New Year Korean New Year Mongolian New Year Tibetan New Year Vietnamese New Year

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Taiwanese New Year
Traditional Chinese	農曆新年 / 開正 / 新正 / 新春 / 正月 元旦 / 新正年頭 / 過年 / 過新年
Transcriptions Southern Min Hokkien POJ Lông-li̍k Sin-nî / khui-tsiann / Sin-tsiann / Sin-tshun / Tsiann-gue̍h Guân-tàn / Sin-tsiann-nî-thâu / Kuè-nî / Kuè Sin-nî

v t e Public holidays in Taiwan
Founding Day of the Republic of China Lunar New Year's Eve Taiwanese New Year Festival (first 3 days of the period) Peace Memorial Day Children's Day Tomb Sweeping Day Dragon Boat Festival Mid-Autumn Festival National Day Retrocession Day (former)