Sunday, January 22

• Year of the Rabbit (in 4 days)

Lunar New Year is one of the most important celebrations of the year among East and Southeast Asian cultures, including Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean communities, among others. The New Year celebration is usually celebrated for multiple days—not just one day as in the Gregorian calendar’s New Year. In 2023, Lunar New Year begins on January 22.

China’s Lunar New Year is known as the Spring Festival or Chūnjié in Mandarin, while Koreans call it Seollal and Vietnamese refer to it as Tết.

Tied to the lunar calendar, the holiday began as a time for feasting and to honor household and heavenly deities, as well as ancestors. The New Year typically begins with the first new moon that occurs between the end of January and spans the first 15 days of the first month of the lunar calendar—until the full moon arrives.

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mage: MSNBC

MSNBC and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation are working together to get people talking about race with the hopes of healing what divides us.

National Day of Racial Healing: An MSNBC Town Hall is part of an ongoing NBCU News Group initiative, sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to expand the conversation around racial healing and encourage people to pursue racial equality in their communities.

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