The Minor New Year (Xiaonian’ in Chinese, also called the Little New Year’s Day), usually falls a week before the lunar New Year. In 2022, it falls on Jan.25. The Chinese Little New Year is not a fixed festival as it varies with local customs.
Folk activities during the Little New Year mainly include sweeping dust. Chinese Little New Year means that Chinese people begin to prepare special purchases for the Spring Festival and are ready to spend a clean Spring Festival. Also, it suggests a new year with a new image and expresses the good wishes of Chinese people to ring out the Old Year and ring in the New Year.
Students in Tianjin University made dumplings during the Little New Year.
Editor: Qin Mian
