Spring Festival en · NOUN
Etymology
The Chinese New Year sense is a calque of Chinese 春節 /春节 (Chūnjié), the usual modern name for the holiday. By surface analysis, and when not referring to the Chinese holiday, a proprialization of spring + festival.
Meanings
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(China) Synonym of Chinese New Year.
Although the Hui in the northwest do not celebrate the Han holidays of Zhongqiu, Qingming, or even Chun Jie (Spring Festival), the Hui in most of China's cities gladly participate.
2020, Dru C. Gladney, Muslim Chinese..., page 192:Comrade Hou Zongbin came to the environmental sanitation transfer station on (Ninggong) Road, Erqi [translating 二七 (Èrqī)] District, and warmly clasped hands with two workers (Chu Yuwen) and (Zhao Dongfang), voicing his thanks to more than 2,400 environmental sanitation workers throughout the city, including these two, who had been working so hard that the people in the provincial capital could enjoy a happy, civilized, and peaceful Spring Festival, and wishing them good health and family happiness.
1991 February 21 [1991 February 15], “Hou Zongbin Visits Grass-Roots Workers”, in Daily Report: China, number 91-035, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Zhengzhou Henan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, Regional Affairs, page 39, column 1:They plan to visit Shanghai during Spring Festival.
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(sometimes) Any other particular festival marking the beginning of spring.
Our school's Spring Festival is next week.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Festivals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
winter festival · winter holiday · summer holiday