Abu Dhabi (Etihad)
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, congratulated on the occasion of the Chinese New Year. His Highness said in a tweet via Twitter: “I congratulate the friendly people of China and all those celebrating on the occasion of the New (Chinese Year), with our wishes that it will be a year of good, peace and prosperity for all.”
I congratulate the friendly people of China and all those celebrating on the occasion of the “Chinese New Year” and wish it to be a year of good, peace and prosperity for all.
— Mohammed bin Zayed (@MohamedBinZayed) February 1, 2022
The Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is one of the most important Chinese celebrations, as it begins with the beginning of the first lunar month in the Chinese year, and ends on the fifteenth day of that month, and the first day is called “Lantern Festival”, an annual event celebrated by the Chinese in different parts of the world, and the date of the celebration varies from year to year, but it always falls between late January and mid-February. This year is 4,720 according to the Chinese calendar, and Chinese years are named after animals; Because the Chinese zodiac is divided into 12 signs representing 12 animals, forming a cycle of 12 years, this year is the year of the tiger. The holiday is celebrated over a period of 15 days, and since the 1990s, the Chinese government has given citizens a week off.