Chinees nieuwjaar, maand voor maand over de hele wereld
De grootste jaarlijkse volksverhuizing op aarde; gesloten deuren en volle treinen.
97 bestemmingen op SeasonMap, binnen elke maand gerangschikt op de comfortscore — want het gaat er niet alleen om waar het seizoen speelt, maar of het weer de reis ondertussen waard is.
Wanneer het speelt
Chinees nieuwjaar in januari
- Đà Lạt 🇻🇳 VietnamTết · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Dalat is where southern Vietnam takes its new-year week.92
- Sanya 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)The single most expensive week in Chinese hospitality happens on these beaches.88
- Jinghong 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 20 jan – 28 feb (meestal)China's week-long national holiday for the Lunar New Year.88
- Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 TaiwanLunar New Year · 25 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The city empties of workers and fills with families home from Taipei.87
- Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliëChinese Lunar New Year Festival · 21 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Melbourne's Chinatown marks Lunar New Year with lion and dragon parades, market stalls, and firecracker displays along Little Bourke and Russell Streets, extending to the Lantern Festival; one of Australia's largest Lunar New Year celebrations, with timing that shifts each year.86
- Taichung 🇹🇼 TaiwanLunar New Year · 20 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Taiwan's longest holiday.86
- Tainan 🇹🇼 TaiwanLunar New Year · 20 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Taiwan's longest holiday.85
- Hongkong 🇭🇰 HongkongChinese New Year · 20 jan – 20 feb (meestal)Three public holidays, a night parade in Tsim Sha Tsui and fireworks over the harbour on the second day.84
- Macau 🇲🇴 MacauChinese New Year · 25 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Lion dances at the temples, a night parade through the peninsula, and the mainland arriving in numbers on its own longer break.83
- Shenzhen 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 28 feb (meestal)A city of migrants, so this is the week it empties instead of filling.83
- Kenting 🇹🇼 TaiwanLunar New Year · 25 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Taiwan drives south for the holiday week and the single road through the strip stops moving.82
- Xiamen 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)Xiamen is a domestic holiday city and this is its biggest week.81
- Guangzhou 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival flower markets · 25 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Eleven street markets across the districts sell peach branches, kumquats and narcissus in the last days before the new year, trading until the small hours of new year's eve.80
- Ninh Bình 🇻🇳 VietnamTết · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Hanoi empties down here for the holiday week and the homestays around Tam Coc fill with domestic groups.80
- Hanoi 🇻🇳 VietnamPeach blossom for Tết · 10 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Branches of pink đào are sold off the back of bicycles and motorbikes across the old quarter in the fortnight before the lunar new year, and families carry whole trees home on a scooter.79
- Dali 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)Dali is where a large part of urban China goes for the holiday week.79
- Hạ Long 🇻🇳 VietnamTet · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Cruise operators run reduced fleets and shore restaurants shut for several days, then the domestic crowd arrives for the temple trips.78
- Mũi Né 🇻🇳 VietnamTết · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Saigon comes here for the new-year week.78
- Taipei 🇹🇼 TaiwanLunar New Year · 25 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Taipei empties as families go south and the city is briefly walkable.77
- Phú Quốc 🇻🇳 VietnamTet · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)The island fills with Vietnamese families and the flights from Hanoi and Saigon go at holiday prices, while the small kitchens in Duong Dong shut for several days.77
- Nha Trang 🇻🇳 VietnamTet · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Small restaurants shut for several days while the beachfront hotels fill with Vietnamese families.76
- Zon-Maanmeer 🇹🇼 TaiwanLunar New Year · 20 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Taiwan's longest holiday.76
- Koh Rong 🇰🇭 CambodjaChinese New Year · 20 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The island is a new-year destination for Chinese families and the bungalows at Koh Touch and Sok San are booked out well ahead.76
- Kunming 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)Yunnan is a holiday destination for the rest of China and Kunming is the door into it.75
- Cần Thơ 🇻🇳 VietnamTết · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)The delta goes home for a week.75
…en nog 64 in januari.
Chinees nieuwjaar in februari
- Đà Lạt 🇻🇳 VietnamTết · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Dalat is where southern Vietnam takes its new-year week.96
- Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliëChinese Lunar New Year Festival · 21 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Melbourne's Chinatown marks Lunar New Year with lion and dragon parades, market stalls, and firecracker displays along Little Bourke and Russell Streets, extending to the Lantern Festival; one of Australia's largest Lunar New Year celebrations, with timing that shifts each year.92
- Sanya 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)The single most expensive week in Chinese hospitality happens on these beaches.92
- Tainan 🇹🇼 TaiwanLunar New Year · 20 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Taiwan's longest holiday.91
- Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 TaiwanLunar New Year · 25 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The city empties of workers and fills with families home from Taipei.90
- Taichung 🇹🇼 TaiwanLunar New Year · 20 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Taiwan's longest holiday.88
- Kenting 🇹🇼 TaiwanLunar New Year · 25 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Taiwan drives south for the holiday week and the single road through the strip stops moving.88
- Shenzhen 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 28 feb (meestal)A city of migrants, so this is the week it empties instead of filling.87
- Hongkong 🇭🇰 HongkongChinese New Year · 20 jan – 20 feb (meestal)Three public holidays, a night parade in Tsim Sha Tsui and fireworks over the harbour on the second day.86
- Jinghong 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 20 jan – 28 feb (meestal)China's week-long national holiday for the Lunar New Year.86
- Macau 🇲🇴 MacauChinese New Year · 25 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Lion dances at the temples, a night parade through the peninsula, and the mainland arriving in numbers on its own longer break.85
- Hạ Long 🇻🇳 VietnamTet · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Cruise operators run reduced fleets and shore restaurants shut for several days, then the domestic crowd arrives for the temple trips.84
- Ninh Bình 🇻🇳 VietnamTết · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Hanoi empties down here for the holiday week and the homestays around Tam Coc fill with domestic groups.84
- Dali 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)Dali is where a large part of urban China goes for the holiday week.84
- Guangzhou 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival flower markets · 25 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Eleven street markets across the districts sell peach branches, kumquats and narcissus in the last days before the new year, trading until the small hours of new year's eve.82
- Cameron Highlands 🇲🇾 MaleisiëChinese New Year in the hills · 20 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Kuala Lumpur and Singapore drive up for the cool air and the single mountain road cannot take it.82
- Hanoi 🇻🇳 VietnamPeach blossom for Tết · 10 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Branches of pink đào are sold off the back of bicycles and motorbikes across the old quarter in the fortnight before the lunar new year, and families carry whole trees home on a scooter.81
- Kunming 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)Yunnan is a holiday destination for the rest of China and Kunming is the door into it.81
- Zon-Maanmeer 🇹🇼 TaiwanLunar New Year · 20 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Taiwan's longest holiday.81
- Nha Trang 🇻🇳 VietnamTet · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Small restaurants shut for several days while the beachfront hotels fill with Vietnamese families.80
- Mũi Né 🇻🇳 VietnamTết · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Saigon comes here for the new-year week.80
- Côn Đảo 🇻🇳 VietnamTết · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)The island fills with Vietnamese families visiting the martyrs' cemetery at Hang Duong, and the flights from Saigon are taken months ahead.80
- Taipei 🇹🇼 TaiwanLunar New Year · 25 jan – 25 feb (meestal)Taipei empties as families go south and the city is briefly walkable.79
- Xiamen 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)Xiamen is a domestic holiday city and this is its biggest week.79
- Manilla 🇵🇭 FilipijnenChinese New Year in Binondo · 20 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The oldest Chinatown in the world does dragon dances down Ongpin and closes the streets to traffic for the day.78
…en nog 71 in februari.
Chinees nieuwjaar in maart
- Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliëChinese Lunar New Year Festival · 21 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Melbourne's Chinatown marks Lunar New Year with lion and dragon parades, market stalls, and firecracker displays along Little Bourke and Russell Streets, extending to the Lantern Festival; one of Australia's largest Lunar New Year celebrations, with timing that shifts each year.93
- Dali 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)Dali is where a large part of urban China goes for the holiday week.91
- Kunming 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)Yunnan is a holiday destination for the rest of China and Kunming is the door into it.89
- Sanya 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)The single most expensive week in Chinese hospitality happens on these beaches.84
- Xiamen 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)Xiamen is a domestic holiday city and this is its biggest week.83
- Chongqing 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)The city empties as workers go home, half the hotpot rooms shut for a week, then it fills again with returning families and their relatives.81
- Peking 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival travel rush · 25 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Forty days around the lunar new year and the largest annual movement of people anywhere.77
- Dharamsala 🇮🇳 IndiaTibetan New Year (Losar) · 5 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)Three days that matter more in this settlement than in most: monastery dances at the main temple, families in new clothes, and half the Bhagsu cafes shut because their staff are off.76
- Paro 🇧🇹 BhutanLosar · 1 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)Losar, the Bhutanese New Year, is a public holiday when families gather at home, visit temples and put up new prayer flags, and archery matches are held.75
- Shanghai 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)The one week the city is quiet: migrant workers go home, small restaurants and shops shut for days, and the Bund belongs to visiting families.73
- Nagasaki 🇯🇵 JapanNagasaki Lantern Festival · 25 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Fifteen nights from Lunar New Year, run out of the oldest Chinatown in Japan and spread across the whole centre in about fifteen thousand lanterns.72
- Yokohama 🇯🇵 JapanChinatown Lunar New Year · 25 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)The largest Chinatown in Japan runs a fortnight of lion dances, a costumed parade and a lantern-up from new year's eve.70
- Thimphu 🇧🇹 BhutanLosar · 1 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)Government offices and most shops close for several days, families go home, and the archery grounds fill from the morning onwards.68
- Shangri-La 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaLosar, Tibetan New Year · 1 feb – 15 mrt (meestal)The Tibetan new year at Songzanlin monastery, with masked cham dancing in the courtyards.66
- Punakha 🇧🇹 BhutanLosar · 1 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)Losar, the Bhutanese New Year, is a public holiday when families gather at home, visit temples and put up new prayer flags, and archery matches are held.66
- Gangtok 🇮🇳 IndiaLosar · 1 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)The Tibetan new year closes offices and schools across Sikkim for about a week, and the monasteries dance the Chaam in the days before it.64
- Penang 🇲🇾 MaleisiëChinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh · 25 jan – 10 mrt (meestal)Two weeks of clan-house open houses and temple queues, ending at Chap Goh Meh when unmarried women throw oranges into the sea at the Esplanade.63
- Chengguan 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaLosar · 5 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)The Tibetan new year is a family holiday rather than a spectacle: pilgrims walk the Barkhor before dawn, monasteries hold masked cham dances, and a good share of restaurants and shops close for several days.61
- Darjeeling 🇮🇳 IndiaLosar · 5 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)The Tibetan and Sherpa new year is marked at the Ghoom and Bhutia Busty monasteries with masked dances and a week of family visiting.55
- Harbin 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSpring Festival · 25 jan – 1 mrt (meestal)The ice parks are still standing and the whole country wants to see them.55
- Ulaanbaatar 🇲🇳 MongoliëTsagaan Sar · 25 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)The lunar new year is three days of visiting elders, buuz by the hundred and dairy-white food.53
- Tsjita 🇷🇺 RuslandSagaalgan, the White Month · 25 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)The Buryat and Mongol lunar new year is a regional public holiday in Zabaykalsky Krai, with concerts, yokhor circle dances and datsan services in Chita and Aginskoye.53
Chinees nieuwjaar in december
- Gangtok 🇮🇳 IndiaLosoong and Kagyad · 1–31 dec (meestal)The Bhutia harvest new year falls in December, with masked dance at Rumtek and Phodong and archery in the villages.74
- Leh 🇮🇳 IndiaLadakhi Losar · 1 dec – 10 jan (meestal)Ladakh keeps its new year two months before the Tibetan one, with ibex-shaped bread, fire processions through Leh and masked dances at the monasteries.34