The Minor New Year's Day, or the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month of each year, is a day for offering sacrifices to the kitchen god and doing a thorough cleaning. The custom has been around since former times.

Those are Chinese calendar Heavenly Stems and their english translate.

Now we are going to 2012.Below is chinese calendar for 2012

Chinese new year is lunar January the first.So Chinese new year has another name Chinese Lunar New Year.It is most important holidays in China and other Chinese cultural circle.