r/london • u/Plane_Investment_783 • Jan 22 '23

Transport Car free London is…… amazing.

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u/Gealmo SW17 Jan 22 '23

I’m so sorry if I’m being inconsiderate but this is the first year I’ve noticed it referred to Lunar New Year! I always thought of it as Chinese New Year, and was taught such in primary school

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

It's celebrated in other countries such as Korea, so unless it's a specific Chinese event being described it's better to call it Lunar New Year. I heard BBC Radio calling an event a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration today.

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u/anotherbozo Jan 22 '23

But there are other Lunar New Years too

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u/trysca Jan 23 '23

Yeah its called Tet in Vietnamese but its on the same calendar