Chinese New Year has always refers to farmers (summer, Yin) calendar of the first month. Yuan is "beginning", "beginning" meaning, celebrating the New Year's day cutted. 

Said today "New Year's day", that is what we call the solar calendar, in order to distinguish the lunar New Year, and two to the solar calendar in view of the lunar year" of "24 solar terms in just before and after the lunar New Year, so he put on the lunar calendar renamed" Spring Festival ", the solar calendar as "New Year's day on January 1, thus, the New Year's day to become national people's joy festival. 

Date: Monday, January 1, 2018 

Days off: December 30, 2017 - January 1, 2018 (Saturday - Monday)