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Chinese New Year begins Wednesday, Jan. 29, in 2025. The holiday lasts from Wednesday to Feb. 15 , which is the Lantern Festival. Why does the Chinese New Year fall on different dates each year? The legal holiday is seven days long, from the Lunar New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the first lunar month. Some companies and public institutions enjoy a longer holiday up to 10 days or more, because in common knowledge among Chinese people, the festival lasts longer, from the Lunar New Year's Eve to the 15th day of the first lunar month (Lantern Festival). 2025 is the year of the Green Wood Snake. 2025 Chinese New Year Day is on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, in the China time zone. The Chinese New Year's Eve is on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 . They are national holidays in China. The Lunar New Year 2025, also known as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival, starts on January 29, aligning with the first New Moon of the lunisolar calendar. This widely celebrated event welcomes the Year of the Snake, the sixth sign in the Chinese zodiac, symbolizing wisdom, transformation, and intuition. Chinese zodiac: Year of the Snake 2025 Chinese New Year for the year 2025 is celebrated/ observed on Wednesday, January 29. This year the animal sign is the Snake. Chinese New Year is the first day of the New Year in the Chinese lunisolar calendar (Chinese traditional calendar). It is also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival. Chinese New Year 2025 is a Year of the Snake, more specifically, Wood Snake, starting from January 29th, 2025, and lasting until February 16th, 2026. Recent/upcoming years of the Snake are 2025, 2013, 2001, and 1989. Year of the Sanke 2025 Chinese New Year Holiday 2025. Officially, the Chinese people will have a holiday for about 7 days from Chinese New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the lunar new year. In 2025, the Chinese New Year holiday lasts from January 28th to February 4th. Some companies may extend the holiday up to 16 days. In 2025 Chinese New Year festival falls on Jan. 29. It is the Year of the Snake according to the Chinese zodiac, which features a 12-year cycle with each year represented by a specific animal. People born in the Years of the Snake including 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, and 2025 will experience their Zodiac Year of Birth (Ben Ming Nian When is the Chinese New Year 2025? The 2025 Chinese New Year Day is on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 in China's time zone. This day is the new moon day of the first Chinese lunar month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar system. The exact new moon time is at 20:36 on 2025-01-29, in the China time zone. Chinese New Year 2025 animal sign is the Green Snake. Chinese New Year is not just one day but over 30 days of festivities and activities, which have their own calendar. The preparation begins on the first of the Lunar Calendar and the celebration lasts until the 15th of the first month. In 2025, Chinese New Year begins on January 29th and ends on February 12th with the Lantern Festival. 2025 Chinese New Year (the first day of first lunar month) falls on Jan.29, 2024 and the year lasts to Feb.16, 2027. In folk custom, the New Year celebrating starts from the Laba Festival (the 12th day of the 12th lunar month) or Little Year (the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month) to the Lantern Festival (the 15th day of the first lunar month). The Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, celebrates the start of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. The first day of the Chinese New Year is marked by the first new moon that appears 1st day of Chinese New Year (29 th January 2025) Wake up early today, preferably before sunrise, and after cleaning up, put on a new set of clothes. Make sure you wear something red to wish your family members a happy Chinese New Year and offer them a cup of sweet tea. In many Chinese cities, the local temple serves as a spiritual center. The third day of the new year, January 31, 2025, is traditionally a day for visiting temples. People visit to make offerings, seek blessings from deities, and consult fortune-tellers about the year ahead. This is also a time to pause and reflect spiritually as the new year Chinese New Year's Day Gregorian Dates Activities; 30th Day of the 12th month (Chinese New Year's Eve) Jan. 28, 2025: Decorate houses, Have reunion dinners, Watch CCTV gala, Stay up late: 1st Day of the 1st month (Chinese New Year's Day) Jan. 29, 2025: Set off firecrackers, Give red envelopes, Enjoy Lion dances: Day 2: Jan. 30, 2025: Welcome The seventh day of the Lunar New Year (February 4, 2025) is said to be when the Chinese mother goddess, Nuwa, created humanity. Thus, it’s called renri/jan jat (the people’s birthday). Marking the first day of the year on the Chinese lunar calendar, the date fluctuates from year to year. The holiday is also called “Spring Festival” and “Lunar New Year”. The first day of Chinese New Year in 2025 is 29 January, ushering in the Year of the Snake. Chinese New Year in 2026 begins on 17 February and is the start of the Year 1st day of 1st lunar month - Chinese New Year (Jan. 29, 2025) Setting off firecrackers to chase off bad spirits is the first thing to do after people get up on the first day. After the firecrackers, it is time for the first meal of the year, which is as important as the reunion dinner for most Chinese people. Chinese New Year: Day 8 (Feb. 5, 2025) People normally return to work on the eighth day. As eight is the luckiest number in China, most businesses like to reopen on day 8 of the New Year. New Year: Day 15 (Feb. 12, 2025), the Chinese Lantern Festival Note: China public holidays( ) include the New Year’s Day, Chinese Spring Festival (from Lunar New Year’s Eve to the sixth day of the New Year), Qingming Festival, May Day, the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and the National Day (from Oct.1 to Oct.7). Holidays except the Chinese Spring Festival and National Day are usually 3-day
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