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Chinese New Year, the grandest festival for Chinese people, is celebrated for more than half a month.According to the oldest traditions, people follow a day-by-day schedule of Chinese New Year festivities from the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month, with specific things to do on certain days. Chinese New Year celebration activities in 2025 will span 15 days, from New Year's Eve on January 28th to the Lantern Festival on February 12th. Each day during this period will have a unique custom. 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). Here is what each day means, running from New Year’s Eve on January 30 to the seventh day of the new year on February 7, and things you should make sure to do on each of these days. The coming Chinese New Year is 2025-01-29, which is 2 days away.This year's animal sign is the Dragon from 2024-02-10 to 2025-01-28. Religious activities and preparations for Lunar New Year would begin on this day. Now it is seldom celebrated, apart from in very rural communities. The Traditional Chinese New Year Calendar: Key Dates. Each day of the 16-day-long festival has a name, and usually an assigned purpose or meaning. Below is a table of all the important dates and Each day of the Lunar New Year has its particular traditions. On Day 1, people set off firecrackers, visit family and avoid cleaning or throwing out trash to prevent bad luck. Day 2 is for daughters visiting their parents, bringing gifts and honoring the god of wealth. On Day 3, families clean up, but some avoid socializing to prevent arguments. Pre-Chinese New Year Preparations and Activities (Jan. 7–Feb. 12, 2025) Jan. 7, 2025: Laba Festival. Some Chinese start to celebrate and prepare for Chinese New Year as early as day 8 of the 12 th month of the lunar calendar. How is Chinese New Year celebrated? Spring Festival is a time for families to come together, exchange money-filled red envelopes (红包, hóngbāo), and enjoy delicious Chinese food. The Chinese New Year is a 15-day holiday and includes a variety of festivities depending on the region and its local traditions and customs. This is 11 days less than a tropical year – the time that the sun takes to return to the same position as observed from Earth, which is 365.25 days. That’s why the lunar calendar adds a leap month every 3 years or so, or 7 leap years every 19 years, to be precise. In a year with a leap month, the lunar calendar will have 13 months instead What are the animals of the zodiac? Each year honors an animal based on the Chinese zodiac. The circle of 12 animals — the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig — measure the cycles of time. Lunar New Year is also associated with the animals of the Chinese zodiac, and 2025 is the Year of the Snake. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Chinese New Year kicks off every year after the second new moon of the Lunar Calendar. This year it falls between 29th January to 12th February. Lastly, for the Chinese, the Lunar New Year is sacred, it is a chance for families to come together and make unforgettable memories Bidding farewell to the mythical Dragon, the world welcomes the Year of the Snake on January 29 — the first day of the Lunar New Year. For those who celebrate this ancient festival, starting the Fourth Day of Chinese New Year 初四. The day to honour the Kitchen god who would return to Heaven to report on the family to the Jade Emperor, some place nian2 gao1 (New Year Sticky Cake) as offerings to appease the Kitchen god who then either can’t speak much due to the stickiness of the sweet cake or speaks sweet nothings about the family. Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based the moon's 12 phases. Each phase cycle spans approximately 29 days with Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today for all those of us who are celebrating the Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year to the Chinese people who celebrate it every year. This day marks the celebration of the beginning of the end of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, as it was noted as the Spring Festival due to the period of For Chinese people, Lunar New Year is the Spring Festival, and it’s celebrated widely in Taiwan and across Southeast Asia in countries with large Chinese populations, such as Singapore and Malaysia. This year, Chinese New Year begins on Wednesday, January 29. Those who celebrate will be entering the year of the snake. Just like with any holiday, traditions abound for Chinese New Year. Some of The Year of the Wood Snake begins with Chinese New Year 2025, also called the Spring Festival and the festival will be celebrated on January 29, 2025. Tradition, astrology, and the promise of
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