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Tourists wait to board a train at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station to return home for Chinese Lunar New Year holiday in Shanghai on Jan 25, 2025. Photo by CFOTO/ Future Publishing via Getty Images. Lunar New Year — which includes Chinese New Year, Seollal in Korea, Tet in Vietnam and more — begins on Jan. 29, kicking off more than two weeks of parties, customs and copious feasts. Chinese New Year in 2025 falls on January 29 and ends with the Lantern Festival on Feb. 12. Celebrations last up to 16 days; the Chinese public holiday lasts from Wednesday to Feb. 4. The Chinese New Year of 2025 falls on January 29th (Wednesday), and will last to February 2nd. It is the Year of Snake. As an official public holiday, Chinese people can get eight days' off from work, from January 28th to February 4th. The Chinese New Year of 2026 falls on February 17th (Tuesday), and will last to February 21th. It is the Year What is Lunar New Year? Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, marks the start of a new zodiac cycle based on the Chinese lunar calendar. Each year, the date shifts within the Gregorian calendar. Lunar New Year is celebrated around the world, particularly in Asian countries like China, shown here (Beijing). Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year or Spring Festival 2025 falls on Wednesday, January 29th, 2025. Snake is the new year animal. Learn more about Chinese Lunar New Year traditions, taboos, food, zodiac signs, and greetings. 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. This is a festival called Laba ( 腊八 Làbā /laa-baa/ '12th lunar month' + '8'), in the traditional sense, which Because the Chinese calendar defines the lunar month containing the winter solstice as the 11th month, the Lunar New Year usually falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice. Just like New Year according to the Gregorian calendar (January 1), Lunar New Year celebrations start on the night before the first day of the new year. The Chinese Lunar New Year, starting Jan. 29, 2025, marks the Year of the Wood Snake. It’s celebrated for 15 days, ending on Feb. 12, or Lantern Festival. The 2025 Chinese New Year begins on January 29, 2025, marking the start of the Lunar Year. Known as the Year of the Snake , this event is deeply rooted in tradition and celebrated with family gatherings, feasts, and cultural rituals. Each Chinese lunar year has a Chinese zodiac sign animal. The Chinese zodiac year's stsarting date is a little different from the Gregorian year. It starts from Chinese New Year. The Chinese zodiac years chart below is provided to help you find out the exact starting and ending dates of the Chinese zodiac years. (This is especially useful for DPKOW 2025 Chinese New Year Door Banner for Year of the Snake Decoration, Happy New Year Banner for Chinese New Year Decoration Spring Festival, Chinese New Year Door Wall Decoration, 185 * 90cm 4.6 out of 5 stars 23 Oriental gift basket SVG, Mid Autumn basket laser cut file, Chinese New Year basket DXF, Lunar New Year gift basket EPS, Digital Overwatch's Year of the Rooster event is live, and along with it, 13 new Chinese New Year-themed skins and a pile of other cosmetics, including profile icons, sprays, victory poses, emotes, and The Chinese New Year, or "Year of the Rooster," Overwatch event is officially underway, and we have what you all what to see: special event skins. Here are all 13 special event skins. Yes, I said 13. He already had pig skin for Lunar New Year. So probably no. There is no dog skin or rooster skin for the last 2 years either. And it is not Chinese new year, it is Lunar new year. A lot of country celebrate it at the first day of the first lunar month. And since we have time zone, sometimes it is on different day with Chinese new year. Roadhog | Bajie Lunar New Year 2018 (Year of the Dog) focused on the Four Symbols of China. Azure Dragon of the East = Pharah | Qinglong Vermillion Bird of the South = Mercy | Zhuque White Tiger of the West = Genji | Baihu Black Turtle of the North = Zarya | Xuanwu Lunar New Year 2019 (Year of the Pig) focuses on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Every Chinese zodiac year from 1900–2031, full table and broken down by each zodiac. Find your year, animal, dates and element (metal, water, wood, fire, earth). The Overwatch Lunar New Year event comes but once a year, and with each year that passes our band of heroes gain even more elaborate skins to celebrate the occasion. These skins are normally a festive spin on Chinese New Year and the broader Chinese culture. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, marks the transition from one animal to the next—2024 is the year of the Dragon, which began on February 10th, 2024, and ends on February 24th, 2024. January 29th, 2025 (Chinese New Year) will signal the start of the year of the Snake. What’s Your Zodiac Sign? What are some activities for the Lunar New Year / Chinese New Year? Chinese New Year is an opportunity for families to thoroughly cleanse their homes. It is symbolic of sweeping away any ill-fortune and making way for incoming good luck. On Chinese New Year, the themes of happiness , wealth, and longevity are celebrated. On this special day
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