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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 About us. Chinese New Year Parade. Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association and USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice award, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated Parades in North America and the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of Asia. 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). 2026 Chinese New Year falls on Feb. 17th and it is New Year. January 1, 2025 (one rest day) Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) January 28 and February 4, 2025 (eight rest days in total) Adjusted working days: January 26, 2025 (Sunday) and February 8, 2025 (Saturday) Tomb Sweeping Festival (Ching Ming Festival) April 4 to April 6, 2025 (three rest days in total, in connection with two weekend 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. 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 China has seven legal holidays in a year, including New Year's Day, Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), Qingming Festival (Tomb-sweeping Day), May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Day and National Day. Chinese people enjoy 13 days off in total for these official holidays. You may have heard of the Chinese New Year being referred to as Lunar New Year. “Lunar” means the start of a new year as marked by the lunar calendar. The Chinese used the lunar calendar for thousands of years until they adopted the Gregorian calendar in the 20th century. Did you know: the Chinese zodiac is based on the lunar calendar. Chinese New Year 2025: Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, is a grand 15-day celebration. Discover its dates, traditions, cultural significance and more. Chinese New Year 2025: The 2025 Chinese New Year/Spring Festival. Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most important traditional holiday in China. Celebrated at the turn of the lunar calendar, it marks the beginning of a new year and is a time for family reunions, festive meals, and cultural traditions such as red envelopes, fireworks, and lion dances. Merchant Square in Paddington will be the only big Chinese New Year celebration in London on January 29. At the spot there will be a lion dance around midday to bring good luck and drive away evil spirits for the upcoming year as well as a wishing wall for guests to put their hopes for the year to paper. The Parisian museum dedicated to the arts of Asia hosts a weekend of free events to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Alexandre Lasry - Journalist • January 28, 2025 SHARE THE ARTICLE Chinese across the nation are cleaning their homes and purchasing red outfits for their annual celebration of Chinese New Year. Despite China’s official adherence to atheism, most Chinese fully embrace Zodiac tradition. “The Chinese Christians, however, use this as a way to reach out to their communities, and to their friends and their families,” says Erik Burklin of China Partner. Chinese New Year festivities will take place over two weeks at the Royal Hawaiian Center with cultural activities and a special gift with mall purchase. Catch the lion dance performance on Ring in the Lunar New Year with these events and things to do for Chinese New Year 2025 in Los Angeles. All weekend activities are included in the price of zoo admission. Read more. Buy ticket. Chinese New Year Festival at The Huntington. On Feb. 10-11 The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens will have a Chinese New Year Celebration. Not only will there be lion dancers join us at our 35th annual phoenix chinese week lunar new year festival → february 1-2, 2025 → steele indian school park → free admission! The Triangle’s largest Chinese New Year celebration returns in 2025. Celebrate the Year of the Snake! The 2025 NC TACAS Chinese New Year Festival takes place Saturday, January 25, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be at Dorton Arena at the North Carolina Sate Fairgrounds, 1025 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC. Tickets [] The Phoenix Chinese Week Organization, along with Phoenix Sister Cities, Inc., the Phoenix Sister Cities Taipei and Chengdu Committees, officials, and dignitaries, will officially kick off the Phoenix Chinese Week 2025 Lunar New Year Festival at the grand opening ceremony featuring traditional lion dance, dragon dance, performances, and entertainment. It’s customary to wear new clothes during Chinese New Year, especially new clothes in red colour, symbolising a new beginning and fresh hope for the year. How to Celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong? Visiting Flower Markets Flower Market 2024. Exploring the flower markets is a key part of the Chinese New Year experience for locals.
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