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In 2025, Chinese Little New Year will be celebrated on January 22nd in northern China, and January 23rd in southern China. Why Is Little New Year Celebrated? The Little Year is a festival to pray to the Kitchen God for blessings for the New Year as well as a farewell ritual to the Kitchen God. The Chinese place great importance on the Spring Festival and often observe a series of pre-festival celebrations, such as Laba and Xiao Nian, to "warm up" to the main event. While Laba is seen as the prelude to the festive season, Xiao Nian signals the beginning of active preparations for the Chinese New Year. After Xiao Nian, people begin Little New Year, or Xiao Nian Festival, marks the start of Spring Festival celebrations. The festival is celebrated across China, with the specific dates varying by region. In North China, the festival falls on the 23rd day of the 12th month in the traditional Chinese calendar, while in South China, it is observed on the 24th, which falls on In 2025, Lunar New Year’s day falls on 29 January, inaugurating the Year of the Snake. But did you know that the week prior to it is known as xiao nian, or “little new year”, during which Xiao Nian, literally meaning “Minor New Year” in Chinese, is always considered to be the prologue of the Spring Festival, which kicks off a series of preparations that need to be done before the coming of the Spring Festival’s Eve. Little New Year (Chinese: 小年), also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, is a festival in the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. It honors the Kitchen God and takes place roughly a week before the Chinese New Year. In China's eastern cities of Huangshan and Tongling, Anhui Province, locals celebrate Xiao Nian with grand folk performances, bustling markets, and vibrant nighttime festivities. Lunar New Year rush starts after China lifts COVID travel rules. By Associated Press. Lion dancer makes impact on Chinese Lunar New Year tradition. By Mori Rothman, Michael D. Regan. Happy Lunar Today is 小年 XiaoNian, the 23rd of the 12th Chinese lunar month. Xiaonian literally means “little new year”. It is a special day because it marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year preparation. People start cleaning their houses and their new year shopping. XiaoNian is also called Kitchen God Festival or Worshiping the Stove Festival. The Little New Year ( ‘小年--Xiaonian’ in Chinese, also called the Minor New Year’s Day), usually falls a week before the lunar New Year. In 2025, it falls on Jan.22 in northern part of China and Jan.23 in the southern part of China. Minor Chinese New Year (Xiao Nian, 小年) Minor New Year starts on the 23rd or 24th day of the last lunar month, which can be regarded as the prelude of the Spring Festival. In different parts of China, the actual date of Xiao Nian varies. Before the Qing dynasty, the folk tradition was to worship the Kitchen God on the 24th day. Xiao Nian, or the lesser Chinese New Year, is on the 23rd or 24th day of the La Yue (twelfth month on Chinese lunar calendar). It marks the start of the Spring Festival season, the grandest feast throughout the year in China. This year's Xiao Nian falls on January 28 and 29. Xiao Nian, or the lesser Chinese New Year, is on the 23rd or 24th day of the La Yue (twelfth month on Chinese lunar calendar). It marks the start of the Spring Festival season, the grandest feast throughout the year in China. This year's Xiao Nian falls on January 28 and 29. Yay! It’s 小年 Xiaonian! Roughly translating as the Little New Year event, 小年 is THE event that kick-offs the Chinese New Year. That’s right, the Spring Festival celebrations officially start today, on the 23rd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar, which happens to be today. The 23rd day of the year's last lunar month marks a traditional Chinese holiday called Xiao Nian, which means Preliminary Eve, the prelude to the Lunar New Year's Eve celebration. Q1: For more on It is celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar (the first day of the second new moon after the day on which the winter solstice occurs, unless there is an intercalary eleventh or twelfth month in the lead-up to the New Year—in such a case, the New Year falls on the day of the third new moon after the solstice). Bai Nian 拜年 by Chinese New Year Song - Karaoke Lyrics on Smule. | Smule Social Singing Karaoke app. Explore Songbook. Upload. XIAO MEI GUO NIAN HAO HUAN XI. Chinese New Year in 2025 falls on Jan. 29 and ends with the Lantern Festival on Feb. 12. The Chinese zodiac, or Sheng Xiao (生肖), is a repeating 12-year cycle of animal signs and their A key part of the Chinese "xiao nian" festival a week before Lunar New Year concerns the Kitchen God, who is also celebrated in Vietnam . I n 2025, Lunar New Year's day falls on 29 January 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?
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