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 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 The Vietnamese New Year celebration of Tet, short for Tet Nguyen Dan which means “festival of the first day”, is celebrated over three days as opposed to the traditional 15 of the Chinese New 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). They might spend their Chinese New Year's Eve in a foreign country to experience different styles of Chinese New Year. The current population of China is more than 1.41 billion at the end of 2018. Overseas Chinese have at least 50 million. That means more than Chinese 1.46 billion will celebrate the Chinese New Year around the world. Lanterns glow at Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during Chinese New Year. Photograph by Amril Izan Imran, Alamy Stock Photo. TRAVEL; Top 10 things to know about Lunar New Year. Chinese Calendar Years 2020 - 2031. Almost all the features of Chinese culture you may have heard of, including zodiac animals, Chinese New Year, Tai Sui and the Five Elements Theory, are based on the lunar calendar. You can find the start and finish (in Gregorian calendar dates) of the lunar years in the current decade below, along with their 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 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. Chinese New Year for the year 2024 is celebrated/ observed on Saturday, February 10. This year the animal sign is the Dragon. 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. Welcome the new year with Ya Ge’s array of Chinese New Year menus. Choose from seven set menus, priced from $88++ per person to $1888++ for a table of 10, promising a grand feast. Delight in special dishes like Crispy Golden Eel and Yellowtail Yusheng, featuring raspberry-flavoured dragon puddings atop crispy eel, and a Yusheng dressed in Celebrate the vibrant traditions of the Chinese New Year with a culinary experience like no other at Yue Chuan, The Kingsbury Colombo’s celebrated Chinese restaurant. From the 24th to the 29th of January, enjoy an exquisite dining experience featuring an extensive selection of authentic Chinese dishes, where you can eat as much as your heart This Chinese New Year, Yue Chuan invites you to enjoy a grand culinary experience featuring a variety of traditional and crowd-favourite dishes as you indulge to your heart’s content at one of the best Chinese restaurants in Colombo. From tantalizing starters like Prawn Balls and Spare Ribs to iconic main courses like Chilli Chicken, Black Chinese New Year Feast Bundles and Takeaways in Singapore to Indulge in (2025 Edition) Hai Tien Lo at Pan Pacific Singapore. Elevate your Lunar New Year celebrations with exquisite Cantonese delicacies from Hai Tien Lo, the acclaimed restaurant at Pan Pacific Singapore. 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. 7. Watch a Chinese New Year parade: Chinese New Year parades are popular events all over the world. The parades typically include brightly coloured floats, lion and dragon dances, stilt walkers, acrobats, and other performers. 8. Have a family reunion dinner: The Chinese New Year is a time for families to come together and celebrate. The 3 most important days are Chinese New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year's Day and Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year Begins - Chinese New Year's Eve - Chuxi 除夕(Pinyin: chúxī) or Da Nian San Shi 大年三十 (Pinyin: dà nián sān shí) The day before Chinese New Year is the Lunar New Year’s Eve, also known as Chuxi. People in northern Celebrate the vibrant traditions of the Chinese New Year with a culinary experience like no other at Yue Chuan, The Kingsbury Colombo’s celebrated Chinese restaurant. From the 24th to the 29th of January, enjoy an exquisite dining experience featuring an extensive selection of authentic Chinese dishes, where you can eat as much as your heart To usher in the new year, the Chinese wear new clothes and sometimes sport fresh hairdos. 5 As cutting one’s hair is seen as cutting off one’s luck, people choose to get a haircut before Chinese New Year. Thus many local salons usually charge a premium for services during this period. 6 Chinese New Year’s eve Chinese New Year Dinners and Parties Galore. A lavish feast with friends and family is a great way to ring in the New Year. Traditionally, restaurants around Shanghai splash out on offers for big groups of dinners, either charging a set amount for set menus for large groups (10 or more is common), or tailoring a set meal for smaller groups, mixing a matching a bunch of different traditional
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