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Get the latest news updates on Chinese New Year events, celebrations and zodiac signs from Mail Online. This means that those born in the early part of the calendar year are actually assigned the Chinese zodiac of the previous year. The Rat: 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008 The Ox: 1949, 1961 From Chinatown to London Docklands, check our full list of events taking place across London on Sunday 11 February to bring in the Chinese New Year in both traditional and extraordinary fashion 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 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. Tourists walk past a dragon-shaped light decoration in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, Feb 9, 2024. People across the country held various celebrations on Friday, the Chinese Lunar New Year 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 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 A few years ago, as I sat alone in a Chinese restaurant in Edmonton on Lunar New Year, I heard children saying “Happy New Year” in English. I thought to myself, how lucky I was growing up to To mark Chinese New Year, China Daily presents a special edition related to the ancient zodiac. This edition also introduces the cultural significance and traditions of Spring Festival, when New Coronation Street pictures show the Platt household boarded up after a devastating fire rips through it in scenes to air in the New Year.. Last month, the abode was seen with smoke billowing Chinese New Year is set to be heralded in events across the world as the Year of the Dragon arrives on Saturday 10th February.. Unlike the Gregorian calendar, which celebrates New Year on January Melissa Leong has shared her New Year's resolutions amid a period of career upheaval. The former MasterChef Australia judge, 42, hinted that busy times are ahead as she revealed her 2025 plans. 'I Chinese New Year - also known as the Lunar New Year - will take place on Sunday 11 February, with celebrations in London including a parade that will make its way through the West End and Chinatown Rat (born in 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020) Blessed by the Emperor Star and Dragon Virtue, the Year of the Snake brings promising opportunities for those born in the Year of the Rat. British supermarket giant Asda will open at reduced hours for New Years Eve and New Years Day this year. In the run up to 2025 - on December 31 - stores will be open from 7am until 7pm. By BELINDA CLEARY FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA. Published: 20:53 EST, 29 January 2022 | Updated: 21:10 EST, 29 January 2022 . e-mail; 74 shares. 187. when the Chinese New Year is celebrated. Hardy Brits ignore gale warnings and torrential downpours to see in the New Year in style - as traditional fireworks light up Big Ben in spite of storm fears that forced many displays to be axed New Year's chaos on the streets of Germany as five people are killed and 400 arrested with police and firefighters attacked with fireworks. By PERKIN AMALARAJ. Published: 09:27 EST, 1 January 2025 Chinese New Year - also known as the Lunar New Year - will take place on Sunday 11 February, with celebrations in London including a parade that will make its way through the West End and Chinatown
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