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NYC offers a range of events such as the Chinese New Year Parade and more traditions. The best of New York for free. Celebrate Chinese New Year with a series of fun high-energy cultural Renowned symphony orchestra New York Philharmonic is hosting a Lunar New Year event, honoring Chinese-American philanthropist Angela Chen. The cocktail, concert, and following dinner will be to celebrate cultural heritage, new beginnings, and music’s capacity to transcend borders. Welcome the Year of the Snake and celebrate the Lunar New Year at Bryant Park! Join a kung-fu demonstration, make and take home a craft, and watch a Lion Dance and other traditional musical performances by the New York Chinese Cultural Center. Wander between Overlook and the Rink Deck for a morning of Lunar New Year festivities. A calligraphy workshop during the South Street Seaport Museum's Lunar New Year celebration (Mike Szpot/The Seaport) The South Street Seaport will mark the start of Lunar New Year with calligraphy workshops, LNY-themed arts and crafts, and lion dance performances in collaboration with the New York Chinese Cultural Center on Saturday, February 1 Get set to celebrate the Lunar New Year in New York State! The Lunar, or Chinese, New Year is celebrated for 15 days, from New Year's Eve on January 28 to the Lantern Festival on February 12. 2025 marks the Year of the Snake, specifically the wood snake, which is associated with traits of wisdom, knowledge, intelligence, intuition, and creativity. The Lunar New Year, also known as The Chinese New Year, is a two-week-long festival celebrating new beginnings, emphasizing gratitude, and important things like spending time with loved ones. 2024 is the Year of the Dragon, a long-held symbol in China that represents charisma, intelligence, power, luck, wisdom, nobility, prosperity, and the Lunar New Year is not a federal holiday, meaning banks and the U.S. stock markets stay open, but New York City is among the public school districts that opt to close their doors for the day in This upcoming Lunar New Year is the year of the snake, which applies to those born in 1941, 1953, 1977, 1989, 2001 and 2013. In the Chinese zodiac, the snake represents wisdom and transformation The Chinese New Year Parade and Festival is Sunday, February 16, 2025. The parade kicks off at 1pm. This year will be the parade's 27th anniversary. The spring festival will celebrate the beginning of a new year according to the traditional lunisolar and solar Chinese calendar, marking the start of the Year of the Snake. The Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is one of the most significant holidays celebrated in Asian cultures. In 2025, the festivities honor th 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. And this year, Lunar New Year begins Jan. 29. Each Lunar New Year is also marked by one of 12 animals—this year being the Year of the Wood Snake, which follows 2024’s Year of the Dragon Each month begins with a new moon, and the new year begins on the new moon closest to the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Usually, that puts the holiday between This year marks the first time a new school holiday is officially observed in New York state. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, is Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year. It’s considered to be The new year in 2025 falls on Jan. 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. GTW Tea & Water, Inc. 301 Grand Street New York, NY 10002 (212) 475-6511. Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street New York, NY 10013 (212) 619-4785 The legal holiday is seven days long, from the Lunar New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the first lunar month. Some companies and public institutions enjoy a longer holiday up to 10 days or more, because in common knowledge among Chinese people, the festival lasts longer, from the Lunar New Year's Eve to the 15th day of the first lunar month (Lantern Festival). Students in Rochester — and around New York state — won’t be in class on Jan. 29 in recognition of the latest school holiday. Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, is celebrated on A visitor offers prayer at a Chinese temple to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Snake on the Chinese zodiac Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at China Town in Yokohama
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