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The Chinese zodiac rotates through a 12-year cycle of animals and the traditional five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. 2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake. The snake ushers in the sixth year of the 12-year cycle, following the Year of the Dragon. Different regions across Asia celebrate Lunar New Year in many ways and may follow a Lunar New Year is a celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar. It is the most important holiday in China, and it is also widely celebrated in South Korea, Vietnam, and countries with a significant overseas Chinese population. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has announced its 2025 festival commemorating Lunar New Year, a celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar. The event will take place Saturday, Feb. 1, 3–7 p.m, with festivities in both the museum and the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building nearby. The festival is free and open to the Celebrate the Year of the Snake with SAAM! Join us for our 11th and final year of showcasing the ways different Asian cultures celebrate the Lunar New Year. Attendees will enjoy dance and musical performances, crafts, traditional Chinese and Korean art demonstrations, family-friendly activities, and more. According to folklore, the sequence of the animals in the Chinese zodiac was determined in a “Great Race” hosted by the Jade Emperor over 2,000 years ago. All the world’s animals were Begins January 30, 2025. Celebrate Lunar New Year with festivities and cultural events to welcome in the year of the snake. Enjoy educational webinars, tours, and our annual Lunar New Year festival with food, makers, crafts, and lion dances! Join SAAM and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United States online to ring in the Lunar New Year! Lunar New Year is a celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar. It is celebrated around the world and a time to cherish loved ones both near and far. This year SAAM is highlighting the Chinese traditions and celebration of Lunar New Year is a celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar. It is the most important holiday in China, and it is also widely celebrated in South Korea, Vietnam, and countries with a significant overseas Chinese population. While the official dates encompassing the holiday The Chinese zodiac rotates through a 12-year cycle of animals and the traditional five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. 2024 is the Year of the Wood Dragon. The dragon ushers in the fifth year of the 12-year cycle, following the Year of the Rabbit. Celebrate the Lunar New Year with the Smithsonian via virtual and in-person events. José Andrés’s Peruvian/Chinese/Japanese spot in Penn Quarter is offering a Lunar New Year-themed menu. Graze on dishes like turnip cakes with Chinese sausage ($10), Cantonese poached chicken ($38), and steamed whole striped bass ($42). Check out the full menu here. Special Menu at Tiger Fork. When: Friday, February 9 to Sunday, February 18 D.C.’s annual Lunar New Year parade this weekend will be chockful of traditional dances and garb, but will also come with some road closures along the parade route. The 2025 Annual Chinese Lunar Chinese culture has celebrated the Lunar New Year for over 3,800 years. Traditional rituals, like dining on dumplings and fish, wearing red and setting off fireworks, are intended to ensure a Each Chinese lunar year has a Chinese zodiac sign animal. The Chinese zodiac year's stsarting date is a little different from the Gregorian year. It starts from Chinese New Year. The Chinese zodiac years chart below is provided to help you find out the exact starting and ending dates of the Chinese zodiac years. (This is especially useful for The Chinese lunar new year begins February 1, 2022, and starts the Spring Festival season that ends fifteen days later on the evening of the Lantern Festival. 2022 is the Year of the Water Tiger. The Chinese zodiac rotates through a 12-year cycle of animals and the traditional five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. The tiger ushers The ensemble appeared in Singapore for the 1999 International Nanguan Gala. They were featured artists at the Asian Traditional Arts Festival held in South Korea in 2002. The next year saw their first American tour, with performances in New York, Washington, New Orleans, and Atlanta. Since then, they have performed in Japan, Poland, and Indonesia. The Lunar New Year fixture is linked to the playfully similar-sounding Chinese phrase “tuan yuan” (“reunion”) and accompanying lucky saying “tuan tuan yuan yuan,” meaning reunion after The tradition of Zhong Kui is particular ly important as we celebrate this Lunar Chinese New Year which falls on February 1 2, 2021. With the COVID -19 virus relentlessly killing and sickening people all over the world, we need Zhong Kui , the Demon Queller more than any other time to protect us and provide hope that this pandemic will end soon. The collection consists of one (1) book by Alfred Koehn. The book is made up of cutouts, mostly from red paper, that have been mounted on the pages of the volume. The cutouts represent people, animals, birds, flowers, and other designs. This year, on the Western calendar, the start of the New Year falls on Jan. 28 and is the Year of the Rooster. The lengths and times of lunar New Year celebrations around the globe vary from country to country. “CHINESE NEW YEAR D.C.” EVENTS: Saturday, Jan. 28 Smithsonian American Art Museum: Chinese New Year Festival 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; free To celebrate Earth’s complete one-year rotation around the sun, people around the world celebrate the new year with fireworks, family, and festivities.One of the most famous of the world’s New Year’s festivals is the Spring Festival in China, where celebrations begin on New Year’s Eve of the a festival celebrated in China and other Asian countries that begins with the first new moon of
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