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The Year of the Snake.Here's your guide to the Lunar New Year. When does Chinese New Year start and end? Chinese New Year in 2025 starts on Wednesday, Jan. 29, and lasts until the Lantern Festival 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 Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, falls this year on Wednesday, Jan. 29, and ends with the Lantern Festival on Feb. 12. feast and loud celebrations to ring in a new start. About 10 days When does Chinese New Year start and end? Chinese New Year lasts from Jan. 29 to Feb. 12. How long is Chinese New Year? Chinese New Year celebrations typically last 16 days, but only the first How long is Chinese New Year 2025? In 2025, Chinese New Year celebrations will last for 16 days. They will start on the evening of January 28 (on New Year’s Eve) and end with the Lantern Festival on February 12, just before the Full Moon (called the Snow Moon in Western tradition). Although Chinese New Year is celebrated for more than two Chinese New Year Holiday 2025. Officially, the Chinese people will have a holiday for about 7 days from Chinese New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the lunar new year. In 2025, the Chinese New Year holiday lasts from January 28th to February 4th. Some companies may extend the holiday up to 16 days. 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 is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. Chinese New Year 2025 will fall on Wednesday, January 29th. The date changes every year but is always somewhere in the period from January 21st to February 20th. In 2025, Chinese New Year begins on January 29th and ends on February 12th with the Lantern Festival. Laba Festival (Jan. 7, 2025): Old Chinese New Year Calendar Start Traditionally, the start of the Chinese New Year calendar is 'The Laba Festival' (腊八节 Làbājié), which occurs about three weeks before Chinese New Year's Day and is 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 Kung hei fat choi!The Lunar New Year begins Wednesday, January 29, 2025, marking the end of the Year of the Dragon and the beginning of the Year of the Earth Snake. Also known as the Chinese New When does Chinese New Year start and end? Chinese New Year in 2025 starts on Wednesday, Jan. 29, and lasts until the Lantern Festival on Feb. 12. Why does Chinese New Year fall on different dates? When exactly is Chinese New Year? Chinese New Year starts on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. How long does Chinese New Year go for? Chinese New Year 2025 ends Wednesday, Feb. 12. Chinese New Year in 2025 falls on January 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. What is the When does Chinese New Year start 2025? Chinese New Year starts on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. When does Chinese New Year start and end? Chinese New Year lasts from Jan. 29 to Feb. 12. Since the mid-1990s people in China have been given seven consecutive days off work during the Chinese New Year. This week of relaxation has been designated Spring Festival, a term that is sometimes used to refer to the Chinese New Year in general. The origins of the Chinese New Year are steeped in legend. One legend is that thousands of years In 1912, the government decided to abolish Chinese New Year and the lunar calendar, but adopted the Gregorian calendar instead and made January 1 the official start of the new year. After 1949, Chinese New Year was renamed to the Spring Festival. It was listed as a nationwide public holiday. With roots tracing back some 3,500 years to ancient China, it signifies the end of winter and the arrival of a new year. The festival holds deep importance in Chinese culture and is observed with 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 You may have heard of the Chinese New Year being referred to as Lunar New Year. “Lunar” means the start of a new year as marked by the lunar calendar. The Chinese used the lunar calendar for thousands of years until they adopted the Gregorian calendar in the 20th century. Did you know: the Chinese zodiac is based on the lunar calendar.
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