This is a kind of dance in southern cities during the Chinese New Year. China Daily presents a special edition for #ChineseNewYear! Come savor this cultural feast! #YearOfSnake Jon Stewart and The Best F**king News Team host The Daily Show, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning program analyzing the biggest stories in news, politics, and culture through a sharp, satirical People watch a lion dance performance during the Chinese New Year celebration in the departure hall of Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, on Jan 29, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua The holiday follows a 12-year cycle based on Chinese zodiac signs, with each year linked to a different animal. This year welcomes the Year of the Snake, the sixth sign in the zodiac. Advertisement A dragon dance was performed during a Chinese New Year celebration hosted by the Alaska Chinese Association at Mears Middle School in Anchorage on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. The Lunar New Year begins According to Chinese superstition, doing any of these on Feb 29 – the day Chinese New Year falls in 2025 – will lead to bad luck for the entire coming year. The Lunar New Year marks the transition from one animal to another. The Year of the Dragon, which began on Feb. 10, 2024, ends on Tuesday. Wednesday begins the Year of the Snake. 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 Chinese New Year, the grandest festival for Chinese people, is celebrated for more than half a month.According to the oldest traditions, people follow a day-by-day schedule of Chinese New Year festivities from the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month, with specific things to do on certain days. Once again, Desi Lydic watched Fox News all weekend to figure out how Joe Biden messed up the Chinese balloon operation. #DailyShow #ComedySubscribe to The D Ronny Chieng unpacks an "O'Reilly Factor" segment in which correspondent Jesse Watters mocks Chinese Americans in New York City's Chinatown.Watch full episod "What does it look like if you take the background character and say, 'This story could be yours now if you choose to accept the mission?'" Charles Yu, creat China is having an increasingly problematic influence in Africa’s politics, labor practices, and infrastructure. If you don’t know, now you know. #DailyShow Today’s The Daily Show host Chelsea Handler talks about a Chinese Spy Balloon that was shot down off the Carolina coast after it floated over sensitive milit Ronny Chieng is hilarious, prove us wrong. #DailyShow #ComedySubscribe to The Daily Show: For the past eight years, Jordan Klepper has traveled across America from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Mesa, Arizona to question the MAGA faithful about their 🎉 Zodiac Origin Story | The Story of the Great Race for Kids! | Lunar New Year 🐇Have you ever wondered how the Chinese Zodiac came to be? 🌟 Dive into the This Thanksgiving, don't worry about how to handle your annoying relatives. For $29.99, Leslie Jones will teach you how to shut down awkward conversations. If your resolution in 2017 was sleeping more, you’d be a loser. But in 2022? That’s powerful. #DailyShowSubscribe to The Daily Show:
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