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This Sunday, February 18, is the ninth day of the Chinese New Year, a day when many of us will frankly be quite sick of the festive cheer and rich foods. But for people from Fujian province and The 9th Day of 2025 Chinese New Year is the birthday of Chinese Jade Emperor. The 8th lunar day is Thursday, February 6, 2025. It is the birthday of the King of the Heaven. Pai Ti Kong (拜天公) is celebrated on the ninth day of Chinese New Year. By Khadijah Amir — 30 Jan 2023, 01:28 PM #paitikong 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 Chinese New Year. 1 st Day of the 1 st Month. January 29, 2025. Lantern Festival. Double Ninth Festival. 9 th Day of the 9 th Month. October 29, 2025. Chinese New 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. The ninth day of the Chinese New Year, 初九, holds significance as the birthday of the Jade Emperor, the supreme deity in Chinese mythology. Traditional celebrations include rituals and feasts held in honour of the Jade Emperor, and it is a day when people offer prayers to him for good fortune, prosperity, and good health. Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based the moon's 12 phases. Each phase cycle spans approximately 29 days with For Chinese people, Lunar New Year is the Spring Festival, Before midnight on New Year’s Day, hair salons are abuzz with revelers, wishing to cut away last year’s bad luck and walk out Chinese New Year's Eve (Jan. 28, 2025): 6 Traditions and Activities - 除夕. As the last day of the lunar year, Chinese New Year's Eve (除夕 chú xī) is the day before Chinese New Year. It is a grand reunion time for the whole Chinese family. Basically, Hokkien New Year is celebrated on the 9th day of Chinese New Year. (If you remember, I previously mentioned that Chinese New Year is a fifteen day celebration). For us Hokkiens, it is celebrated with more grandeur compared to the 1st day. Festival of the Heavenly God or Jade Emperor (9th day of the Chinese lunar calendar) - Hokkien New Year. This festival starts on the early morning of the 9th day of the Chinese lunar calendar (after midnight of the 8th day). The Jade Emperor’s birthday falls on ninth day of the Chinese New Year, but it is celebrated at the midnight of the 8th day. Due to the large population of Hokkien Chinese in Penang, it is celebrated on a grand scale. The ninth day of Chinese New Year thus, bears equal, if not greater importance, than the first day of Chinese New Year. Festival of the Heavenly God or Jade Emperor (9th day of the Chinese lunar calendar) - Hokkien New Year. This festival starts on the early morning of the 9th day of the Chinese lunar calendar (after midnight of the 8th day). Fourth Day of Chinese New Year 初四. The day to honour the Kitchen god who would return to Heaven to report on the family to the Jade Emperor, some place nian2 gao1 (New Year Sticky Cake) as offerings to appease the Kitchen god who then either can’t speak much due to the stickiness of the sweet cake or speaks sweet nothings about the family. This Sunday, February 18, is the ninth day of the Chinese New Year, a day when many of us will frankly be quite sick of the festive cheer and rich foods. The First Day of the Lunar New Year: Some people worship the Jade Emperor from 11 PM on New Year’s Eve to 1 AM on the first day of the lunar new year, celebrating the arrival of the New Year, also called “greeting the new.” The Ninth Day of the First Lunar Month: The ninth day of the first lunar month is the Jade Emperor’s birthday His birthday is the ninth day of the first lunar month, the ninth day after Chinese New Year. The Jade Emperor was originally the assistant of the Divine Master of the Heavenly Origin, Yuan-shi tian-zun (Chinese: 元始天尊; pinyin: Yúanshǐ Tīanzūn), the Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning or the Primeval Lord of Heaven. On the ninth day of the Chinese New Year it would be the celebration known to the Hokkiens as “Phai Thien Kong” which literally means “praying the Heaven God”. Prayers usually starts from 11pm on the 8th day or midnight onwards on the 9th day.
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