Wednesday, 1/29/25 11:00am – 4:30pm, Holloway Commons, Philbrook Hall. Celebrate Lunar New Year with traditional desserts during lunch at Holloway Commons and Philbrook Hall! Celebrate Lunar New Year with desserts like Milk Tea Buttercream Cake, Fruit Jellies, Asian Candies and more! Served during lunch at Holloway Commons and Philbrook Hall on Wednesday, 1/29/25 from 11am - 4:30pm. Tourists wait to board a train at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station to return home for Chinese Lunar New Year holiday in Shanghai on Jan 25, 2025. Photo by CFOTO/ Future Publishing via Getty Images. The Year of the Dragon was celebrated in both 1988 and 2024, whereas this upcoming 2025 Lunar New Year marks the Year of the Snake. Lunar New Year celebrations begin on Jan. 29. Wong adds that many Chinese traditions around the new year, like cleaning or eating sweets, are all about setting the mood for the year ahead. "A lot of it feels about intent. The University of New Hampshire is getting ready to celebrate the Chinese New Year: the Year of the Horse. The UNH Confucius Institute is holding two nights of performances starting at 6:30 p.m Rarely seen outside of China, the ancient art of "face changing"—in which a dancer magically changes masks with the flourish of a cape or nod of the head—was a highlight of this year's Chinese New Year gala at Johnson Theater on Jan. 29 and 30. The two events, sponsored by the Confucius Institute at UNH, featured dancers, singers, musicians UNH Today is produced for the UNH community and for friends of UNH. The stories are written by the staff of UNH Marketing. Email us: unhtoday.editor@unh.edu . The UNH United Asian Coalition (UAC) held their eighth annual Lunar New Year celebration on the night of Friday, Feb. 3 in the Granite State Room of the Memorial Union Building (MUB). The Lunar New Year is a celebration of the new year based off of the Chinese calendar, and while the actual date of Event sponsors: International Student Organization, United Asian Coalition, Vietnamese Student Association Come celebrate Lunar New Year with UAC, VSA and ISO! We’ll be celebrating Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean Lunar New Year on February 16th with multiple student performances and a grand performance by Boston Circus Guild! Join the fun with us and try all the food from these three Explore the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures is a diverse department that teaches six world languages -- Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Russian and Spanish, and offers a range of courses in literature, linguistics and culture (most taught in the target language). 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). 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 WHAT: 2013 Chinese New Year Gala sponsored by the Confucius Institute at the University of New Hampshire WHEN: Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Johnson Theatre at UNH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Seven performers with Chengdu University will join seven local artists from China for the evening festivities, which will include singing, dancing, musical performances, and Save this event: Chinese New Year 2025 Celebration - Andover, MA Share this event: Chinese New Year 2025 Celebration - Andover, MA On June 20, less than a week after finishing her sixth grade school year, 12-year-old Mia Roman traveled from Pennsylvania to New Hampshire to participate in an intensive two-week Read More UNH Today is produced for the UNH community and for friends of UNH. lori.wright@unh.edu by noon Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a worldclass public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and spacegrant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students CHIN 504 - Intermediate Chinese II . Credits: 4 Focuses on developing communicative proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will strengthen the language skills learned at previous levels, and acquire more advanced vocabulary and sentence patterns, as well as related cultural knowledge, to deal with more complicated everyday situations. Celebrate the year of the Snake - Chinese New Year 2025 In Portsmouth, New Hampshire with a bunch of interesting events. From extensive dinners to lantern making workshops in Portsmouth, New Hampshire there is a lot to do on the occasion of the Chinese New Year 2025 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 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.
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