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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 lunar calendar, unlike the Gregorian calendar, uses the phases of the moon to delineate days, weeks and months of the year. A lunar month is the period of time from one new moon to the next This year, Lunar New Year starts Jan. 29 and ends on Feb. 8, culminating with the Lantern Festival on Feb. 12. From 2024: Authentic Chinese food in Queens for Lunar New Year a cure for homesickness This year, Lunar New Year begins today, Wednesday, Jan. 29, and ends Feb. 12. When is Lunar New Year? Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, falls this year on Wednesday, Jan. 29, and ends with the Lantern Festival on Feb. 12. Lunar New Year — which includes Chinese New Year, Seollal in Korea, Tet in Vietnam and more — begins on Jan. 29, kicking off more than two weeks of parties, customs and copious feasts. The Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China and many other Asian countries. In China, it’s a public holiday from February 10 through February 17. A child poses with a dragon-shaped installation in preparation for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at the Union Square in San Francisco, Jan. 28, 2024. The Chinese year of 2025 will be the Year of the Snake, in 2024 was the Year of the Dragon, and in 2023 it was the Year of the Rabbit. The names of the Chinese calendar are repeated every 60 years. I wish you happiness that comes from within, the best of luck to keep you pushing and peace in all days of the New Year - Gong Xi Fa Cai, Popular List of dates for other years. Upcoming holidays in the United States. Holidays in the United States 2025. Holidays in the United States 2026. Many people in countries such as the United States celebrate Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year. This year, Saturday, February 14th, isn’t only Valentine’s Day but also the start of the Year of the Tiger, year 4708 of the Chinese lunar calendar. Chinese New Year is celebrated around the Lunar New Year celebrations are in swing in China and around the world. The festivities got underway with China Media Group’s Spring Festival Gala. The massive TV production set new records in real-time viewership and interaction on domestic media platforms. Preliminary statistics show 2.8 billion Chinese New Year celebrations are underway worldwide, including the island nation of Cuba. Havana’s Chinese community is marking the Year of the Snake with traditional festivities, embracing longstanding cultural customs. Significance of Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year is far more than a holiday represented by sticky desserts, red and gold decorations, and dragon dances for Chinese Americans. It is a lovely season for family members from all over the world to reunite over a hearty meal, trade ang paos, play traditional Chinese games, and ring in the new Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan will host a Lunar New Year Celebration on Sunday, February 2, featuring live music and dance from the New York Chinese Cultural Center, Year of the Snake arts and crafts, a ribbon dancing class, and a lion dance performance complete with a meet-and-greet with the performers The Chinese New Year Parade is one of the few remaining illuminated night parades in North America, the biggest parade for this event outside of Asia, and was named one of the top 10 parades in Chinese New Year celebrations started early in Chancay, the small Peruvian town that is now the hub for South America’s biggest Chinese-built mega port. Dan Collyns reports. Colombians in Bogota celebrated the start of the Chinese Spring Festival the weekend of Jan. 25. An event hosted by the Chinese Embassy and the Colombian and Chinese Chamber of Commerce also marked the holiday. Mark Your Calendars Chinese New Year 2025 is January 29, 2025. The celebration lasts from the night before the first day of the lunar year until the Lantern Festival 15 days later. The history of US Lunar New Year celebrations. According to the Smithsonian, the first documented Lunar New Year celebration in the US was a “feast” held by a Chinese businessman for American upper class attendees on February 1 st, 1851.
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