Chinese New Year marks the start of a new zodiac cycle and 2025 is the Year of the Snake. This is the sixth animal in the zodiac cycle and is said to represent calmness, wisdom and introspection.

Chinese New Year celebrations typically last 16 days, but only the first seven days are considered public holidays – from Jan. 29 to Feb. 4. Is Chinese New Year same as Lunar New Year?

The seventh day of the Lunar New Year (February 4, 2025) is said to be when the Chinese mother goddess, Nuwa, created humanity. Thus, it’s called renri/jan jat (the people’s birthday).

Chinese communities have since celebrated both the start of the Gregorian year on Jan. 1 and then the Lunar New Year, a reflection of cultural roots, some weeks afterward.

Every year, the Lunar New Year marks the transition from one animal to another. The Year of the Dragon, which began on Feb. 10, 2024, ended Tuesday to begin the Year of the Snake.

The 15-day celebration of the Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, is fast approaching. Based on the Chinese zodiac, 2025 is the Year of the Snake, symbolizing wisdom, transformation ...

"For Lunar New Year, you always have food. There's always egg rolls or dumplings, which represents gold bags. There's going to be protein, whole fish, whole chicken we like whole, there's always ...

Lunar New Year, also widely regarded as Chinese New Year since the late 19th century when it gained global recognition through Chinese immigrant communities, is a centuries-old tradition rooted in ...

Lunar New Year — also commonly called Chinese New Year — marks the start of the new year based on lunar calendars, or monthly cycles of the moon's phases. The lunar new year starts with the ...