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 ...

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?

While the Snake year comes every 12 years, the last time we had the Wood Snake year was in 1965 according to the Chinese calendar. "The Wood Snake will have many of us on the move, while some of ...

Chinese New Year - also called Lunar New Year - celebrates the arrival of spring. Here's when it starts and ends in 2025 and why it lasts that long.

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.

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.

Let the countdown to Chinese New Year begin! According to the lunar calendar, Chinese New Year — also called the Spring Festival — falls on Feb. 10 and celebrates the year of the Wood Dragon.

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 is also associated with the animals of the Chinese zodiac, and 2025 is the Year of the Snake. Here's everything you need to know about Lunar New Year/Chinese New Year 2025.

The Lunar New Year kicks off on Jan. 29, 2025. Here's what to know about the year of the Wood Snake, from the personality traits to the various Snake elements, according to Chinese metaphysics ...