Here's everything to know about the 2025 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake. A woman carries a section of a dragon in February 2024 during a Chinese dragon dance at a Lunar New Year Festival in ...

The annual Chinese New Year celebrations typically include lion dancing. This is the year of the snake, 蛇. The Chinese zodiac sign is part of a 12-year cycle. 2024 was the year of the dragon.

The last event of Chinese New Year is the Lantern Festival, where people hang glowing lanterns in temples or use them in a nighttime parade. The dragon is a Chinese symbol for good fortune ...

costumed dancers and long dragon and snake figures held aloft in a colorful procession that kicked off a 10-day Lunar New Year festival on Tuesday night. The Chinese and Russian governments have ...

The Lunar New Year begins ... as it was last year, the dragon. The Year of the Snake represents a period of transformation, introspection and growth, according to the Chinese Language Institute.

The 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. Lunar New Year and Chinese New Year celebrations typically last ...

A dragon is carried along South Wentworth Avenue near West Cermak Road in Chinatown to kick off Chinese New 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. Snakes in Chinese mythology ...

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 ...