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.

Lunar New Year, celebrated by many Asian communities, begins on January 29, 2025, marking the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac. Festivities include carnivals, family gatherings, parades ...

2025 is the year of the Snake! Celebrate Chinese and Lunar New Year with CBeebies. Fun games and quizzes, activities and craft ideas for kids to do at home or in the classroom.

Lunar New Year is also associated with the animals of the Chinese zodiac, and 2025 is the Year of the Snake. Start the day ...

Lunar New Year celebrations can last up to 15 days, starting on the new moon between late January and mid-February. The exact date varies each year based on the lunar calendar. The new year begins ...

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).

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 ...

Lunar New Year, Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, falls in late January or early February each year and lasts for about two weeks. The date changes because it is based on the phases of the moon.

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 ...

Times Square ball drops and midnight kisses reliably usher in the New Year on the same date every year. But for billions of people around the world who celebrate the Chinese New Year, also known as ...