The Rooster, Dog, and Pig rounded out the lineup, completing the 12 zodiac animals. In modern times, Lunar New Year is less commonly celebrated as many now recognize January 1 as the start of the ...

Here’s when Chinese New Year 2025 is, how long it lasts, what zodiac animal corresponds with 2025 and why it falls on a different date each year.

Many people around the world are welcoming the new year with the start of the Lunar New Year. Lunar New Year, often called the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, is the most important holiday in ...

BEIJING--Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start ... The snake, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, follows the just-ended Year of the Dragon. The pop-pop-pop of firecrackers ...

Lunar New Year is a big celebration of the start of ... You can learn more about it here. The zodiac animals are a way of representing twelve years in the Chinese zodiac calendar.

Chicago heralds the Lunar New Year, marking the beginning of the Year of the Snake. People cheer as a lion dance is performed in the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025.

This year, Lunar New Year begins Jan ... Each year honors one of the 12 animals listed in the Chinese Zodiac calendar cycle: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster ...

Lunar New Year, or Spring festival, has increasingly grown beyond its roots ... It’s all thanks to the Chinese zodiac, which features 12 animals, each with its own traits. From the Rat to the Pig, ...