The Chinese New Year is now upon us, with celebrations and festivities expected to take place all over the world on Wednesday, January 29. 2025 is the Year of the Snake, with the Chinese zodiac ...

Getty It's time to celebrate the year of the Wood Snake! Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year and Spring Festival, marks the end of winter and the arrival of the spring season on the ...

Here's everything to know about the 2025 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake. Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar ...

The festival lasts until the following full moon. Here's what to know about the 2025 holiday, the year of the snake. The Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based the moon's 12 phases ...

Hundreds of millions gathered Wednesday in homes and crowded festivals to mark the beginning of the Chinese lunar calendar new year, ringing in the Year of the Snake with feasts, dances ...

As the Chinese New Year ... each representing a different year in the repeating 12-year sequence. Snake (1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025) Lunar New Year is more than just ...

The Lunar New Year marks the transition from one animal to another. The Year of the Snake last came in 2013. Last year was represented by the dragon, which throughout Chinese history has ...

marking the beginning of a new lunar cycle and ending on the first full moon. The Year of the Snake is the sixth animal in the Chinese zodiac cycle and is traditionally associated with traits like ...

As the Chinese New ... Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig, each representing a different year in the repeating 12-year sequence. Lunar New Year is more than just a ...