1 day ago · Tourists wait to board a train at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station to return home for Chinese Lunar New Year holiday in Shanghai on Jan 25, 2025. Photo by CFOTO/ Future Publishing via Getty Images.

1 day ago · Chinese New Year begins Wednesday, Jan. 29, in 2025. The holiday lasts from Wednesday to Feb. 15 , which is the Lantern Festival. Why does the Chinese New Year fall on different dates each year?

Dec 5, 2024 · When is Chinese New Year 2025/2026? - January 29 for 2025, February 17 for 2026. The Chinese New Year of 2025 falls on January 29th (Wednesday), and will last to February 2nd. It is the Year of Snake. As an official public holiday, Chinese people can get eight days' off from work, from January 28th to February 4th.

1 day ago · Lunar New Year, celebrated by Chinese communities worldwide, begins on January 29, 2025, and lasts up to 16 days. 2025 marks the Year of the Snake, associated with wisdom, intuition, and charm in ...

Jan 10, 2025 · Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, is the grandest festival in China, usually with a 8 days' holiday. As the most colorful annual event, the traditional CNY celebration lasts longer, up to two weeks, and the climax arrives around the Lunar New Year's Eve.

1 day ago · Each month begins with a new moon, and the new year begins on the new moon closest to the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Usually, that puts the holiday between ...

Nov 12, 2024 · Beyond the newly introduced changes, China’s 2025 public holiday schedule still features two major week-long holidays: Spring Festival (also known as Chinese New Year) and the National Day holiday (often called ‘Golden Week’).

Nov 12, 2024 · There are currently seven official public holidays in China. All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to www.gov.cn. Without written authorization from www.gov.cn, such content shall not be republished or used in any form.

Nov 13, 2024 · Here is the holiday calendar for 2025. New Year's Day holiday: Jan 1. Spring Festival holiday: Jan 28 to Feb 4 (Make-up work days: Jan 26, Feb 8） Tomb Sweeping Day holiday: April 4 to 6. May Day holiday: May 1 to 5 (Make-up work day: April 27) Dragon Boat Festival holiday: May 31 to June 2

China has seven legal holidays in a year, including New Year's Day, Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), Qingming Festival (Tomb-sweeping Day), May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Day and National Day. Chinese people enjoy 13 days off in total for these official holidays.