Chinese New Year 2025: when to celebrate and how to celebrate?

Most of the world celebrates the New Year on the night of December 31 to January 1, but in some countries it is celebrated at a different time. For example, in China, the date of the New Year is not constant and is determined by the phases of the moon.

OBOZ tells when the New Year 2025 will come in China and what animal it is dedicated to.

When will the New Year 2025 be celebrated in China?

Everything in China is not the same as everywhere else. This also applies to the celebration of the New Year, for which there is no fixed date in the Chinese calendar. It is determined by the time of the second new moon after the winter solstice. In 2024, it coincided with December 21.

Thus, the Chinese will celebrate the new year 2025 on January 29. By the way, according to local chronology, this is the year 4722, which will end on February 16, 2026.

For the record, the people of China love the New Year so much that they celebrate it for two weeks.

What animal is 2025 dedicated to in China?

Each year in China is dedicated to a certain totem animal. Thus, the symbol of 2024 was the Green Wooden Dragon, and the next year 2025 will be marked by the Green Wooden Snake, which symbolizes flexibility, intuition, and adaptability.

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