The festivities last 15 days, ending in the Lantern Festival on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, during the full “Snow Moon.” While Chinese New Year is primarily celebrated in China, other countries such as Vietnam, South Korea, and Tibet also hold their own unique versions of this holiday.

MORE than one billion people are set to celebrate Chinese New Year this week. And according to the Chinese Zodiac, the animal associated with your birth year can reveal a lot about your

Chinese New Year, AKA the Spring Festival, is a commemoration of the new lunar calendar, and is celebrated in many South Asian countries including Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and the Philippines, as well as in many diaspora communities around the globe.

In the Chinese zodiac, 2025 is the Year of the Snake. Different countries across Asia celebrate the new year in many ways and may follow a different zodiac. The Lunar New Year — known as the Spring Festival in China,

Lunar New Year is almost here, and Boston is ready to celebrate. Also called Chinese New Year, the holiday celebrated by China, South Korea, Vietnam and other East Asian countries recognizes the arrival of spring with the start of the new year on lunar calendars,