Our New Year's celebrations aren't over just yet. Lunar New Year starts on January 29th (the first new moon of the lunisolar calendar) and continues until the Lantern Festival on February 12th, throughout which time many East Asian cultures will fête the Year of the Snake.

Here's when the Chinese New Year starts in 2025, how long it lasts, where the Lunar New Year is celebrated and your guide to the Year of the Snake.

“Wise mantras for 2025 are: act with diplomacy, avoid causing offence and deal with the facts on hand and not those gleamed from gossip,” she says. “2025 is a year for listening to each other’s needs and making the best endeavour to combine in a happy compromise for to over assert your authority is to jeopardise your own stability.”

This year, the Lunar New Year begins on January 29th. According to the Chinese zodiac, the auspicious occasion marks a transition from the Year of the Dragon to the Year of the Snake. In Chinese culture,

The Lunar New Year marks the beginning of spring across East Asia. This year it kicks off on Jan. 29, but Austin festivities kick off early.

As the Year of the Dragon comes to a close, Oregonians are gearing up for the vibrant start to the Year of the Snake, which begins Jan. 29 this year. From 150-foot-long dragon dances to traditional folk performances,