Chinese New Year 2026

Year Of The Horse
February 17, 2026 - February 05, 2027

Chinese New Year Facts

15 Things You Might Not Know About Chinese New Year

Traditions and Customs

19 Interesting Customs, Traditions and Activities About Chinese Lunar New Year

2026 Chinese New Year Calendar

Useful Day-by-Day Guide for Preparing and Celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year
February 10th

"Little New Year"

Also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, it marks the beginning of Spring Festival celebration.

Main Activities: sweeping dust, offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God, eating dumplings etc.

February 16th

Spring Festival Eve

Also called the lunar New Year's Eve, It's the last day of a year marking the end of the old year.

Main Activities: enjoying family reunion dinner, watching Spring Festival Gala, setting fireworks etc.

February 17th

Spring Festival

Also called the Chinese lunar new year, it's the most important festival in China.

Main Activities: setting off firecrackers, paying new year visits, eating dumplings/Tang Yuan etc.

March 3rd

Lantern Festival

It pushes the Chinese New Year celebration to an exciting climax and marks its end.

Main Activities: eating Yuan Xiao, watching lanterns and fireworks, guessing lantern riddles etc.

Chinese New Year Food

9 Special and Essential Chinese New Year Food, Each with Symbolic Meanings
Spring Festival Food

More about Chinese Spring Festival

Spring Festival Decoration
Decoration
Spring Festival Gift
Gifts
 Spring Festival Taboos
Taboos
Red Envelope
Red Envelope
 Spring Festival Legends
Legends
Spring Festival Greeting
Greetings

2026 Feng Shui

Get to know 2026 Feng Shui flying star chart and arrange the directions well to get good luck and drive away bad energy!

2026 Feng Shui

Auspicious Name

If your baby will be born in the Horse year, to give him/her a lucky Chinese name will be a precious gift. Here are good names to select.

Auspicious Chinese Name in 2026.

Ben min Nian

Ben Ming Nian refers to the year of zodiac animal in which one was born. 2026 is Horse's Ben Ming Nian. How to get good luck for Horse in 2026?

Ben Ming Nian
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