2026 Chinese New Year. Chinese new year celebrations start on the first day of the lunar new year and end on the fifteenth — the lantern festival. When is the date for chinese new year for the year 2023, 2024,2025,2026,2027 and beyond?

Chinese zodiac years are represented by 12 animal signs and begin at chinese new year. Almost all the features of chinese culture you may have heard of, including zodiac animals, chinese new year, tai sui and the five elements theory, are based on the lunar.