Chinese New Year dates change every year.
Chinese New Year 2020 falls on Saturday, January 25th, 2020, and celebrations will continue from New Year's Eve for 16 days in total.
As a public holiday, Chinese people will get 7 days off from work from January 24 – 30 in 2020.
2020 is a Year of the Rat according to Chinese zodiac
| 2000 | February 5 | Dragon (2000-02-05—2001-01-23) |
| 2001 | January 24 | Snake (2001-01-24—2002-02-11) |
| 2002 | February 12 | Horse (2002-02-12—2003-01-31) |
| 2003 | February 1 | Goat (2003-02-01—2004-01-21) |
| 2004 | January 22 | Monkey (2004-01-22—2005-02-08) |
| 2005 | February 9 | Rooster (2005-02-09—2006-01-28) |
| 2006 | January 29 | Dog (2006-01-29—2007-02-17) |
| 2007 | February 18 | Pig (2007-02-18—2008-02-06) |
| 2008 | February 7 | Rat (2008-02-07—2009-01-25) |
| 2009 | January 26 | Ox (2009-01-26—2010-02-13) |
| 2010 | February 14 | Tiger (2010-02-14—2011-02-02) |
| 2011 | February 3 | Rabbit (2011-02-03—2012-01-22) |
| 2012 | January 23 | Dragon (2012-01-23—2013-02-09) |
| 2013 | February 10 | Snake (2013-02-10—2014-01-30) |
| 2014 | January 31 | Horse (2014-01-31—2015-02-18) |
| 2015 | February 19 | Goat (2015-02-19—2016-02-07) |
| 2016 | February 8 | Monkey (2016-02-08—2017-01-27) |
| 2017 | January 28 | Rooster (2017-01-28—2018-02-15) |
| 2018 | February 16 | Dog (2018-02-16—2019-02-04) |
| 2019 | February 5 | Pig (2019-02-05—2020-01-24) |
| 2020 | January 25 | Rat (2020-01-25—2021-02-11) |
Background
According to historical documents, on the day when Shun, who was one of ancient China’s mythological emperors, came to the throne more than 4000 years ago, he led his ministers to worship heaven and earth
From then on, that day was regarded as the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar. This is the basic origin of Chinese New Year
China adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1911, so Chinese New Year was renamed the Spring Festival.
Symbols
Each new year year is represented by a Zodia Animal signThe red posters with poetic verses on it were initially a type of amulet, but now it simply means good fortune and joy
Various Chinese New Year symbols express different meanings. For example, an image of a fish symbolizes “having more than one needs every year”
A firecracker symbolizes “good luck in the coming year”. The festival lanterns symbolize “pursuing the bright and the beautiful”.
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