What is Chinese New Year and how do we celebrate it? - Year of the Snake - video Dailymotion

Chinese New Year - Year of the Snake - January 29th, 2025.

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00:00When is Chinese New Year and how do we celebrate it?

00:03Chinese New Year, this year, is on the Wednesday 29th January.

00:07It lasts for two weeks.

00:09It's where the Year of the Dragon becomes the Year of the Snake.

00:13Lots of people, traditionally, will have a Chinese New Year Eve meal

00:17with family and loved ones, with lots of soup, bowls,

00:20and different things to mark good luck.

00:23A big part of the Spring Festival, as well as the preparations,

00:27is to actually dust and clean the house upside down

00:30so that it's all fresh for the New Year

00:33to get rid of any bad spirits from the old year.