Chinese New Year — also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival — begins on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, and marks the start of the Year of the Fire Horse.

A vendor sells decorations for Chinese Spring Festival in Flushing, New York city, the United States, on Feb. 4, 2026.

Each year, the "Spring Festival Gala," an annual TV program broadcast live by China Media Group and watched by billions worldwide, epitomizes China's cultural appeal. With three rehearsals completed, ...

Chinese New Year 2026: Celebrations, Traditions, and Everything You Need to KnowChinese New Year, also known as the Spring ...

Several Spring Festival Galas are being recorded here, capturing a vibrant scene: Beneath the hanging lanterns, the rhythmic ...

As the first Chinese Spring Festival after being officially included in UNESCO’s Representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of humanity, a set of holiday consumption data has aroused wide ...

As the Year of the Horse approaches, Shanghai is rolling out a series of "Spring Festival Gift Packs" designed to make it easier and more enjoyable for residents and visitors to experience the city ...

BEIJING -- Chinese railways handled nearly 12.24 million passenger trips on Monday, the first day of the Spring Festival ...

With Chinese tech companies including Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba and ByteDance rolling out digital hongbao (red packet) ...

The vice-premier urged transportation authorities to fully and meticulously implement all measures to safeguard travel services. He stressed the need to enhance monitoring, early warning, and response ...

The event aims to introduce the local community to the traditions of the Spring Festival while encouraging students to deepen ...

MUSCAT: The Chinese community in Oman, led by the Chinese Embassy in Oman, held a Spring Festival garden reception at the Diplomatic Club in Muscat ...