Lunar New Year 20254. What is the lunar new year, and who celebrates this holiday? As a public holiday, chinese people will get 7 days off from work from january.

Associate professor xiaohuan zhao, from chinese studies in the school of languages and cultures, shares what it means to be born in a year of the dragon or to live. Chinese new year, also known as spring festival or lunar new year, is the grandest festival in china, usually with a 8 days’ holiday.