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Chinese New Year 2035
Thursday, 8 February 2035. It opens the Year of the Wood Rabbit, 乙卯, which runs until 27 January 2036.
- New Year's Eve7 February 2035
- New Year's Day8 February 2035
- Lantern Festival22 February 2035
- Animal and elementWood Rabbit 木兔, Yin
- Year ends27 January 2036; the next new year is 28 January 2036
What the Rabbit year carries
The Rabbit
Gentle, tactful and perceptive. The Rabbit prefers harmony to confrontation and tends to be the one everyone confides in.
The Jade Rabbit lives on the moon, pounding the elixir of life under the osmanthus tree; look for it at Mid-Autumn.
Wood 木
Wood years are associated with growth and flexibility: spring, bamboo, new shoots. Wood years favour growth and beginnings: planting, building, the first steps of long projects.
The pairing of stem and branch, 乙卯, returns once every sixty years; the last Wood Rabbit year was 1975, the next is 2095.
The 2035 festival calendar
Fifteen days from the eve to the first full moon; the dates below are for 2035 only.
| Day | Date in 2035 | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Little New Year 小年 | 31 January 2035 | The Kitchen God is sent off with sweets; the house cleaning begins. |
| New Year's Eve 除夕 | 7 February 2035, Wednesday | Reunion dinner, red couplets on the door, staying up to see the year in. |
| New Year's Day 初一 | 8 February 2035, Thursday | The Year of the Rabbit begins; red envelopes, visits in order of seniority, no sweeping. |
| Day 2 初二 | 9 February 2035 | Married daughters visit their parents. |
| Day 5 初五 | 12 February 2035 | Shops reopen and the God of Wealth is welcomed with firecrackers. |
| Lantern Festival 元宵 | 22 February 2035, Thursday | First full moon: lanterns, riddles, sweet rice balls. The season closes. |
In mainland China the public holiday usually runs from the eve for seven or eight days; Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia each keep their own, shorter, holiday. How the days are kept, in more detail: the traditions.
What is particular to 2035
2035 is a Wood Rabbit year, 乙卯, the 52th of the sixty stem-and-branch pairs. The same pairing last fell in 1975 and comes again in 2095; the previous Rabbit year was 2023, the next is 2047. Its 纳音 "sound" in the old almanacs is 大溪水.
New Year's Day falls on a Thursday; the reunion dinner is the Wednesday evening before. The festival lands on 8 February in the Western calendar, near the middle of its range.
The Rabbit is the gentlest sign, the moon's companion in the legend of Chang'e. The last-but-one 乙卯 year, 1915, saw the founding of the magazine 新青年 (New Youth), which started the New Culture Movement and the shift to writing in the spoken language; 1975 was the Wood Rabbit most people remember.
A child born between 8 February 2035 and 27 January 2036 is a Wood Rabbit: Gentle, tactful and perceptive. The Rabbit prefers harmony to confrontation and tends to be the one everyone confides in. A baby born in January 2035 before the new year is still a Tiger.
Chinese New Year in other years
The second new moon after the winter solstice, so it moves between 21 January and 20 February. Every year from 1924 to 2050.
- 202410 February 2024, Wood Dragon
- 202529 January 2025, Wood Snake
- 202617 February 2026, Fire Horse
- 20276 February 2027, Fire Goat
- 202826 January 2028, Earth Monkey
- 202913 February 2029, Earth Rooster
- 20303 February 2030, Metal Dog
- 203123 January 2031, Metal Pig
- 203211 February 2032, Water Rat
- 203331 January 2033, Water Ox
- 203419 February 2034, Wood Tiger
Questions
When is Chinese New Year 2035?
Thursday, 8 February 2035. New Year's Eve is 7 February 2035, and the Lantern Festival that closes the celebrations is 22 February 2035.
What animal is 2035 in the Chinese zodiac?
The Rabbit. From 8 February 2035 to 27 January 2036 it is the year of the Wood Rabbit (乙卯). Before 8 February 2035, the year still belongs to the previous animal, the Tiger.
Why does the date change every year?
The festival falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice, so it moves between 21 January and 20 February on the Western calendar.
How long does Chinese New Year last?
Fifteen days, from New Year's Day to the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth of the first lunar month. Most people have a week of public holiday in mainland China.
Born in a Rabbit year?
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