Chinese New Year in 2018 is on Friday, the 16th of February (16/2/2018).
According to the Chinese 12-year animal zodiac cycle, the Chinese year beginning in 2018 is the year of the Dog. Each Chinese zodiac year begins on Chinese New Year’s Day.
Dog years are believed to be the most unlucky for people born in previous years of the Dog.
Chinese New Year, also known as the « Spring Festival » in modern Mainland China, is China’s most important traditional festival, celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar, which consists of both Gregorian and lunar-solar calendar systems. Chinese New Year can begin anytime between late January and mid-February.