1，Chinese New Year 2023 will fall on Sunday, January 22nd, 2023,

starting a year of the Rabbit. As a public holiday, Chinese people will get 7 days off from work from January 21st to January 27th in 2023.

2，What is the Chinese New Year 2023 Animal? — Rabbit

The Chinese zodiac gives each year an animal sign. Chinese New Year 2023 is a Year of the Rabbit, more specifically, 
Water Rabbit, starting from January 22nd, 2023, and lasting until February 9th, 2024.
Recent/upcoming years of the Rabbit are 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023, and 2035. If you were born in one of 
the years, then you are a Rabbit. You will experience your zodiac birth sign year (benmingnian) in 2023, which is considered bad luck.

3，The 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac:   Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.

4，You can use our free Chinese zodiac sign calculator tool to find your zodiac animal sign and check your horoscope in 2023 on our page Chinese zodiac.

5，Is 2023 Lucky for You? — Chinese Horoscope 2023 for 12 Chinese Zodiac Animals
2023 is a year of the Rabbit. What zodiac animal signs are lucky in 2023? Firstly come Oxes, Tigers, and Snakes. Then, with not quite so much luck, come Dogs, 
Horses, Goats, and Pigs. Rabbits', Rats' and Snakes' fortunes will be influenced by 'opposition to Tai Sui'. Roosters and Monkeys will have to work especially 
hard to make headway.

6，Why Does Chinese New Year Date Change Every Year?
The date is decided by the Chinese Lunar Calendar, which is based on the cycles of the moon and sun and is generally 21–51 days behind the 
Gregorian (internationally-used) calendar.The date of Chinese New Year changes every year, but it always falls between January 21st and February 20th. 
The day of Chinese New Year is a new moon day, usually the second after the winter solstice.

7，How Long is the Chinese New Year Holiday?
China's public holiday for Lunar New Year is 7 days, from Chinese New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the lunar calendar new year.Offices, banks, factories, shops, and 
most non-essential services will close doors for a week's holiday. Hotels and large retail outlets stay open and may even be busier than usual! School holidays are four weeks 
long and migrant workers abandon their factory and construction jobs for weeks to return home.Holidays in Hong Kong, Macao, and other Asian countries such as Malaysia, 
Singapore, Vietnam, and Korea are 1 to 3 days.

8，How Long is Chinese New Year 2023?
Celebrations of Chinese New Year traditionally last for 16 days, starting from Chinese New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival. The most notable dates of the Lunar 
New Year 2023 are these three days: Each day of the 16-day long festival has a name, and usually an assigned purpose or meaning. Below is a table of all the

important dates and their meanings.