Chinese New Year Animals 2026. Over 1 billion people celebrate the holiday, which marks the transition from cold winter to a season of renewal and ushers in one of 12 chinese zodiac signs. The snake — seen here in a relief at beijing's baiyun taoist temple — is one of the 12 different animals of the chinese zodiac calendar cycle.
Learn more about common beliefs and customs and what it means to be born in a year of the snake and the chinese zodiac fortune. Find your year, animal, dates and element (metal, water, wood, fire, earth).
