Chinese New Year starts today and will be met with celebrations across the globe.
The festival - also known in Asian countries as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival - marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar and will be celebrated for the next 15 days.
The Chinese year begins on February 1 2022 and will run until January 21 2023. As is tradition, each year is assigned an animal zodiac sign and one of five elements from gold, wood, water, earth and fire.
