Thailand Welcomes the Year of the Snake with Grand Celebrations!
As the Official Chinese New Year kicks off today, Thailand transforms into a land of festivities, cultural performances, and red lantern decorations. Whether you're in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, or Hat Yai, each destination offers a unique way to ring in the Year of the Snake with traditional blessings.
With a significant Thai-Chinese population, this festival is a time for family reunions, paying respect to ancestors, and welcoming prosperity for the year ahead.
Where to Celebrate Chinese New Year in Thailand?
Let’s take a look at some of the best places to experience Chinese New Year 2025 in Thailand:
Amazing Light Decorations on Yaowarat Road
Date: 19 January – 9 February 2025
Venue: Yaowarat Road (Odean Circle to Chaloem Buri intersection) Highlights:
The celebrations include a showcase marking 50 years of Thai-Chinese diplomatic relations on 29–30 January. The grand highlight is the live broadcast of the opening ceremony on 29 January, presided over by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, featuring cultural performances by Chinese and Thai-Chinese artists.
Happy Chinese New Year 2025 at CentralWorld
Date: 28 January – 2 February 2025
Venue: Outdoor Square, CentralWorld
Highlights:
Visitors can enjoy hands-on cultural demonstrations such as lantern crafting, Chinese calligraphy, and clay sculpting alongside a delicious food street and live performances by renowned Thai-Chinese artists throughout the festival.
Pak Nam Pho Chinese New Year 2025 (Nakhon Sawan Wonderland)
Date: 22 January – 2 February 2025
Venue: Chao Phraya River, Mueang District, Nakhon Sawan
Highlights: Known for hosting one of Thailand’s grandest Chinese New Year festivals, Nakhon Sawan’s Pak Nam Pho Festival happens for several days. The event will include parades, Chinese-style decorations, cultural performances with light and sound displays.
Krabi Chinese New Year Festival 2025
Date: 27-30 January 2025
Time: 17.00 Hrs. onwards.
Venue: Maharat Road, In front of Vogue Shopping Center, Krabi Highlights: Join a ceremony to worship the God of Wealth, followed by a feast featuring popular dishes from Krabi.
Hat Yai Chinese New Year Festival 2025
Date: 28 January – 2 February 2025
Venue: Srinakorn Foundation School, Thepsongkroh and Chi Uthit Road, Hat Yai District, Songkhla
Highlights: showcasing a 500-drone light show, light decorations, illuminated sculptures, a Guanyin shrine, cultural performances, a parade, and a lively marketplace.
Suphan Buri Chinese New Year Festival 2025
Date: 29–30 January 2025
Venue: The Dragon Descendants Museum and Suphan Buri City Pillar Shrine
Highlights: The Dragon Descendants Museum will feature cultural performances, live music, stage shows, and a marketplace.
Happy Chinese New Year 2025 For All @Nakhon Lampang
Date: 29-31 January 2025 From 17.00 Hrs. onwards
Venue: Prasan Maitri Road, Mueang District, Lampang
Highlights: decorative lighting, Chinese Nakhon Lampang 2025 contest, Chinese cultural performance and lion and dragon dances, enjoy Chinese singing, instrumental music, and Tai Chi performances, join the DIY activities and variety of foods and products.
Ratchaburi Chinatown Fair 2025
Date: 28 January – 2 February 2025
Venue: Pracha Phatthana Dam, Mueang District, Ratchaburi
Highlights: lion and dragon dances, cultural performances, parades, contemporary shows and artist performances, light decorations and lantern displays, cooking demonstrations of traditional Chinese New Year food, and art demonstrations.
The festivities across the country showcase the deep cultural ties between Thai and Chinese traditions. So, this festival is a time of joy, renewal, and good fortune. No matter where you celebrate, may the Year of the Snake bring all happiness, and success to you!