Free Chinese New Year Printables

If you love celebrating Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year), you will love these free, fun, and festive Chinese New Year Printables!

These printables are updated annually to reflect the zodiac animal for the Chinese New Year, which falls on 17 February 2026.

2026 brings the Year of the Horse, specifically the Fire Horse, which focuses on enthusiasm, speed, and exploration.

Your Chinese zodiac is Horse if you were born in one of these years: 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, and 2026.

Check out more recipes, crafts, and printables for the Chinese New Year.

Chinese New Year Printables

About the Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year is the most important traditional Chinese holiday. In China, it is known as the Spring Festival and marks the end of the winter season.

The festival begins on the first day of the new lunisolar year and ends with the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day. It is one of several Lunar New Year celebrations in Asia.

The Chinese New Year is based on a traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, whose dates indicate both the moon phase and the time in the solar year. A lunar month is approximately two days shorter than a solar month.

An extra month is added to the solar calendar every few years to “catch up.” This is why the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year in the solar calendar.

The Year of the Horse begins on 17 February and ends on 3 March 2026.

The years are marked by a repeating cycle of twelve animals. They are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.

But there’s also a twist: each year pairs with one of five elements—wood, fire, earth, metal, or water—creating a 60-year cycle. So, while the same animal comes around every 12 years, the combo of the animal and its element only happens every 60 years. For example, the last time we had a “Year of the Fire Horse” was back in 1966.

We’ve made printables for the Year of the Snake (2025), Year of the Dragon (2024), Year of the Rabbit (2023), Year of the Tiger (2022), Year of the Ox (2021), Year of the Rat (2020), Year of the Pig (2019), Year of the Dog (2018), Year of the Rooster (2017), and Year of the Monkey (2016) make sure you check back every year for updates!

Read for more information about the Year of the Horse.

Important Info About the Printables

• Our free printables are available in two paper sizes: A4 and US Letter (8.5 x 11″).
• Some printables are also in A3 or 12 x 12″ size. A wide printer is required for these paper sizes, but you can print them at a print shop.
• The links to the previous year’s PDF printables (Year of the Dragon and later) open in a new tab or window so you don’t lose your place on the list.