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Year of the Pig

Year of the Pig

The latest news, analysis and opinion on Year of the Pig. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.

November is the month of the Fire Pig. Photo: Illustration: SCMP Graphics

Chinese zodiac predictions

What’s your luck like in November 2025, the month of the Fire Pig?

The Pig symbolises wealth in Chinese culture – it’s also a ‘double month’, meaning both good luck and bad energy are doubled.

10 Nov 2025 - 3:14PM

Trending in China

China couples born in Year of Pig flock to farm for ‘meaningful’ big day

15 Aug 2024 - 9:38AM

Hong Kong property

Property investors to shrug off impact of Wuhan virus, sales to rise 10 per cent

28 Jan 2020 - 10:57PM

Hong Kong extradition bill

Letters | Why did Hong Kong’s feng shui masters fail to predict the protests?

6 Sep 2019 - 6:20AM

A windmill topped by a pig is on display at the Lunar New Year fair market at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, on February 1. Predictions for Hong Kong’s future are commonly made during the Lunar New Year festival. Photo: Dickson Lee

US-China trade war

A miserable Year of the Pig for China’s hogs is godsend for US farmers

US pork exports to China doubled in the second quarter to 60,898 tonnes, which was made possible by a sharp increase in prices on the mainland, helping to offset a 62 per cent tariffs on US exports.

17 Aug 2019 - 11:58AM

Girl shamed for using robot to do homework. Now everybody wants one

Report about teen caught by her mother after using a device for Lunar New Year assignments alerts a wider audience to the robots, which can copy text and mimic your handwriting.

19 Feb 2019 - 11:11PM

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Opinion | Hong Kong and the UK can develop fintech sectors together

As international financial hubs, the UK and Hong Kong excel at partnerships, as well as the free flow of information and technology that fintech requires

18 Feb 2019 - 10:05AM

A Quick Response code is displayed at the September launch ceremony for the Faster Payment System, a Hong Kong Monetary Authority platform which allows bank customers to transfer money, shop and pay bills by scanning the QR codes. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

NYC’s Chinatown welcomes Year of the Pig with vibrant parade

City has the highest population of residents of Chinese descent of any city outside Asia.

18 Feb 2019 - 6:31AM

Chinese boy, 10, sues father for return of his lucky Lunar New Year money

Court orders father to repay his son’s red packet money with interest. Child has rights over his own bank account, judge rules.

15 Feb 2019 - 10:28PM

Tycoon’s US$1.8 million gift includes free chopper rides for villagers

Businessman Zheng Daqing flies into Dingziqiao, Sichuan province, laden with money and home appliances.

11 Feb 2019 - 11:28PM

Tycoon Zheng Daqing hands over bundles of cash to the residents of the Sichuan village in which he was born. Photo: Thepaper.cn

Opinion | Carrie Lam’s ‘new governance style’ is hardly auspicious for Hong Kong

There’s no need to read fortune sticks to know what looks really ominous for the city this year: Lam’s mishandling of various government proposals, from elderly welfare to toll adjustments, is dashing hope for change.

11 Feb 2019 - 8:48AM

Heung Yee Kuk chairman and lawmaker Kenneth Lau holds up the “average” fortune stick he picked for Hong Kong on the second day of the Lunar New Year, at Sha Tin’s Che Kung Temple. We don’t need a fortune stick to tell us that tough times lie ahead. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong children are savers, not spenders, survey shows

More than three-quarters of children in Hong Kong are actively saving into bank accounts, according to a survey by AXA Investment Managers.

9 Feb 2019 - 9:23AMvideocam

How Chinese vigilantes want to ‘take back the Year of the Pig from Islam’

Vocal vigilante groups are angered by what they see as creeping Islamisation in Chinese society, and fight to ‘take back’ the Year of the Pig from ‘religious extremists’.

9 Feb 2019 - 8:26AM

Opinion | Best to stick with cautious optimism in Year of the Pig

Annual ritual at Hong Kong temple fails to see city blessed by wheel of fortune, but reflects US-China trade war tensions and challenges facing Chief Executive Carrie Lam

6 Feb 2019 - 9:16PM

The fortune stick picked by lawmaker Kenneth Lau Ip-keung at the Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin seems to reflect the challenges facing the city. Picture: Dickson Lee

Dazzling fireworks display wows crowds as fog stays away

The weather was much kinder than the forecasters had predicted, and fog and drizzle held off so visitors mostly enjoyed a clear view of the 23-minute show.

7 Feb 2019 - 12:35AM

Fireworks light up Victoria Harbour to celebrate Lunar New Year, photographed from the Avenue of Stars. Photo: Nora Tam

‘No success in gaining wealth’: Hong Kong’s bad omen at fortune stick rite

But pro-Beijinger Kenneth Lau puts positive spin on less-than-ideal prophecy, and says ‘we need the public’s support for the government’s policies’.

6 Feb 2019 - 11:27PM

US firms use Lunar New Year to engage with Asian-Americans

6 Feb 2019 - 12:18PM

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Inside the emperors’ Chinese New Year celebrations at Forbidden City

Digital immersive display at the museum brings royal festivities for the Spring Festival vividly to life; exhibition also features a static display of over 800 cultural relics, including Lunar New Year decorations.

6 Feb 2019 - 7:47AM

A visitor walks past a digitalised display of Chinese opera figures at an immersive exhibition at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China. Photo: Simon Song

Hongkongers enjoy spectacular performances at Lunar New Year night parade

Crowds flocked to Tsim Sha Tsui to watch performances by entertainers both local and from overseas.

6 Feb 2019 - 7:37AM

‘There is a chance he might be impeached’: Telling Trump’s new-year fortune

One local master offers the exact month during which the president will be most vulnerable to removal proceedings, as feng shui masters divine the year ahead.

6 Feb 2019 - 7:40AM

Five killed in China firecracker explosion in early hours of new year

Shop owner detained on suspicion of causing illegally stored fireworks to explode.

5 Feb 2019 - 6:26PM

A shop caught fire after someone set off a firecracker outside. Photo: Weibo

China’s ancient lion dance: thriving in the south, struggling in the north

The public’s interest in the ancient art spiked when video of two performers working on routines went viral on social media. A focus on family and heritage is driving its preservation in southern China.

5 Feb 2019 - 10:26PM

A lion dance is performed at Shanhaiguan Pass, a tourist resort in Qinhuangdao City in north China's Hebei province. Photo: Xinhua

Year of the Piggy Bank? Mints cash in with Lunar New Year coins

A dozen mints globally are selling special, uncirculated coins and notes to celebrate the holiday.

5 Feb 2019 - 3:01PM

Year of the Pig puts the seal on Peppa’s Chinese comeback

When even filmmakers and the army are getting in on the act, there’s no doubt that the popular cartoon character is the face of the Year of the Pig.

4 Feb 2019 - 9:12PM

Reporting the Lunar New Year in the Year of the Pig

James Legge speaks to SCMP journalists, video producers and editors about what stories always come around for Lunar New Year and what stories they’ve found for the coming Year of the Pig

12 Feb 2019 - 8:19AM

Men work on pig sculptures in preparation for the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Pig, in the Changping district of Beijing. Photo: Reuters

How the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac were chosen

According to legend, the heavenly Jade Emperor wanted to segment time into cycles of 12 years with an earthly animal guarding each cycle.

20 Jan 2020 - 5:44PM

Legend has it that the pig stopped for a nap, and was the last to reach the Heavenly Gate.

Pigs are vanishing as consumers go the whole hog for leaner pork

Across the country breeds are rapidly disappearing, taking signature dishes with them, and there’s little sign of any respite in the Year of the Pig.

17 May 2019 - 10:31AM

Chinese zodiac 2019: All you need to know about the year of the pig

Pigs loom large in Chinese culture so it is little wonder that the character for pig, an animal central to traditional village life, is written nestled inside the character for home

20 Jan 2020 - 5:44PM

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