festive decorations, and various cultural customs, including giving red envelopes. Also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year is among the most significant ...

Many people will also clean their homes before festivities begin and will often put up red decorations – a color signifying good fortune in Chinese culture. Every year, the Lunar New Year marks ...

Wednesday, Jan. 29, marks the Chinese New Year ... a wish to put away old things and welcome the new year, according to Chinahighlights. Decorations go up the night before, which are "thought ...

A woman selects a prosperity decoration of a snake in the Chinese zodiac to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at a New Year Bazaar in Beijing on Jan. 13. (Andy Wong/The Associated ...

Asian American communities around the U.S. and around the world are ringing in the Year of the Snake Wednesday, including in New York ... traditional chinese food, red decorations, cleaning ...

The Spring Festival, or Lunar New Year, is a celebration of the traditional Chinese lunar new year ... Celebrations include red decorations and personalized calligraphy. The Lantern Festival ...

Red Decorations: To represent luck and wealth ... that are loaded with cash. New Year’s Day To ward off evil spirits, fireworks and firecrackers are fired off. People visit friends and family ...

Dragon dancers perform during celebrations of Lunar New Year with a large procession in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)(AP) Also Read Chinese Horoscope ...

It's time to celebrate the year of the Wood Snake! Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year and Spring ... unpredictable," Iskandar puts forth. "Ideas and trends can spread quickly ...

Lunar New Year — also commonly called Chinese New Year — marks the start of the new year based on lunar calendars, or monthly cycles of the moon's phases. The lunar new year starts with the ...