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Celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year With the World’s Largest Migration

The Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival is an event that captivates the world. It is celebrated worldwide and often leads to the planet’s most significant yearly human migration. Although it is often referred to as “Chinese New Year” in the West, it is celebrated far and wide. The Lunar New ...

Ratul Saha

The Year of the Water Rabbit.

Celebrate Chinese New Year With These 5 Ancient Poems

However you plan on celebrating the Chinese New Year, don’t forget to take some time to reflect within, and if you are like me, you might like to spend some time reading some ancient poems on the topic. This Lunar Year in the Chinese Zodiac is the Year of the Tiger. The tiger represents courage, ...

Jessica Kneipp

Yellow Chinese dragon.

Lucky Money Management

There is a custom in China for parents and grandparents to give lucky money to their children and grandchildren on Lunar New Year’s Eve. It is a year-end bonus for each child. I have two daughters. When the elder daughter was in fifth grade, we spent New Year’s Eve in their grandparents’ place. The children ...

Emma Lu

Lucky money red envelopes.

How Displaying the Chinese Character ‘Fu’ Brings You Good Fortune

As we celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Ox in 2021, we wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. We hope your new year is filled with good fortune and blessings. As part of Chinese traditions, the Chinese people welcome the New Year by cleaning their homes thoroughly, hanging red couplets, and a ...

Emma Lu

The Chinese 'fu' character.

Intriguing Traditions of the Chinese Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival is one of the most celebrated holidays across Asia and it officially marks the last day of the Lunar New Year celebrations. It falls on the 15th day of the 1st month on the Lunar Calendar, the first night of the year’s full moon. So this year it is on Friday, February ...

Jessica Kneipp

Ancient painting of a Lantern Festival.

Happy Chinese New Year 2021 Despite Virus and Security Law in Hong Kong

A busy flower market. Lively chatting. “Gong xi fa cai” says one person to another, repeatedly. The formula echoes across the marketplace and the busy streets as people greet each other with the Happy Chinese New Year 2021 formula, which, when translated means: “Wishing you a prosperous New Year.” Chinese New Year 2021 A symbol ...

Hermann Rohr

People walking across the street in Hong Kong.

An Intriguing Flower Fair Celebrating Taiwan’s Lunar New Year

Flowers are something that most Taiwanese people cannot do without for Lunar New Year. They believe it would make sense to put some beautiful flowers or plants at home during the Spring Festival season because flowers symbolize happiness, abundance, and fortune. When it comes to places for purchasing flowers for the Lunar New Year, most ...

Billy Shyu

Flowers at Lunar New Year Flower Fair in Taipei City.