Travellers thronged railway stations and airports on Friday, clutching large suitcases and gifts such as boxes of fruit as they joined millions of Chinese returning to their hometowns to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival with family.
Yakult enthusiastically took a bite of the plated, shredded chicken and lettuce in front of him before licking his lips.
The world's biggest annual migration of humans is underway as mass travel in China reaches a peak this weekend ahead of Lunar New Year. An estimated 9 billion trips are expected across the 40-day travel period as families gather for celebrations and traditional fireworks displays.
The Lunar New Year is just days away, bringing vibrant celebrations and traditions to New York City. This year, the festival falls on Wednesday, January 29, marking the Year of the Snake.
New York Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi follows a Haviland pattern of china that has set the table for five generations of women. LA transplant Vanessa Anderson, aka The Grocery Goblin on Tiktok, documents the city by visiting its markets.
With Chinese New Year coming up, one of the most important holidays in the Chinese culture, the Topeka Chinese American Associations' celebrated early with a gala. “Only a few hundred of us are from China and having a TCAA,
This salad, yusheng or lo hei in Chinese, is a must at Lunar New Year, the ingredients tossed for good luck. Where to eat it in Hong Kong Among Lunar New Year food traditions, yusheng may be the most chaotic of them all.
While Lunar New Year’s legislatively recognized holiday status in Washington is recent, some local groups have celebrated the holiday for decades. Here’s what’s going on this year.
Get ready for the Year of the Snake. The Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in China and many Asian cultures. According to the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C., the holiday marks the end of winter and the start of spring on the lunisolar calendar.
The Chinese New Year is deeply embedded as the preeminent holiday in China, ranking with Western traditions like Christmas in accentuating family, gift-giving and feasting. It is an officially recognized public holiday in 20 countries.