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Chinese New Year begins with a reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve that gathers family from far and wide, much in the same way Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. During the two weeks of celebration that follow, the feasting continues as friends and family share good tidings for the year ahead. Lunar New Year-- a holiday period that spans more than two weeks -- is set to begin on Feb. 10, with traditions and celebrations that spread far beyond one region.. The holiday, often referred to One of the people behind the popular food blog and cookbook The Woks of Life, Leung found when she emigrated from China as a teenager that Chinese immigrants didn’t celebrate Lunar New Year in a Since the first event organized by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in 1953, the San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade has always been a Chinese American celebration, with a mission to The Chinese New Year Parade is one of the few remaining illuminated night parades in North America, the biggest parade for this event outside of Asia, and was named one of the top 10 parades in According to the Smithsonian, the first documented Lunar New Year celebration in the US was a “feast” held by a Chinese businessman for American upper class attendees on February 1 st, 1851. The first community-driven celebration occurred in the 1860s, when Cantonese immigrants in San Francisco fused traditional New Year practices with a Li, Wendy. “A Chinese-American New Year.” Undergraduate Student Blog (blog), February 21, 2015. Lu, Katie. “Between Two Worlds for Chinese New Year.” YR Media, January 22, 2020. Parkinson, Rhonda. “Chinese New Year Recipes.” The Spruce Eats, January 21, 2020. Sangalang, Janelle. “Q&A: How Do Chinese American Students Celebrate To this day, the Lunar New Year celebration is centered around removing bad luck and welcoming all that is good and prosperous. Red is considered an auspicious color to ring in the new year. In many Asian cultures, the color symbolizes good fortune and joy. Lena Chen and her family at a Lunar New Year celebration in Hong Kong in 1976, when her father was a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Courtesy Lena Chen hide caption As the East and Southeast Asian American diaspora continues to evolve, the celebration of Lunar New Year has shape-shifted with it, largely driven by millennial and Gen Z trends. In the Western eye, Lunar New Year may have traditionally been conceptualized as a niche celebration held in Chinatowns . As the new moon rises this week, it ushers in a new year on the lunar calendar used by many cultures across East and Southeast Asia. On the Chinese zodiac’s 12-year lunar cycle, 2025 is the Year The Chinese New Year is far more than a holiday represented by sticky desserts, red and gold decorations, and dragon dances for Chinese Americans. It is a lovely season for family members from all over the world to reunite over a hearty meal, trade ang paos , play traditional Chinese games, and ring in the new year. Since the mid-1990s people in China have been given seven consecutive days off work during the Chinese New Year. This week of relaxation has been designated Spring Festival, a term that is sometimes used to refer to the Chinese New Year in general. The origins of the Chinese New Year are steeped in legend. One legend is that thousands of years My Chinese American grandparents would be over the moon to find out if you wanted to celebrate Chinese New Year with your kids. Please call around to some local Chinese New Year events in your area because they would thrilled to have you mates there to learn more about our culture. Happy New Year! No, I’m not a month late. It’s Chinese New Year—also known as the Spring Festival—which is celebrated with pomp and circumstance by billions of people all over the world. The Chinese love to celebrate, and what better time of year to throw huge parties and over-consume delicious food? UNITED STATES A new generation is forming its own relationship with Chinese New Year, an Asian holiday that’s in the midst of becoming an Asian American one. (Los Angeles Times) Celebrate Chinese New Year with our great new study guide! Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers’ Toolkit, including This day is also known as 除夕 (chú xī) - New Year's Eve. The Chinese New Year technically begins on 初一 (chū yī) - the first day of the lunar year - and doesn't come to a close until 元宵节 (yuán xiāo jié) - the fifteenth day, also known as the Lantern Festival. That's fifteen whole days of celebration, so you could definitely Feb. 10, 2024 marks the official start of Chinese New Year, commonly known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival. 2024 is the “Year of the Dragon.” The dragon is the fifth animal in the Chinese Zodiac, symbolizing good luck, justice, prosperity and strength. Lunar New Year marks the beginning of the calendar year for cultures whose months are moon-cycles and notes the transition between different zodiac signs. Celebrations in 2022 will last from February 1st to February 15th. While Lunar New Year is often referred to as Chinese New Year, it is important to note that Non-Chinese cultures that Lunar New Year exists, is not this event that we are celebrating now, and is different depending on the culture celebrating it. Other Lunisolar New Years also exist, and fall on different dates than the Chinese Lunisolar one. The term Lunar New Year as a stand in for Chinese New Year is just another example of bad political correctness.
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