In celebration of the holiday, Abundance will be hosting several Chinese New Year-themed events. First, they’ll kick things off with a pop-up Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner at Flight Cleveland Cleveland comes alive with vibrant cultural displays, traditional performances, and culinary events marking the 2025 Chinese New Year. Known widely as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, this celebration is one of the most significant holidays in Asian and Asian-American communities across the Un Decorate your places with beautiful lanterns and celebrate this event in style. Head to exhibition or get going to dinners and make the Chinese New Year 2025 in Cleveland a fancy schmancy affair. There’s a lot to do on this day - Make a lantern, party hard and enjoy the Chinese New Year 2025 in Cleveland like never before. Saturday, January 20th, 5-9:30 p.m. Chinese Asian Business of Ohio Chinese New Year Celebration, Bo Loong, 3922 St. Clair Ave. Cleveland. Tickets $35/person. Tickets $35/person. February 1st through 29th, 9-5:30 p.m. Cuyahoga County Public Library, Take and Make Craft: Paper Lantern , 6206 Pearl Rd, Parma Heights. Cooking for Lunar New Year at the Chagrin Falls Branch – January 29 at 6:30 p.m., adults-only; learn to cook steamed vegetable dumplings. Lunar New Year Celebration at Cleveland Public Library (Superior Ave.) – January 25, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. 4. Eat Lunar New Year foods Celebrating the New Year. A traditional celebration welcomes in the new year with loud firecrackers and a lion dance. Wear new clothes on Lunar New Year’s Eve and Day. Give out red envelopes (hong bao) with money, especially to children. Gather with family to eat a New Year’s meal! New Year’s Banquets and Feasts. Nian gao 年糕. A vegan Chinese New Year begins on Saturday this year. Entering the Year of the Dragon, the Lunar New Year festivities will be in full effect in Downtown Cleveland. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays Lunar New Year celebrations. Ring in the Year of the Dragon around Northeast Ohio with Lunar New Year celebrations. On Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Cleveland’s Asia Plaza comes alive with traditional dances, cultural demonstrations, arts and crafts and delicious food from restaurants in the area. This year, Asia Plaza will be hosting a Year of the Snake Lunar New Year Celebration. The Kwan Lion Dance Team will be featured in Li Wah on Saturday, Feb. 1 and Sunday, Feb. 2, at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., as well as in Asia Plaza during their weekend celebration. Photo Stations: #TheLand, Year of the Snake, Lunar New Year. Children's activity provided by AsiaTown Cleveland and Art Cart. Masks recommended. Free and Open to All. Free Parking. Date: February 1 - 2, 2025. We want to hear from you if you have an event to share or updates to this event. Saturday, January 20th, 5-9:30 p.m. Chinese Asian Business of Ohio Chinese New Year Celebration, Bo Loong, 3922 St. Clair Ave. Cleveland. Tickets $35/person. Tickets $35/person. February 1st through 29th, 9-5:30 p.m. Cuyahoga County Public Library, Take and Make Craft: Paper Lantern , 6206 Pearl Rd, Parma Heights. 7. Sending Chinese New Year Wishes. During Chinese New Year, Chinese people will greet each other with pleasant words like: 'Xin nian kuai le' which means 'Happy New Year' (simplified Chinese: 新年快乐). See more Chinese New Year Greetings and Wishes. 8. Watching the New Year TV Gala In Chinese, "fish" (鱼 Yú /yoo/) sounds like 'surplus'. Fish is a traditional Chinese New Year dish on the Chinese New Year dinner menu. Chinese people always like to have a surplus at the end of the year, because they think if they have managed to save something at the end of the year, then they can make more in the next year. Our weekly picks of the best things to do in Cleveland this weekend. Also check out our full Cleveland event calendar. THU 12/28 Browns vs. New York Jets The New York Jets come to Browns Stadium Kids ages 8-12 will learn about Chinese New Year through a fun presentation, making a craft, trying a traditional Chinese snack, and meeting a kid in real-time who is living in China through a video call. They will have the opportunity to ask them questions about how they like to celebrate the New Year! Registration is Required by 1/5. Chinese New Year is one of China's traditional festivals with a history of over 1000 years. Throughout its evolution, it has developed many customs. Most of the traditions we see today have been passed down from the past. Read the top 15 Chinese New Year Traditional activities below: Chinese New Year traditions 1. House Cleaning Chinese New Year begins on Saturday this year. Entering the Year of the Dragon, the Lunar New Year festivities will be in full effect in Downtown Cleveland. When they finish pasting the Spring Festival couplets and hanging the red lanterns, it’s time for the grandest Chinese New Year celebration – the family reunion dinner, the most sumptuous banquet of the year, with various delicious and lucky dishes, and of course the Chinese dumplings. The Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year is usually celebrated between late January and February, during the first new moon. This year, it will be on Wednesday, January 2025. But if you’re in Japan, you may be wondering, “Does Japan celebrate Chinese New Year?” Here’s what you should know. Does Japan Celebrate Chinese New Year? But many suburban Asian restaurants have come along and these days you don't have to travel to the city to find really good Chinese restaurants. The Bo gets kudos for nostalgia and its Chinese New Year's celebrations, but now can be matched rather easily.
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