Chinese New Year 2026: Celebrations, Traditions, and Everything You Need to KnowChinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is one of the most significant celebrations in Chinese culture.

Scenes of Lunar New Year celebration: illuminated red lanterns and a temple façade at night, traditional red ang pao envelopes, a festive family meal with dumplings and seafood, freshly ...

With their spherical shape and golden color, jian dui signify prosperity and are served for good luck at all kinds of Chinese celebrations, including Lunar New Year. Stick with tradition and fill the ...

Firecrackers, red lanterns and elaborate firework displays are also a large part of the Lunar New Year spectacle around the ...

Each culture that celebrates the Lunar New Year has traditions passed down from generation to generation that are thought to bring good luck. NPR readers share theirs.

Think of the meme as an absurdist joke, a wellness goal or an ironic expression of protest — or all of the above. Your ethnicity is beside the point.

Whereas in the West dragons are often depicted as winged, fire-breathing monsters, for the Chinese they are a symbol of power ...

Northwestern’s Chinese Students and Scholars Association and Chinese International Student Association hosted a Chinese New Year Gala at Ryan Family Auditorium on Sunday. Drawing over 400 attendees, ...

With Chinese New Year approaching, conversations about whether it feels "less festive" or whether it still "feels like ...

The catchphrase ‘you’ve met me at a very Chinese time of my life’ is doing the rounds on social media. What does it mean?