Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in China, those celebrating spend time reuniting with immediate and extended family. On the lunisolar calendar, It is the celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year. This holiday is also celebrated Vietnam, South Korea, and countries with significant overseas Chinese population.
Lunar New Year is a fifteen-day celebration where families at home decorate windows with red paper cuttings, along with hanging wishes for the new year on their doors. Other beloved traditions consist of shopping in open-air markets and cleaning the house, as well as the Lunar New Year dinner that kicks off the holiday with a feast of symbolic dishes.
The fifteenth day, is the Lantern Festival, where people enjoy tangyuan, sweet glutinous rice balls, and children carry around lanterns around the neighborhood at night to close out the celebration. This 2024 year is the year of the dragon in the Chinese zodiac.
LUNAR NEW YEAR WITH THE COF
The COF holds a Lunar New Year celebration at Wentworth’s Watson Auditorium, with performers, food, and games!