Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year begins ... which implies having a surplus/prosperity at the beginning of the New Year. The name sounds like "year high," symbolising progress and growth. Traditional ...

In diaspora communities, particularly in cultural enclaves, Lunar New ... the food and seeking blessings from their ancestors for the coming year. Vietnamese people cook traditional dishes and ...

Other names include Vietnamese Tet, Korean Solnal and Tibetan Losar. Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinese ... noodle soup - a traditional meal of choice. The noodles are believed to bring ...

Several countries mark their new year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar involving movement of the Sun and Moon.

On Jan. 29, Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals, family gatherings, parades, traditional food ... The Lunar New Year — known as the ...