Lunar New Year Archives

Celebrate The Year of the Rabbit in NYC ~ It’s Lunar New Year 2023

This year, Chinese New Year ~ The Year of the Rabbit ~ falls on Sunday, January 22nd, with the celebrations lasting before and after. Even though we are firmly in Winter, this Holiday is also known as the Spring Festival, and is the longest Chinese Holiday, with celebrations up to 16 days. It is a time for praying to gods and fighting off monsters. Here are a few suggestions for celebrating The Lunar New Year in NYC, The Year of the Rabbit.

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Flushing Town Hall Celebrates the Lunar New Year with the Exhibition ‘Reconcile: Begin Anew’ + Music and Film

Art, Film, Flushing Town Hall, Music

Lunar New Year Exhibition ‘Reconcile: Begin Anew’ at Flushing Town Hall

Since March, 2020, our daily life has drastically changed. During this time defined by lockdowns, quarantines and new safety mandates, we look for ways to adjust to new realities and restore the balance to our daily life. We seek the familiar, whether it’s nature/landscape, memories of the past, cherished items, repetitive shapes or colors, one’s cultural origins, any symbol that represents our spirit, or simply any way we can find a meaning to celebrate a day, like the Lunar New Year.

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Celebrating The Chinese New Year 2019 ~ The Year of the Pig

by AFineLyne, Chinatown, Lunar New Year

Best Chinatown USA Lunar New Year Parade 2018

February 5th officially kicks-off the Chinese Lunar New Year ~ The Year of the Pig. It is said that those born in the Year of the Pig (1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019) are realistic, energetic, enthusiastic and a little materialistic.

There are so many ways to celebrate. Here are just a few suggestions…..

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