2024 Lunar New Year: See photos of Asian communities celebrating around the world
Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY
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People interact with a lion dance to welcome in the Year of the Dragon during a New Year's Eve celebration at Sze Yup Kwan Ti temple on Lunar New Year's Eve on February 09, 2024 in Sydney, Australia.
Lunar New Year, one of the most important celebrations in Asian culture, marks the beginning of the new calendar year with family gatherings and a day of rest. It's also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. It is celebrated by millions all across the world.
Lunar New Year starts today Feb. 10 and ends with the Lantern Festival on Feb. 24. In China, the public holiday lasts from Feb. 10 to Feb. 17 this year.
The Chinese zodiac, or Sheng Xiao (生肖), is a repeating 12-year cycle of animal signs and their attributes, based on the lunar calendar. The Lunar New Year marks the transition from one animal to another. This year is known as the Year of the Dragon.
Starting with the first new moon of the lunar calendar, Lunar New Year begins, and ends 15 days later on the first full moon. Each year, the holiday is celebrated on a different date because the calendar is based on the moon cycles.
As a tradition, many families put red paper decorations on the windows and the doors with couplets which also called chunlian. Written in black or gold on red paper, the couplets are placed outside of an Asian home with messages of gratitude and wishes for the new year, The National Museum of Asian Art explains.
The Lunar New Year’s Eve starts the holiday with a spread of symbolic dishes. Many who celebrate this holiday eat a whole fish that represents abundance that is believed to bring good luck and fortune.
A man takes photographs of a drone light show to celebrate the Lunar New Year while standing on a road lined with the Vietnamese national flags in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024.
People pose for photos with a golden dragon statue at Hoan Kiem lake on February 9, 2024 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Malaysian ethnic Chinese pray on the first day of Lunar New Year's holidays at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. The Chinese Lunar New Year falls on Feb. 10 this year, marking the start of the Year of the Dragon.
An Indonesian ethnic Chinese man lights joss sticks during the Lunar New Year celebration at a temple in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, early Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024.
A woman holds a candle during Lunar New Year celebration at Satya Dharma temple in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Chinese around the globe are celebrating the Lunar New Year that marks of the dragon on the Chinese calendar this year.
People light candles at Kuan Yim Shrine in Chinatown on Lunar New Year's Eve on February 09, 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.
People buy Chinese lanterns from street vendors in on Lunar New Year's Eve on February 09, 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.
A view of Chinese lanterns at a temple on Lunar New Year's Eve on February 09, 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.
People light the incense at a temple, on the eve of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in Manila on February 9, 2024.
A man performs a lion dance at the Toa Se Bio Temple in Jakarta on early February 10, 2024, the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.
Lion dance from Australian Yau Kung Mun Association perform at Sze Yup Kwan Ti temple during Lunar New Year's Eve celebration on February 09, 2024 in Sydney, Australia.
People hold burning incense sticks while pausing to mark the Lunar New Year at the International Buddhist Temple at dusk in Richmond, British Columbia, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024.
Jindo Buckchoom: The Drum Dance during a Lunar New Year celebration at 2 Bergen County Plaza in Hackensack, New Jersey on Feb. 8, 2024.
A Lunar New Year celebration at 2 Bergen County Plaza in Hackensack, N.J., on Feb 8, 2024.
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