How to Celebrate the Lunar New Year
Clean your home before the new year to "sweep away" bad luck.. Decorate your home with red lanterns.. Fill your home with colorful flowers.
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Clean your home before the new year to "sweep away" bad luck.
Clean your home before the new year to "sweep away" bad luck.
Decorate your home with red lanterns.
Decorate your home with red lanterns.
Fill your home with colorful flowers.
Fill your home with colorful flowers.
Set out oranges as a symbol of wealth and good fortune.
Set out oranges as a symbol of wealth and good fortune.
Hang decorations on your doors with good wishes for the new year.
Hang decorations on your doors with good wishes for the new year.
Wear new clothes to celebrate the start of the new year.
Wear new clothes to celebrate the start of the new year.
Put on something sentimental to help you connect with your ancestors.
Put on something sentimental to help you connect with your ancestors.
Dress in red to symbolize joy and good fortune.
Dress in red to symbolize joy and good fortune.
Avoid wearing black clothes during any festivities to keep away bad luck.
Avoid wearing black clothes during any festivities to keep away bad luck.
Visit Asian food markets in your area to get traditional foods.
Visit Asian food markets in your area to get traditional foods.
Have fish as a symbol of plenty and prosperity.
Have fish as a symbol of plenty and prosperity.
Eat rice cakes for purity and good luck.
Eat rice cakes for purity and good luck.
Make and eat dumplings to symbolize unity and wealth.
Make and eat dumplings to symbolize unity and wealth.
Take time to honor your elders and ancestors.
Take time to honor your elders and ancestors.
Give small gifts of money in red envelopes to children in the family.
Give small gifts of money in red envelopes to children in the family.
Visit with your neighbors.
Visit with your neighbors.
Make traditional holiday foods with your family and friends.
Make traditional holiday foods with your family and friends.
Set off firecrackers together to drive away bad luck.
Set off firecrackers together to drive away bad luck.
Play games together.
Play games together.
Look online for Lunar New Year festivities in your area.
Look online for Lunar New Year festivities in your area.
Watch a parade on TV or online if you can't attend in person.
Watch a parade on TV or online if you can't attend in person.
Attend a lion or dragon dance.
Attend a lion or dragon dance.
Participate in a Lantern Festival.
Participate in a Lantern Festival.
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