The holiday features family gatherings, parades, traditional food, fireworks and a host of other festivities.
ByPaul Nelson
Communities throughout Asia have been preparing for the annual Lunar New Year holiday. This time around, it falls on Jan. 29.
Lunar-new-year-02 Performers create sparks with molten steel at a lantern festival in Nantong, China, Jan. 27, 2025. (AFP) Lunar-new-year-03 A tourist poses in front of incense sticks drying in Quang Phu Cau village near Hanoi on Jan. 21, 2025. (Nhac Nguyen/AFP) Lunar-new-year-04 A contestant takes part in an annual spring couplets contest in Taoyuan, Taiwan, Jan. 11, 2025. (Ann Wang/Reuters) Lunar-new-year-05 Worshippers offer burning incense at Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong, Jan. 29, 2025. (Chan Long Hei/AP) Lunar-new-year-06 Chinese performers wait to take part in a celebration in Yangon on Jan. 25, 2025. (AFP) Lunar-new-year-07 Dog owners treat their pets to a special Lunar New Year meal of shredded chicken and lettuce at Kong Shan Yunnan Bistro restaurant in Shanghai, China, Jan. 25, 2025. (Go Nakamura/Reuters) Lunar-new-year-08 Ethnic Chinese people in Cambodia perform a dragon dance on Jan. 28, 2025, in front of the royal palace in Phnom Penh. (Heng Sinith/AP) Lunar-new-year-09 A vendor arranges prosperity decorations at her booth at a New Year bazaar in Beijing, Jan. 13, 2025. (Andy Wong/AP) Lunar-new-year-10 Customers browse in a shop at a New Year’s market in Yangon’s Chinatown, Jan. 21, 2025. (RFA) Lunar-new-year-11 A vendor hangs a roasted pig for sale at a market in Phnom Penh on Jan. 28, 2025. (Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP)
