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Chinese New Year traditions center on ushering out the old year and bringing luck and prosperity into the new one. Firecrackers, fireworks, red clothes and decorations are used. Young people are ...

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Traditionally, Chinese have a family dinner at home on New Year's Eve. On the Lunar New Year, many visit temples to pray and attend temple fairs to watch performances and buy snacks, toys and ...

Dumplings are a traditional New Year’s food in China, according to Chuang, who was born and raised in China. His grandmother taught him how to cook, he said in a phone interview on Feb. 18.

The Chinese New Year is being celebrated by more than 1 billion people with fireworks, ... A boy wearing traditional Chinese clothes poses for a photograph in front of the temple on the eve ...

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Chinese New Year features about 15 days of festivities, including a typical eight-day holiday. Celebrations often include cleaning the house in preparation, gathering with family and sharing a ...