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Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, marks the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. It is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture. Marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring, this festival takes place from Chinese New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival, held on the 15th day of the year. The first day of the Chinese New Year falls on the new moon that appears between 21 January and 20 February.
dragon dance
traditional dance in Chinese culture performed by a team of dancers who manipulate a long flexible figure of a dragon
Chunyun
300px|thumb|Scene of the 2009 Chunyun period inside Beijing West railway station, China Chunyun (; literally translated as “Spring transportation”), also referred to as the Spring Festival travel rush or the Chunyun period, is a period of travel in China with extremely high traffic load around the time of the Chinese New Year. The travel season in China usually begins 15 days before New Year's Day and lasts for around 40 days. In 2016 it was predicted that there would be 2.9 billion passenger journeys during that year's Chunyun season. It has been called the largest annual human migration in t
paper lantern
East Asian style of lantern made of thin, brightly colored paper
2023 Monterey Park shooting
mass shooting that took place on January 21, 2023 near Los Angeles, California, USA
Lunar New Year's Eve
The last day of the Lunar year
New Year picture
Chinese umbrella term for any printed art objects
CMG Spring Festival Gala
yearly televised gala event run by China Central Television
Chuntie
Chinese New Year ornament consisting of a piece of paper that has auspicious words written or printed on it, sometimes with illustrations added, which is then pasted on a door or wall
Reunion dinner
Celebration tradition in Vietnam and China