Chinese New Year

Olympic gold medalist and Grand Marhsal Eileen Gu, middle left, gestures during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Olympian Eileen Gu heads up annual Chinese New Year parade in her native San Francisco

San Francisco has rung in the Year of the Fire Horse with its annual Chinese New Year parade with thousands cheering on hometown hero and Olympic champion Eileen Gu as its grand marshal.

A woman brushes gold calligraphy onto red paper used for Lunar New Year couplets in Hong Kong, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/May James)

Photos follow the color red through public and intimate spaces during the Lunar New Year

Dancers in colorful costumes perform Yingge Dance, a traditional folk dance from southern China during Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Lunar New Year prayers, robots and festivities usher in the Year of the Horse

People perform a lion dance as fireworks explode during Lunar New Year celebrations in Panama City, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Photos of Lunar New Year celebrations for the Year of the Horse

This image released by Voracious shows a recipe for tomato bason sticky rice, from the cookbook "The Chinese Way" by Betty Liu. (Betty Liu/Voracious via AP)

This sticky rice recipe riffs on a dim sum classic for Lunar New Year or any time

Stella McCartney lets horses steal the show at Paris Fashion Week

Stella McCartney staged her Fall 2026 show Monday inside a riding hall, west of Paris, marking the Lunar New Year of the Horse with what amounted to a quiet manifesto: fashion can celebrate animals rather than consume them. (Mar. 4)

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Buddhists welcome Lunar New Year with relics from remains of enlightened beings

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Hong Kong Lunar New Year fireworks light up night sky

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Visitors walk past an illuminated horse lantern display ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations at an amusement park on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

A fireworks store explosion in China kills 8 ahead of Lunar New Year

A humanoid robot wearing a traditional headdress is displayed during a media preview of a robotic temple fair ahead of Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

People — and robots — are getting ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year in China

A traveler eats while waiting inside a railway station as people return home during the Lunar New Year holiday in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

China’s Lunar New Year travel rush begins with record 9.5 billion trips expected

Pearl Chow, left, and Dorz Cheung, residents displaced by the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire speak during the interview at the transitional housing provided by the government in Hong Kong, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Hong Kong fire victims long for home as Lunar New Year stirs painful memories

Shoppers walk at a tourist attraction area, Nanluogu Alley in the evening in downtown Beijing, China, Saturday, March 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Consumer prices fell in China in February and remain flat in a sluggish economy

A man holding incense sticks prays on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Lama Temple in Beijing on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Lunar New Year prayers and incense usher in the Year of the Snake

A performer juggles plates during a presentation at the crowded Ditan Temple Fair on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

The Year of the Snake begins

Chinese artists leap from pedestals as they perform a traditional lion dance marking the Lunar New Year of the Snake in the Chinatown area of Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

What is Lunar New Year and how is it celebrated?

A woman directs passengers at the departure hall at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

China’s Lunar New Year travel rush kicks into high gear with 9 billion trips expected

Lunar New Year giveaway of cash and food leaves 4 dead in Cambodian capital as crowd surges

A worker walks by a snake shaped lantern on display with others at Wang Yongxun's workshop factory in Weifang in eastern China's Shandong province on Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

This lantern workshop in China is making snakes look cute for the Lunar New Year

Revelers gather to attend the parade for the Chinese New Year "The Dragon" in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Dragons and dancers parade through Manhattan’s Chinatown for Lunar New Year

People tour by a dragon made of Lego blocks with the Lunar New Year theme on display at an outdoor shopping mall in Beijing on Feb. 15, 2024. At the start of the Lunar Year of the Dragon, China is seeking to assert its own interpretation of the cultural icon that dates back centuries in both Eastern and Western cultures. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

At start of Lunar Year of the Dragon, China seeks to assert its own interpretation of cultural icon

A woman holds a spring couplet with dragon patterns that she drew herself for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations at the Dihua street market in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Taiwanese shoppers started hunting for delicacies, dried goods and other bargains at the market ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations which fall on Feb. 10 this year. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

The Lunar New Year of the Dragon flames colorful festivities across Asian nations and communities

Worshippers pray as they burn their first joss sticks at a temple to welcome in the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Asia welcomes Lunar New Year of the Dragon with temple visits and celebrations

FILE - This Feb. 6, 2013 file photo shows a woman walking out a shop selling seasonal items ahead of Chinese New Year in Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand. In many Asian cultures, the Lunar New Year is a celebration marking the arrival of spring and the start of a new year on the lunisolar calendar. It's the most important holiday in China where it's observed as the Spring Festival. It's also celebrated in South Korea, Vietnam and diaspora communities around the world. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

What is Lunar New Year and how is it celebrated?

FILE - A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in Tokyo. Asian shares mostly rose Friday, Feb. 9, with Japanese shares momentarily soaring to three decade highs encouraged by remarks from a central bank official. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Stock market today: Tokyo hits 30-year high, with many Asian markets shut for Lunar New Year holiday

A car passes by snow covered trees in Oberhof, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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Arisa Go and Akito Watabe, of Japan, lead their team in during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Beijing Olympics open with nod to Year of the Tiger

Volunteers, Alex Koi, foreground, and his son Lipsun Koi, 20, help install anti-slip tape on the front steps of the Thien Hau Temple ahead of the crowds expected for the Lunar New Year of the Tiger celebrations in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. The Lunar New Year of the Tiger celebrations will occur on Feb. 1, amid warnings against travel and large gatherings due to COVID-19. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Asian Americans mark Lunar New Year amid ongoing hate crimes

Governor signs bill allowing Ohioans to set off fireworks

FILE- In this Sept. 11, 2018, file photo, a lobster is packed into a shipping container in Arundel, Maine. America's lobster industry recovered from the Trump trade war to have a good 2020, but it is approaching one of the busiest times of the year with trepidation because of coronavirus. Chinese New Year shipments will be complicated by the virus this year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Lobster biz braces for Chinese New Year impacted by pandemic

Chinese New Year secular now but kept religious underpinning

In this photo taken with a slow shutter speed, dancers perform traditional lion and dragon dances at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino to celebrate the Lunar New Year, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, in Las Vegas. In recent years, the holiday, which people are ringing in Tuesday, has achieved all-American status. Big companies are celebrating - and capitalizing - on a holiday that is about being with loved ones and wishing for prosperity and good luck. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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