This Wednesday, Jan. 29, marks the beginning of the Chinese ... prosperous the year ahead will be, particularly for ...

Chinese New Year is on February 8th ... banners with messages of good luck, pairs of door couplets, and lanterns. Many of the decorations feature the animal of the zodiac year as well.

According to traditional Chinese ... your good luck for the year. Others take it to the extreme and avoid showering altogether ... your call. Some believe those who nap during Lunar New Year ...

Plus, the Lunar New Year is a two-week celebration, with special rituals for luck ... is good, nothing beats getting to the ...

But before you go off in hopes of collecting luck ... The Chinese word for fish, “yu’’, is a homophone for the word for abundance. Thus, Chinese people eat fish during the Lunar New Year ...

So it’s good luck all round ... This story of guo nian (meaning “new year”) explains why Chinese hang red decorations in their houses and fill their streets with loud drums, music and ...