🪭There isn't a single word for "not celebrating" Lunar New Year in a multicultural country. lmao 🍊 (boxes of sweet & juicy mandarin oranges) is a must in every (families) houses / workplaces possibly during the celebration even when you're a non celebrant of the festival. You're lucky if you still get Angpao🧧(#red envelopes) because..I heard only those unmarried ones get them 👀💫Kachiinggg✨💵💵💰 iykyk. Loves the acrobatic lion dances , performed accompanied by the rhythm of the beating of the drum, cymbals, and gong, which can sometimes be way too loud and deafening , it is meant to scare away evil spirits 🥁 🥁 👐🏻said to rid bad omens and bring good fortune 🔮🪭✨. Sometimes there will be this little cuties (children) wearing vibrant costumes doing parade dancing along with them🐉 And amazingly surprising even grandpas legs are stronger than yours they participate doing the acrobatic dances on the poles✋🏻👲🏻🐉. And those houses decorated with kumquat trees (symbolizing wealth & good luck)🌳🍊 Needless to say the varieties of foods available!🥮🍥🧆🥘🍚🍵 Experiencing Lunar New Year does bring a mix of intense feelings: joy, warmth, and hope from family reunions, cultural traditions, new beginnings? and good fortune, but also potential anxiety, stress, sadness, or loneliness due to family conflict, financial pressure, loneliness from being away, or pressure to meet expectations etc etc. I'm hoping you'll be able to experience it yourself or 🫴🏻pls do come and visit these Asian countries 🤜🏻🫷🏻 🪭There isn't a single word for "not celebrating" Lunar New Year in a multicultural country. lmao 🍊 (boxes of sweet & juicy mandarin oranges) is a must in every (families) houses / workplaces possibly during the celebration even if you're a non celebrant of the festival. You're lucky if you still get Angpao🧧(#red envelopes) because..I heard only those unmarried ones get them 👀💫Kachiinggg✨💵💵💰 iykyk. Loves the acrobatic lion dances , performed accompanied by the rhythm of the beating of the drum, cymbals, and gong, which can sometimes be way too loud and deafening , it is meant to scare away evil spirits 🥁 🥁 👐🏻said to rid bad omens and bring good fortune 🔮🪭✨. Sometimes there will be this little cuties (children) wearing vibrant costumes doing parade dancing along with them🐉 And amazingly surprising even grandpas legs are stronger than yours they participate doing the acrobatic dances on the poles✋🏻👲🏻🐉. And those houses decorated with kumquat trees (symbolizing wealth & good luck)🌳🍊 Needless to say the varieties of foods available!🥮🍥🧆🥘🍚🍵 Experiencing Lunar New Year does bring a mix of intense feelings: joy, warmth, and hope from family reunions, cultural traditions, new beginnings? and good fortune, but also potential anxiety, stress, sadness, or loneliness due to family conflict, financial pressure, loneliness from being away, or pressure to meet expectations etc etc. I'm hoping you'll be able to experience it yourself or 🫴🏻pls do come and visit these Asian countries 🤜🏻🫷🏻
I have never experienced it myself but from reading up about it I think I would absolutely love the traditional food and cuisine.It sounds like such an amazing atmospheric experience including the lantern festival and the dancing lions.The symbolism behind the traditions such as the lantern festival symbolising a bright future and hope for the new year is beautiful.I am looking forward to the year of the horse (because I love horses) and because it is predicted to be an abundant year .🐴🧧
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I feel like the meaning of the Lunar year is about new beginnings, a fresh start. Just like any other holiday it's about bringing families together, sharing food and honoring ancestors. Fun fact my lunar animal is the Tiger.
After doing some research, I found some interesting things that I never knew about LNY. I never knew that it was a 15 day celebration, that on the first day it starts with a big feast amongst family and the last day a lantern festival to sign LNY off. and this year is the horse? If I’m not mistaken. I find it a beautiful and very motivational holiday
Oh wow is it time for it yet? Searched up and found out that "Lunar New Year marks the first day of the lunar calendar, usually falling between January 21 and February 20." Thanks for the reminder!
Honestly I have never participated in this event outside of pimd which quite frankly is a little sad to me. But I'd love to explore it more. Definitely try to understand the tradition behind it and snag some of the food🙂↕️🩷
lny is close to home for me, but I haven’t taken part in celebrations for years now as I’m far from home. I always look forward to the content in pimd bec of the representation. tyyy for hosting this ☺️🫶🏻
I remember being younger and finding out that lunar new year was the dragon year on my bday(which is not close to LNY at ALL) and thought I was a dragon for the whole year after. I bought dragon mugs etc which I still have to this day, but then finding out that I was a monkey and was utterly disappointed. still love my dragons, but also monkeys represent wisdom so I grew to accept my fate as a monkey
I’m sorry for the loss of your grandmother. She sounds like a wonderful person. My grandmother was the same way. I still miss her. She held our family together. We don’t celebrate together as a family anymore.
The best memory I have of CNY is having my family all together, and my granny making the best dumplings in the whole world. Too bad she can’t do it now because of her sickness, but it will remain as the best dumpling i’ve ever tasted in my entire life. Also the red packets 😂
Ohh my kids and I were just talking about this with my grandma. We don’t really have Lunar New Year traditions, but going into the Year of the Horse, I just want more peace, more good vibes, and a little bit of magic in the everyday. I’d really love to see the parades and lanterns someday as well. Ohhh and see the dragons! Definitely the dragons! Idk, something about all that light just feels… like hope. Don’t laugh at me 🌚😭😂😂
My favorite memory of the LNY is seeing a show of the Chinese dragon dancers. They are incredible and the way they have to choreograph their movements is amazing. Another side note that I find fun is that though I was born in 1983, I'm a dog and not a pig like my friends because my birthdate is before the LNY, so I get 1982's animal! 😊
I remember celebrating with my Chinese siblings, lighting firecrackers and everyone else in the neighborhood being confused. One of them came outside to see what we were doing and we got to share culture with them too.
I used to have a family from Texas that was Chinese. They moved into our neighborhood and all the Asians got together and showed them around. For LNY we had a dinner as a community to make them feel at home. They sadly moved away but its a memory ill hold close to me
Back in my home country, LNY was widely celebrated because many Chinese migrants had settled there and eventually became part of the community. I remember when I was a kid, whenever LNY (or CNY) was coming up, TV shows would start talking about the meanings of the Chinese zodiac and the elements tied to each year. I didn’t celebrate it personally, but I always found it interesting and fun to learn about other people’s traditions and beliefs.
As we move through 2026, I am particularly fascinated by the energy of this specific year: The Year of the Fire Horse. In the 60-year cycle of the lunar calendar, 2026 is unique because it is a "Double Fire" year. The Horse is naturally a Fire sign, and when paired with the Fire element of the year, it creates an intense, "Yang" energy.
I love it when it's Lunar New Year because the world is so colorful and it's joyful celebration like in the malls it's full of vibrant decorations. I'm an Asian so we really celebrate it fully with the fireworks, foods and everything.
恭喜发财红包拿来🙂↔️ iykyk haha. I love LNY, and for the first few years I celebrated it in the states. I was able to return home one year and celebrate it in my home of Northern China, and it was a completely different experience… mind you I might have gone deaf. Wishing you all success this year