Lunar New Year celebrations begin in China and across Asia
Countries across Asia are beginning Lunar New Year celebrations to welcome in the year of the sheep. In China, hundreds of millions of people are travelling home in what is considered the worlds biggest annual human migration. State media says about .
Shanghai Doctor Dies of Bird Flu
. Investigators are trying to determine if the doctor had contact with poultry or live birds, as in most previous H7N9 cases, or if he might have contracted the disease from a patient.
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china fireworks lunar new year REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonDancers perform a fire dragon dance in a shower of molten iron spewing firework-like sparks during a folk art performance to celebrate the traditional Chinese Spring Festival at an amusement park in .
Chinese steel trade already slowing ahead of Lunar New Year
The exodus of Chinese steel traders towards their home towns for this years Chinese New Year holiday has already started, a week before the traditional Spring Festival celebrations (February 18-24) officially begin,��.
Dance Listings for Jan. 20-26
A selected guide to dance performances in New York and the area.
How to Celebrate Chinese New Year in Boston this Month
In case you didnt already know ��� tomorrow, Feb. 19, marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year ��� or Chinese New Year, as its more commonly called. And thankfully, Bostonians dont have to look far to find some sort of new years celebration this month.
Image of the Day: January 31
. Members of the Chinese community performing a lion dance as part of Chinese New Year celebrations in Kolkata, West Bengal.
Santa Clarita Public Library Hosts Chinese LUNAR NEW YEAR.
The Santa Clarita Public Library, in partnership with the Friends of Santa Clarita Public Library and Santa Clarita Valley Chinese School, will host a Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday,��.
Storify: How people travel during LUNAR NEW YEAR ��� Lonely.
This time of travel chaos results from the fact that many Chinese people get only one holiday a year. For them, Chinese New Year is a chance to head to their hometowns for a seven-day rest, eat traditional foods, set off a few��.
Chinese (Lunar) New Year 2015 events in Portland (PHOTOS)
If you want a taste of the Lunar New Year celebrations around town, heres your list.
The Year Of The Ram: How To Celebrate The Lunar New.
The annual Sunset Park Lunar New Year Parade. Photo by Jole Carliner. Its the year of the ram! February 19 marks the Chinese or Lunar New Year, and since Southern Brooklyn is home to a large Chinese-American��.
Maintain Your Health and Happiness During the Lunar New.
Lunar New Year falls on February 19th this year, marking the first day of the year of the Goat. The day comes with traditions such as cleansing the house, creating lanterns, gifting good luck presents for the New Year, and��.
Asia begins LUNAR NEW YEAR celebrations
Devotees light candles on the eve of the Chinese New Year at the Lungshan Temple in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. According to the Lunar calendar, Chinese will celebrate the Lunar New Year on Feb. 19 this year which marks the Year of the .
Chinese New Year Celebrations In Philadelphia 2015.
The Chinese New Year falls on Thursday, February 19 and brings a ton of festive events to Chinatown and beyond during the upcoming weeks. (Photo by M. Edlow.
Buffett Rings in Chinese New Year With a Serenade
Warren E. Buffett is many things, but a songster?. The Year of the Dragon, which began on Monday, has been good in the past for the shares of Berkshire Hathaway, Mr. Buffetts investment vehicle.
Happy Chinese New Year 2015! | Human World | EarthSky
This years Chinese New Year - February 18-19 - rings in the Year of the Sheep (Goat, Ram). Gong Xi Fa Ca, yall.
Special Parking Rules in New York City
Because of the Asian Lunar New Year, alternate-side street-cleaning regulations will be suspended on Monday in New York City. Other regulations will remain in effect.
How we celebrated Lunar New Year: Social media reaction
How we celebrated Lunar New Year: Social media reaction. By George Kelly Bay Area News Group. Posted: 02/18/2015 10:55:27 PM PST# Comments. Updated: 02/18/2015 10:56:09 PM PST. Across the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, friends and .
Year of the Ox Is Looking Inauspicious
Projections from astrologers (and bankers) for the Chinese Lunar New Year, which began on Monday, are gloomy.
Penguins dress in Tang suit for Lunar New Year
In Northeast Chinas Harbin Polarland, six penguins were seen dressed in red Tang suit, Chinese traditional costume, on Monday to greet the Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival. Red is the dominant color during the Spring Festival, as it.
Former EXO Member Luhan Apologizes For Cancelled.
Luhan and Kris (Wu Yifan,) both of whom left SM Entertainments popular idol group EXO in 2014, were reportedly forced to cancel their appearance on CCTVs Lunar New Year TV program following legal action by SM��.
Chinese (Lunar) New Year 2015 - OregonLive.com
Edward Hemmings, Director of Facilities and Safety, hangs red lanterns that will remain up for two weeks after February 19, Chinese New Years Day. Lan Su Chinese Garden prepares for the Year of the Ram. They had a��.
Chinatown to kick off LUNAR NEW YEAR Wednesday night at one of its grandest.
People watch a dragon dance at the Thien Hau temple in Los Angeles, Jan. 31, 2014. Chinatown will kick off the Year of the Ram at Thien Hau Temple, 750 Yale St. in Los Angeles. Expect lion dances at 9:30 p.m. and firecrackers at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, .
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Why 700 Million People Keep Watching the Chinese New Year ���
The Chinese New Year Gala, which aired live on Feb. 18 on Chinese Central Television (CCTV), is a four-and-half hour variety show with song and dance, comedic skits, magic tricks, acrobatic acts, and celebrity cameos. The show celebrates the Lunar New .
Fireworks Fly On Hudson River For Chinese LUNAR NEW YEAR
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) ��� Fireworks were set off in the Hudson River Tuesday evening in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The Grucci and Barbash families of Long Island lit up the sky with a colorful display on Tuesday near the Chinese .
Not to Everyones Taste
HONG KONG - For weeks now, in the prelude to the Lunar New Year holiday that started Monday in Asia, the ramshackle restaurants along Nhât Tân Street in Hanoi have been jammed with patrons. Happens every New Year. The menus feature meat prepared seven different ways, and the meals, which typically cost about $15, almost always include heroic drinking bouts with rice wine or the local turpentine called ruou.. HONG KONG --- Lunar New Year celebrations have begun all across Asia, and in some places the weeklong festivities include hearty meals of dog meat. While the tradition of eating dog persists, notably in northern Vietnam and southern China, it also seems to be in general decline throughout the region.
Feeling For | Gerard Tullys Snake Ring
. Bring in Chinese New Year with this 18-karat solid yellow gold bauble.
For the Holidays, Hong Kong Decks Its Skyscrapers in Lights
Owners of dozens of buildings across the city drape the exteriors with enormous displays for Christmas, New Year and the Lunar New Year — an expense that appears to be downturn-proof.. Owners of dozens of buildings across Hong Kong drape exteriors with enormous light displays for Christmas, New Year and Lunar New Year--expense that appears to be downturn-proof.
Chinese New Year bumps Ash Wednesday fasting for Asias Catholics
Bangkok, Thailand - Since Ash Wednesday coincides this year with Chinese New Year ��� also known as Lunar New Year ��� many bishops in East Asia are granting dispensations from the fasting and abstinence normally required on the day which begins the .
Bill Proposes LUNAR NEW YEAR School Holiday
Monday marks the start of year 4710 on the Chinese calendar and year three of an effort by two New York lawmakers to give the citys children the day off from school, reports SchoolBook.. Two legislators introduced a measure to close public schools for the Chinese New Year in New York City, where one in six students is Asian.
15 Celebration-Worthy Facts About Chinese New Year.
Happy Chinese New Year! Also known as the Spring Festival, this upcoming holiday is packed full of traditions and symbolism. Heres everything you need to know about the shindig.
From Chinese Students in Germany, a Technology Promise to the Motherland
. A letter exchange between President Xi Jinping of China and overseas Chinese students in Germany highlights what one Western intelligence analyst called a well-honed system to bring technology from the West to China by appealing to patriotism.
Hong Kong Holiday Makeover, in Lights
. Hong Kong goes into overdrive for the holiday season, as Christmas lights morph into Chinese New Year lights.
Chinese New Year - Holidays - HISTORY.com
Find out more about the history of Chinese New Year, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com.
Chinese New Year 2015 Messages: 41 Lucky English Greetings Celebrating.
2015 Chinese New Year is February 19, 2015. As the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the holiday is also known as the Lunar New Year. In China, the Chinese New Year is named the Spring Festival as well. In Asian cultures, the Lunar New Year is the most .
Pictures of Lunar New Year in Chinatown, New York, ca. 1910
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Chinese New Year: Children of immigrants curious relationship with age-old.
Lunar New Year begins Thursday on the Chinese calendar. With it comes a list of traditional superstitions intended to bring luck and make for a good start to the year. They range from not cleaning house to not arguing; best practices, one might say.
Auspicious Entrees to Start the Year Right
Special dishes associated with the Lunar New Year at some Chinese restaurants on Long Island.
China: Repairs on TV Tower to Begin Soon
Nearly nine months ago, a stray fireworks rocket set alight a 520-foot tower during Lunar New Year celebrations, destroying part of downtown Beijing’s massive new state television headquarters.
A Viral Video Urges Chinese Parents to Welcome LGBT Kids Home This Lunar.
This week, hundreds of millions of Chinese will crowd on to planes, trains, cars and motorbikes to make their way home for chun jie, or spring festival. It is a celebration ��� cue the fireworks ��� and a chance to reunite with loved ones after months.
LUNAR NEW YEAR snacks high in sugar, salt and fat, Hong.
Hongkongers should watch out for sugary, salty and fatty festive nibbles this Lunar New Year, the Consumer Council warned as the city prepares to welcome the year of the goat. The watchdog spent two months examining the��.
President Obama Sends Warm Wishes for the Lunar New Year
Echoing the Presidents message, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) and the Presidents Advisory Commission on AAPIs send our best wishes to all those celebrating the Lunar New Year. During this time, we reflect .
Holiday Parking
The Asian Lunar New Year has prompted a suspension of New York City street-cleaning rules.
Dragons, Dancing Ones, Set Off a Riot in China
At least a dozen people were injured during a riot that began when the police tried to stop a Lunar New Year procession in rural Guizhou Province.
Lunar new year 2015 ��� in numbers
The number of days most Chinese workers will get off work during the 40-day lunar new year period, giving them a rare chance to spend time with their families. At midnight on Wednesday, hundreds of millions of people will celebrate the end of the year.
Miniature goats for LUNAR NEW YEAR
Taiwanese artist Chen Forng-shean celebrates the Year of the Goat by delicately carving miniatures of the animal onto pencil tips. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
The Lyricism of Chinese New Year
The New York Philharmonic gala at Avery Fisher Hall on Tuesday night included the pianist Lang Lang, the conductor Long Yu and a Mongolian children’s choir.. Steve Smith reviews Chinese New Year performance hosted by the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, with guest stars the Quintessenso Mongolian Childrens Choir and pianist Lang Lang, conducted by Long Yu.
Celebrate the LUNAR NEW YEAR with Westfield MainPlace.
We are ringing in the Lunar New Year a few days early with a festive celebration at the Westfield MainPlace in Santa Ana. We were joined with festive cultural Korean and Vietnamese dancers and artwork. Nina Tran from the��.
Kicking Off the Lunar New Year
. A firecracker festival in Roosevelt Park in Manhattan’s Chinatown on Friday is one of many events this weekend to mark the beginning of the Year of the Horse.
The Sims Freeplay- Lunar New Year Quest | The Girl Who.
Cheer for the lion dancers- 1 hour 10 minutes; Discuss lunar new year- 1 minute (with another sim) image; Buy a classic cupboard- found in the counters section image; Sweep the house- 3 hours 30 minutes (click on the��.
Chinese New Year: How to See the New Moon Live Online Thursday
Whether or not you believe babies born in the Year of the Goat will have a lifetime of bad luck and unhappiness, tomorrow is a day of celestial significance. To mark the beginning of the Chinese New Year, the online Slooh Community Observatory will .