US EditionThe Lunar New Year of the Dragon flames colorful festivities across Asian nations and communities
- Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te and Speaker of the Legislature Han Kuo-yu attended Year of the Dragon festivities, with Han representing the Nationalist Party that supports political unification with China.
- Lunar New Year celebrations drew large crowds in South Korea, with people traveling to visit relatives and popular tourist sites.
- The Lunar New Year, known as Tet in Vietnam, was also celebrated, with parades and commemorations held in cities with large Asian communities overseas.
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Lunar New Year Celebrated in Various Chinatowns in Japan; Lion Dances, Lantern Festival Held
Lunar New Year celebrations have started in areas where Chinatowns are located. On Saturday, a lion dance was held in Yokohama Chinatown in Naka Ward, Yokohama. Lions in the bright colors of blue and gold stopped by restaurants and general merchandise stores and danced fiercely to the sounds of gongs and taiko drums.
The Lunar New Year of the Dragon flames colorful festivities across Asian nations and communities
With fireworks, feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash for the kids, numerous Asian nations and overseas communities have welcomed Saturday the Lunar New...
A photographer’s fantastical portrait of rural China during Lunar New Year
By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — In photographer Zhang Xiao’s images of the Shehuo festival, an ancient celebration still observed in parts of northern China during the Lunar New Year, rural life comes alive with something altogether more fantastical. Villagers dressed as cranes, roosters and mythical lions pose for portraits standing amid crops or in fallow farmland. Costumed performers parade past brick houses against hazy backdrops, the eyes of …
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