Chinese New Year

Brutal Honesty in the Garden

Anne Phillips | Posted 05.01.2012

Anne Phillips

Last month started a new year for the Chinese lunar calendar. In the Chinese Zodiac this will start the year of the Water Dragon which is a year fill...

The Week In Art

Posted 02.18.2012

This week was full of awe-inspiring creations that touched our hearts, and there a touch of Valentine's Day sass in there as well. First w...

A Rainbow City Made Of Ice

Posted 02.11.2012

The Yanqing Ice Festival is a tradition that wraps up the Lunar New Year Celebrations in Beijing. And nothing says 'grand finale' quite like a life-si...

PHOTOS: Colorful Lantern Festival Celebrates End Of Chinese Lunar New Year

Posted 02.07.2012

The Lantern Festival in China, also known as the Yuan-Xiao Festival, takes place on the 15th day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar. The...

Chris C. Anderson

PHOTOS: Chinatown Celebrates Chinese New Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 01.31.2012

The Chinese New Year paraded through the streets of New York City's crowd-lined Chinatown streets on Sunday. In this year of the dragon, Chinatown was...

What To Do This Weekend

Posted 01.27.2012

Real Estate Where: K&K Super Buffet, 3-41 St. Nicholas Ave, Queens; (718) 381-7111 When: Saturday, 8PM Price: $5 Giant Chinese supermarket K&K Su...

YEAR OF THE DRAGON: Chinese New Year Is Here

Robin Wilkey | Posted 03.27.2012

Every neighborhood has its signature event: Fillmore Jazz, Folsom Street Fair, North Beach Festival. But once a year, Chinatown humbles all other boro...

Baccarat Is The New Blackjack

AP | OSKAR GARCIA | Posted 03.27.2012

LAS VEGAS — In the days before the Chinese New Year celebration began this week, six high rollers sat down at the private baccarat tables one da...

On Chinese New Year, Thousands Flock To Pray At Beijing's Old Temple (VIDEO, PHOTO)

Posted 01.25.2012

Jan 23, 2012 marked the beginning of the Chinese New Year of the Dragon. Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festival in China, marking...

PHOTOS: New York Celebrates Chinese New Year

Megan Snedden | Posted 03.26.2012

Megan Snedden

In Manhattan's China Town, dragons are parading through the streets and hundreds of people are visiting Buddhist temples to pray for good fortune. Across the world, others do the same.

PHOTOS: 5 Chinese New Year Luxury Travel Deals

Elizabeth Thorp | Posted 03.26.2012

Elizabeth Thorp

The Year of the Dragon is supposed to be a year of abundance and auspiciousness, so what are you waiting for? Book that trip to China now!

Celebrating the New Year With Asian American Poetry

Patrick Pressl | Posted 03.25.2012

Patrick Pressl

In honor of both the solar and lunar calendars, I've put together a slideshow featuring 12 Asian American poets.

Rachel Tepper

D.C. Area Chinese New Year Traditions, Specials (PHOTOS)

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Tepper | Posted 01.24.2012

WASHINGTON -- The most important day in Chinese culture, Chinese New Year, kicked off Jan. 23 and families across the area will continue to celebrate ...

Preparation for the Year of the Dragon

Debra Duneier | Posted 01.24.2012

Debra Duneier

Life in the new year will be lived the way it is designed. So prepare your home, your mind and body, and be conscious of the environment so you can attract all the things you desire in your life this year.

LOOK: Stunning Photos From China's Lunar New Year

Posted 01.24.2012

From performances with dragons to spectacular firework displays, China kicked off the Lunar New Year with a variety of stunning celebrations. The holi...

A Recession-Perfect Prom

| Posted 01.24.2012

Every week, HuffPost High School rounds up the best local news stories about high school students from across the country through our friends at Patch...

Hong Kong Enters The Year Of The Dragon

Barbara Barton Sloane | Posted 03.25.2012

Barbara Barton Sloane

Let there be no doubt, Hong Kong is a world-class city at the crossroads of a new Asia. With its myriad of offerings and certainly now, in the Year of the Dragon, the Big Lychee is beginning to look and feel an awful lot like the Big Apple.

It's A Dragon! China Expects Baby Boom During Lucky Year

Posted 01.23.2012

Dragon babies are expected to hit China in droves this year, but there won't be any scales, fire-breathing, or mythical creatures involved. "Dragon...

LOOK: Chinatown Celebrates Chinese New Year

Posted 01.23.2012

Despite the dreary weather, plenty of New Yorkers gathered in Chinatown on Monday to celebrate the Year of the Dragon with firecrackers, traditional d...

Shu Mai For The Chinese New Year

One For The Table | Posted 03.24.2012

One For The Table

I love the custom of Chinese dim sum because it brings friends and family together at the table. This style of food is enjoyed with small plates, whic...

Asia Expects To See A Dragon Baby Boom

AP | By ANNIE HUANG | Posted 01.23.2012

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, but you wouldn't know that from visiting the obstetrics department at Taiwan ...

Millions Celebrate Year Of The Dragon With Feasts, Fireworks

AP | Posted 03.23.2012

BEIJING -- Millions of ethnic Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese across Asia are ringing in the new Year of the Dragon with fireworks, feasting and famil...

Celebrate The Chinese New Year With Lucky Foods

Kitchen Daily | Posted 01.20.2012

New Year is the most important holiday for the Chinese. This year it will be observed on January 23 and it's the year of the dragon. The holiday is ce...

You Don't Have to Be Chinese to Celebrate the Year of the Dragon Lunar New Year

Homa Sabet Tavangar | Posted 03.21.2012

Homa Sabet Tavangar

The Year of the Dragon celebrations offer a great opportunity to grow our understanding of the world -- while having fun with our kids.

PHOTOS: 8 Things You Must Do Before (And During) Chinese New Year

Grant Thatcher | Posted 03.21.2012

Grant Thatcher

While Chinese New Year is always a special time, this particular cycle is the most special of all. Chinese New Year traditionally brings frenetic prayer and wishes for health, wealth, happiness and yet more wealth -- but 2012 has an added bonus.