Chūnjié (Chinese 春節)

Spring Festival in China, Lunar New Year is a fifteen-day celebration marked by many traditions. At home, families decorate windows with red paper cuttings and adorn doors with couplets expressing auspicious wishes for the new year. Shopping for holiday sundries in open-air markets and cleaning the house are also beloved traditions. The Lunar New Year’s Eve reunion dinner is the highlight that kicks off the holiday, a feast with a spread of symbolic dishes, such as a whole fish representing abundance, that bring good luck and fortune. The fifteenth and final day of the holiday is the Lantern Festival, during which people have tangyuan, or sweet glutinous rice balls, and children carry lanterns around the neighborhood at night to mark the end of the celebration. You can learn more information here.

Tet (Vietnamese Tết Nguyên Đán)

It is the most important and widely celebrated holiday in Vietnam. It marks the beginning of the lunar calendar and is a time for family reunions, honoring ancestors, and wishing for good luck in the new year. Red, yellow, pink and orange color: these octane colors embody the Vietnamese yearning for prosperity, infusing the surroundings with the jubilant Tet atmosphere. The focus is, therefore, on sentiment, rather than mere aesthetics. From the customary pre-Tet garment shopping to the lively street display of seasonal flowers and the intricate presentation of the five-fruit trays ("mam ngu qua"), these colors seamlessly integrate into various aspects of the Tet preparations, adding depth and vibrancy to the festive tapestry.

Seollal (Korean 설날)

Though the celebration is typically three days long, beginning the day before and ending the day after. Traditionally, families gather from all over Korea at the house of their oldest male relative to pay their respects to both ancestors and elders. 세배 (sebae) is the most important of all the Korean Lunar New Year traditions. Sebae is the act of kneeling on the ground and bowing deeply so that your hands are also on the ground. Younger people must bow deeply to their elders and wish them a happy new year. This deep traditional bow signifies respect. People often wear 한복 (hanbok), traditional clothing in Korea, whilst performing sebae.