Lunar New Year

People in Boston are celebrating the Lunar New Year, but they are doing so though with heavy hearts after a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California. “It is just heartbreaking, heartbreaking at the start of the new year, because it is supposed to be the start of the new year! Prosperity, longevity good health,” Vivien Li said Monday. “To have…

The Lunar New Year is the most important annual holiday in China. Each year is named after one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac in a repeating cycle, with this year being the Year of the Rabbit.

Unlike Thanksgiving, when pie is a given in many households, desserts and confections celebrating the Lunar New Year are as varied as the Asian diasporas around the world that celebrate it.

What is the Lunar New Year and who celebrates it? What do you say, eat or do? Experts explain traditions and give tips on welcoming the new year.

It’s the year of the Rabbit! In celebration of the Lunar New Year, celebrity chef Ming Tsai shares tasteful ways you can celebrate.

Celebrity chef Ming Tsai shares tasty ways we can celebrate the Lunar New Year.