Getty Images Key Facts Celebrations start on Feb. 10 before culminating on Feb. 24 with the Lantern Festival, a tradition in which people light paper lanterns to signify the start of a new year.

February 1, 2022 kicks off Lunar New Year: the year of the tiger! If you're celebrating from a distance, we've got you covered with New Year Zoom backgrounds.

Lunar New Year is the start of the lunar calendar, in which months are determined by moon cycles rather than sun cycles. The holiday begins on the day of the second new moon after the winter solstice.

A person poses for a photo with a costumed figure at the end of the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) People from St. Therese Chinese Catholic ...

Lunar New Year traditions vary across and within countries, but similar threads run throughout: family time, rituals for prosperity and to honor ancestors, and marathon feasts.

Celebrations for the Lunar New Year took place at the Far East Center in Denver on Feb. 11, 2024. The celebration at the Far East Center is in its 33rd year and took place over two days this weeken… ...

A man covers the ears of baby as fireworks explode outside to begin a Lunar New Year celebration during Mass on Feb. 11, 2024, at St. Therese Chinese Catholic Church in Chinatown.