Chinese New Year 2016: Top greetings and proverbs to wish good luck

Hokkien Chinese, who live in Malaysia, also celebrate the ninth day of Chinese New Year with fireworks to celebrate the birthday of Jade Emperor.

Meng Su was waiting to light incense at the Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple in central Beijing, a popular tradition that is meant to attract good luck.

Every Chinese New Year, believers in feng shui seek ancient wisdom to find out what the future holds – and that even applies to the 2016 presidential election.

It is made up of a cycle of 12 different years (known as the Chinese zodiac), each named after a different animal (all with different characteristics).

On Monday, the lunar new year will herald in the year of the monkey.

Despite red envelopes traditionally being given by senior family members to the younger ones, the generations growing up with internet technology have started to send each other electronic red envelopes in recent years.

City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña said New York City is the largest school district in the country to add the holiday to the school calendar.

Chinese are flocking to temples and fairs to pray for good health and fortune on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday.

Stay in NoHo and celebrate Chinese New Year NoHo style, or rather, Zombie Joe style with their latest show, “The Year of the Monkey”.

Why are oranges or tangerines eaten around Lunar New Year? .

Each new year is marked by one of 12 animals from the Chinese zodiac: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. To the Chinese, red represents good fortune, and so around the New Year the color can be seen everywhere in Chinese cities: red lanterns hang in doorways; red paper cutouts adorn windows.

Chinese New Year is officially on Monday, February 8 but the Sunday was earmarked as the day for the traditional event at the Arcadian.

By 2030, Colorado’s population will grow from 5 million to 7 million people, thanks in part to its strong economy and its constitutional limits on taxes.

Art galleries in the inner-city Auckland suburb of Parnell are getting into the spirit of the Year of the Monkey.

Paris will welcome the Chinese New Year with a grand parade, which will again take place at the 13th arrondissement.

The Monkey is taking over from the year of the Sheep.

Leading the local performers were traditional lion and dragon dances, and also sharing the street stage, ballet, hip hop and rope-skipping artists.