How Lunar New Year traditions change through the generations

This combo means it will be a year of success and realizing your dream!

The fire rooster. Illustrations by John Shakespeare. Also known as the Spring Festival, the celebration marks the turning of the lunisolar calendar and it will continue for 15 days leading up to the Lantern Festival on February 11. While Westerners may think of chicken feet as scraps to be thrown away, in Asian countries, diners like to eat their meat off the bone and they are considered a delicacy, says CTV News Canada. This is the year of the rooster.

The Chinese calendar assigns each year an animal and an element, and 2017 has been marked as the Year of the Fire Rooster. For some, it’s a rare occasion when they’re able to see their families as workers are typically given a week off.

Spending on Chinese payment cards is expected to be 40% higher than average for this time of year.

According to the Chinese Lunar New Year calendar, people born in the years of 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005 and 2029 are Roosters. Here’s how to maximise your chances of good health, happiness and success. Families gather from far and wide to celebrate together and launch a new, auspicious year by eating lucky foods, exchanging gifts and decorating homes.

“Statistically you see that is a peak time of travel for Chinese”, said Li.

Indeed, some Lunar New Year traditions would be recognizable to people in the United States. May you be happy and prosperous. Red lanterns are also a common sight.

People from various cultures, religions and ethnicities attended and enjoyed all kinds of Chinese traditional food, practised their dances, took part in religious activities and even attempted to speak the language. Revelers will want to feast on dumplings and spring rolls, which will bring wealth, fish for surplus, noodles for longevity, rice cakes for improvement and sweet rice balls for a cozy family life. Technology has modernised this tradition, allowing people to exchange red envelopes via apps and the internet.

2017 is the year of the tenth Chinese zodiac, the rooster. Dragons and lions are “quite symbolic, very powerful and dynamic”, said Ms Jin.

Visitors take a picture inside the mouth of a panda display on the eve of the lunar new year in the Chinatown area in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

People celebrate the New Year by bursting firecrackers, which they believe will cast away bad luck.