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Celebrating snakes living and dead, from festivals to shrines.
snakes

Snake Stories: Our Favorite Reads

Slither into the Lunar New Year with serpent-centered rescues, escapes, and celebrations.
Roxanne Hoorn January 31, 2025
Pura Tanah Lot
List

24 Places All About Snakes

Slither over to these serpent-centric destinations.
Roxanne Hoorn January 31, 2025
Commercial jingles promise that “Danish blue tin cookies always impress.”
lunar new year

How Danish Cookies Became Hong Kong’s Favorite Lunar New Year Snack

It's not a family gathering without “blue tin cookies.”
Vincent Leung June 6, 2025
Singapore

Kim Hock Guan

The oldest bakkwa shop in Singapore is especially beloved during the Lunar New Year festivities.
Though traditional tāngyuán are plain dumplings, you can also make artful variations.
holiday

5 Recipes to Make for Lunar New Year

Welcome the Year of the Dragon with fortune-telling soups, lucky goldfish dumplings, and more.
Sam O'Brien February 9, 2024
List

20 Places to Eat Dumplings and Noodles for Lunar New Year

Where to go for luck, longevity, and very good eats.
Diana Hubbell February 7, 2024
List

29 Dragon Places for the Lunar New Year

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with temple-scaling serpents, fire-breathing bridges, and everything in between.
Michelle Cassidy February 5, 2024
astronomy

Imbolc, Groundhog Day, and Brigantia All Celebrate the Coming Spring

Whatever you call it, early February's cross-quarter day reconnects us with ancient astronomical timekeeping traditions.
Rebecca Boyle January 30, 2024
dinosaurs

As the Year of the Dragon Looms, We See Dragons Everywhere

This Lunar New Year welcomes the Wood Dragon, but these mythic animals never go out of style.
Gemma Tarlach January 29, 2024
Chocolate bunnies for the Year of the Rabbit.
food

A Sweet Spin on Lunar New Year Treats

Asian-American chefs and pâtissiers are reimagining traditional confections and snacks.
Diana Hubbell January 31, 2023
A man makes a traditional dragon heads for the Lunar New Year celebration in Bogor, Indonesia.
holidays

5 Colorful Stories About the Pageantry of the Lunar New Year

Go behind the scenes of celebration, from molten metal to sticky cakes.
April White January 24, 2023
List

A Lucky 8 Places to Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit

Hop into the Lunar New Year with some furry friends.
Jonathan Carey January 20, 2023
The word goldfish, or <em>jīnyú,</em> sounds exactly the same as the words for "gold and jade."
food

The Wondrous Wordplay of Lunar New Year Food

Layers of meaning surround the names of nearly every dish.
Miranda Brown January 31, 2022
Steamed bread in the shape of tigers is displayed at a stall ahead of the Lunar New Year in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China. (January 16, 2022)
food

The Magic Behind the Lunar New Year Is Lots of Hard Work

Colorful scenes from behind-the-scenes.
Winnie Lee January 28, 2022
Clever wordplay makes this festive dessert especially appropriate for the new year.
food

The Easy, Edible Art of Lunar New Year Dumplings

Celebrate family and good fortune with these simple goldfish.
Grace Kwan February 18, 2021
The stickiness of nian gao is part of its power.
food

How a Monster-Repelling Cake Became a Lunar New Year Staple

Nian gao is a sticky cake for sticky situations.
Jess Eng February 12, 2021
A lion dance performer during Lunar New Year in Kuala Lumpur.
sports

Malaysia Has Turned Lion Dancing Into a Gravity-Defying Extreme Sport

Meet some of the troupes taking an ancient tradition to new heights.
Marina Wang February 9, 2021
The annual pyrotechnic display is known as Da Shuhua, which translates to “beating down the tree flowers.”
festivals

For Lunar New Year, Blacksmiths Create Fiery Sparkling Rays With Molten Metal

The farming town of Nuanquan, China, celebrates the holiday with a 300-year-old spin on fireworks.
Lauren Young January 18, 2023