Learn how to say Happy New Year in Chinese and see traditional Chinese New Year paintings and foods!

2. When is Chinese New Year?When is Chinese New Year?
The 1st
day of the 1st
month in Chinese lunar
calendar [ 中国农历， zhōnɡ ɡuó nónɡ lì]] is
the Chinese New Year. It can be any day in
January or February.

3. What do Chinese post
as Chinese New Year Symbols?

4. The Fortune Character
福 fú
The Chinese character Fu means “fortune”.

5. Paintings of blessings
鱼 [yú, fish], symbol of wealth

6. Paintings of blessings
门神 [mén shén, Gods of
Gate]
symbol of safety and protection

7. Paintings of blessings
春联 [chūn lián, Spring Festival
Couplets]
Pasting couplets expresses people’s delight in the festival
and wishes for a better life in the coming year.

8. Paintings of blessings
财神 [cái shén, The God of Wealth]

9. Chinese New Year Foods
腊八粥 [là bā zhōu]
La-ba Porridge
“La-ba” means the 8th of the last month in Chinese
Lunar Calendar. 腊八粥 is made of rice, peanuts, red
bean, mung beans, lotus seeds etc.

10. Chinese New Year Foods
饺子 [jiǎo zi]
Dumpling
Dumplings, called Jiao-zi in Chinese, is one of the most
important Chinese New Year foods. It should be had on the
three dates during the whole New Year period.

11. Chinese New Year Foods
团圆饭 [tuán yuán fàn]
Chinese New Year Eve
Reunion Dinner
The Reunion Dinner is each year's most important dinner
of the family. All family members will try to come
together for this dinner.

12. Chinese New Year Foods
年糕 [nián āo,ɡ Year Cake]
Having this food is to bless that each year's life
gets higher or better.

13. Chinese New Year Foods
汤圆 [tān yuán,ɡ Rice Glue
Ball]
Its name "Tang-yuan" in Chinese has similar pronunciation
as the word for "reunion", so having this food connotes the
blessing of reunion.