The 龍山寺, or Lungshan Temple, is a Buddhist temple built in 1740. People go there to worship and...
Category - Lunar New Year
Ho Chi Minh City welcomes Tet and the Year of the Cat
It’s the Year of the Cat in Vietnam. (Arisu Babakhani/YJI) Ho Chi Minh City celebrates Lunar...
Missing out on New Year’s fun
SYDNEY – The Lantern Festival, which is the 15th day after Lunar New Year – and this year falls on...
Hong Kong lanterns celebrate a new year
Lanterns hang in the foreground as a Ferris wheel stands in the distance in Hong Kong. (Joanne...
Celebrating Lunar New Year far from family
Canberra, AUSTRALIA – I haven’t been in China for Lunar New Year since 2010. I usually go back to...
Celebrating Lunar New Year in Canada and savoring memories of...
London, Ontario, CANADA – With hectic school assignments and extracurriculars, I rarely have a...
Understanding Lunar New Year
Red packets that adults put money in for younger family members. (Lianna Ng/YJI) What is Lunar Year...
I moved to China to teach English. I didn’t expect the...
Xiamen, CHINA – It’s one thing to move from a western country to the east, facing the everyday...