Blog Tag - Chinese New Year

Sales of Fireworks Down to Their Lowest Level in Years
There's a lot of shopping going on ahead of Sunday night's Spring Festival celebrations, but one traditional item is proving less popular this year:...
新年快乐!: How Chinese Families Celebrate Chinese New Year
Spring Festival (Chunjie or 春节) kicks off the year of the Monkey, beginning with Chinese New Year on February 8, and ending 15 days later with...
Raise Your Glasses to The Monkey Year: Make the Most of CNY With These Great Events
Chinese New Year has landed, as can be indicated by the influx of images and drone footage of insanely long queues and frustrated people having to...
Family Feud: Memories of an Explosive Spring Festival
Spring Festival is a time for family and blowing shit up, but since I grew up in Virginia without extended family or illegal fireworks, Chinese New...
Fireworks Frenzy: Get Your Fireworks Now At These Stores
In what seems to be an attempt to gradually squeeze the two weeks of madness that ensue every Spring Festival, this year, fireworks will only be on...
Kipp's Picks: Our Favorite Parties this CNY
The holiday season always leaves the people who forgot to plan their holiday escape a year in advance with a difficult itch to scratch. While the...
Monkey Business: A Rundown of Beijing’s Best Temple Fairs
For Beijingers, attending a miaohui (temple fair) comes second only to the family reunion dinner when it comes to Chinese New Year observances....
Chinese New Year Prep: Dealing with Your Pet's Fireworks Phobia
Fireworks, usually explosions of joy and cheer to ring in Chinese New Year, can unfortunately mean miserable nights for some dogs. To some extent...
Spot the Rosewood Beijing Chinese New Year Lion on City Streets for Charity, Until Jan 22
Until January 22, Rosewood Beijing's "Roar into New Year" will be on Beijing's roads; a Chinese New Year lion chauffeured around the city in a Mini...
Spring Forward! Waldorf Astoria Beijing Staff Members Share their Hopes and Wishes for the Year of the Monkey
Chef Guo Fei lifts the sizzling meat from the pan to a plate, but he knows his work is far from done. In fact, one of the most important steps comes...
Traveling for Spring Festival? Maybe Make Those Plans for March
If you're planning to travel during Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), you may wish to make plans for another time, either before or after the...
Beijing to Limit Spring Festival Fireworks Sale and Use
Beijing will actively limit the use of fireworks during the 2016 Spring Festival period for the first time since their sale and use was permitted...
Got a Minute? Incredible Aerial Video of Beijing on New Year's Eve
Wondered what Beijing looked like from the air this Chinese New Year? Sploid posted an amazing aerial video of Chinese New Year’s fireworks, filmed...
Fireworks Contributes to Pollution, But Next Few Days’ Air Quality Excellent
The fireworks on the fifth day of the Lunar calendar (chuwu, last Sunday) proved a bit too much for the sky too handle. Throughout the day, there...
Happy Sheep: What You Missed During the Holiday
Whether you're just emerging from a jiaozi coma or fewer than 24 hours off the plane from Thailand, perhaps you weren't paying much attention to what...