{"id":11947,"date":"2016-02-04T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=11947"},"modified":"2018-01-29T09:27:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T13:27:18","slug":"chinese-new-year-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-new-year-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese New Year Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chinese New Year falls on February 8th this year, and the largest annual human migration on Earth<\/a> is underway in preparation for it. Train stations, airports, and roads all across China are packed with people trying to get home to ring in the Year of the Monkey with their loved ones. The 15-day Spring Festival is far and away the most important holiday in Chinese culture, and it involves many traditions and superstitions<\/a>. All across the country, people will be tuned in to the CCTV New Year’s Gala<\/a>, kids will be opening their red envelopes and counting their lucky money, and fireworks will fill the sky night after night. While this holiday is obviously huge in China, how is it celebrated in the rest of the world? Let’s take a look at how countries around the globe ring in the Chinese New Year:<\/p>\n

North America<\/h2>\n
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Not surprisingly, the biggest places to celebrate Spring Festival in North America are those with the largest Chinese populations. Cities such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, and Vancouver all have large celebrations for the holiday. As a matter of fact, NYC declared the lunar New Year a school holiday last year, reflecting the growing population of Asian students in the city’s schools.<\/p>\n