More than a billion people worldwide will celebrate the Year of the Rabbit. Here's what to know about the two-week-long festival.
Red envelopes and the significance of tangerines explained in this Lunar New Year report from San Francisco Chinatown. This year is the 'year of the rabbit,' a year of hope.to usher in the arrival of spring.— as each year is named after one of twelve Chinese zodiac signs. Last year was the Year of the Tiger.
The Chinese government expected over 2.1 billion journeys to be made during a 40-day travel period from Jan. 1 through early February.How the Lunar New Year came to be is still "somewhat obscure," researchers say. In Buddhist lore, animals rushed to say farewell to a dying Buddha. Chinese folklore says it started as a contest among the animals when the Jade Emperor was picking palace guards.
Worshippers dressing in rabbit costumes wait in line to make their first incense offerings in the early morning of first the day of the Lunar New Year on January 21, 2023 in Hong Kong, China.
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