Chinese New Year: Lanterns, dumplings and fireworks, Oh my!

As promised in my previous, I have finally gotten around to writing a long overdue post on Chinese New Year. Despite my heavily occupied schedule, I have managed to put aside a couple minutes to post about the upcoming holiday. On today’s menu: some of the main facts of CNY, activities, food and to finish, a short discussion on dumplings…

cny9Let’s start with the basics.
Chinese New Year: what’s being celebrated? What do people do to prepare? What do people do to celebrate? What do people eat?

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