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Lunar New Year 2023 | Year of the Rabbit

Lunar New Year in Singapore | Chinese New Year

The Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year celebrations start on the first and end on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Homes are cleaned and tidied for the new year. On New Year's Eve, families will enjoy a festive meal together. On New Year's Day, younger generations will visit elders and elders will distribute cash in red envelopes. Visitors will bring two mandarin oranges as New Year's gifts, since the name of orange sounds like "good fortune" and "gold (financial wellbeing)." In return, guests will get back two oranges when they leave, conveying blessings for the new year. Streets in Chinatown are beautifully and lavishly lit, and lanterns are hang up. Dragon dance, lion dance, fireworks and fire-eating performance are popular activities.

Celebrating the Lunar New Year