The largest Lunar New Year parade outside Asia is in Chinatown, Manhattan. Wikipedia.

Happy Chinese Lunar New Year 2022

Regia Marinho
3 min readFeb 1, 2022

“Gong hei fat choy.” “Wishing you prosperity and good health”.

The Lunar New Year begins today Feb. 1, 2022, and is bringing us into the Year of the Tiger.

Coinciding with the new moon in Aquarius, the New Year gives us a double dose of fresh vibes that will aid us in severing ties with everything — and every ex — that can’t serve our future selves.

In mainland China, official celebrations last for seven days as a public holiday.

The cycle repeats every 12 years, and 2022 is the Year of the Tiger.

Hinterindischer Tiger (Indochina-Tiger). Wikipedia.

“The tiger is commonly associated with something like bravery, courage, and strength,”.

Why is Lunar New Year important?

The Lunar New Year is the most important social and economic holiday for billions of people around the world.

The holiday is tied to the lunar-solar Chinese calendar and was originally observed as a time to honor households and ancestors.

The Chinese Zodiac, a system that has existed in Chinese culture for more than 2,000 years, dictates which…

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