TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Handing out red envelopes (紅包) during the Lunar New Year is a key Chinese tradition, with red symbolizing vitality, joy, auspiciousness, and good luck.

People rush to markets on Lunar New Year’s Eve in Taipei to buy food and decorations for the holidays. The Lunar New Year — known as the Spring Festival in

Taiwan's National Palace Museum invited calligraphers to craft red spring couplets in celebration of the Lunar New Year. The decorations are said to bring good fortune and festive cheer.

Historical surveillance data indicated a rise in acute diarrhea cases during the Lunar New Year holiday, the Centers for Disease Control stated Monday. The CDC urges the public to prioritize hand hygiene and food safety during the holiday and to seek medical attention if gastrointestinal discomfort such as vomiting or diarrhea arises.

Rain and low temperatures will prevail across Taiwan ahead of Lunar New Year's Day next Wednesday, but the weather will improve during the nine-day holiday period, meteorologists said today. From today through Sunday,

Cold weather is expected in the run-up to Lunar New Year's Day on Wednesday, which is set to be followed by another cold air mass arriving next Saturday, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) forecast today.

A total of 350 visitors from Taiwan arrived on Guam over the weekend via two Starlux Airlines charter flights for the Lunar New Year holiday, the Guam Visitors Bureau announced

As the Lunar Year of the Snake approaches, a pet store in Taipei is offering adventurous customers an opportunity to enjoy the company of snakes while sipping coffee, hoping to break down some of the prejudice against the animal.

In the Emirates Lounge in Singapore, customers can celebrate the day with unique Lunar New Year dishes such as juicy king prawns infused with fragrant soya, pan-fried duck with lemon sauce, or orange almond crumble cake, with oranges symbolizing good fortune in Chinese cultures.

Lunar New Year’s Eve in Taiwan People rush to markets on Lunar New Year’s Eve in Taipei to buy food and decorations for the holidays. The Lunar New Year — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in Korea — is a major festival celebrated in several Asian countries.

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After his design for the year of the dragon in 2024, the artist James Jean has hooked up with Diageo's Scotch whisky The Johnnie Walker Blue Label again to create a limited-edition label and packaging design to mark the lunar new year and the start of the year of the snake.