Lunar New Year Trivia Questions

Sweeping is believed to sweep away good fortune, so many avoid cleaning on day one. Trash is often stored until after the fifth day to preserve luck.

Lunar New Year is also widely observed in South Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia, Tibet, and many diaspora communities worldwide, each with distinct customs.

Lunar New Year traditionally runs from the first new moon to the full moon, culminating in the Lantern Festival on day 15, though public holidays vary by country.

The Chinese zodiac assigns an animal to each year in a 12-year cycle, with 2025 being the Year of the Snake, though other cultures like Vietnam use different animals.

Dumplings are shaped like sycee (gold ingots used in old China), and eating them is thought to invite prosperity, a tradition especially common in northern China.

While common, red envelopes are also exchanged between elders and unmarried adults, or given by employers to employees, not exclusively by married couples to children.

While often used interchangeably, Lunar New Year is a broader term that includes celebrations like Korean Seollal and Vietnamese Tết, which can differ slightly in timing or customs from Chinese New Year.

It follows a lunisolar calendar, which uses lunar phases for months but adds leap months to stay synchronized with the solar year, keeping it within January 21 to February 20.