On New Year’s Eve, Chinese households worldwide will welcome the Year of the Rooster with a home-cooked family “reunion” feast. Typical Chinese New Year foods are a mixture of tradition ...

feast on symbolic dishes that promise good fortune for the year ahead. The Chinese New Year is celebrated over two weeks and ends with the celebration of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day.

The Chinese words for orange and tangerine closely resemble the words for luck and wealth. The gold color also symbolizes prosperity. Far from family for this year's celebrations? You can still ...