Hosted by China's Ministry of Culture, "Fantastic Art China" features an art exhibition at the Lincoln Center, lighting event at the Empire State Building and a firework show over the Hudson River.
Global destinations seek to lure Chinese tourists with a wide range of Lunar New Year attractions
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Rain Water this year starts on Feb 19 and ends on Mar 5.
Chinese knots and couplets for the first time were on display in a Washington area mall a day after Valentine's Day. It was one small step for the Chinese folk arts, but a giant leap for Chinese New Year in the US retail space.
Egypt celebrated Spring Festival before China this year when the Maadi Island Park along the River Nile in Cairo hosted 11,000 locals on Feb 5 for an authentic Chinese experience, starting off with signature dragon and lion dances.
Celebrations for the Chinese Lunar New year hit the big time with a fireworks show over the Hudson River, Feb 17, 2015. The display is the first large-scale fireworks display in the United States to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
To celebrate the Lunar New Year, a group of Chinese singers and dancers from China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region put on a folk performance for European Parliament members and guests on Tuesday in Brussels.
The seven-episode documentary, Super China, won hearts and ratings over 10 percent in South Korea and is praised as the "encyclopedia" for South Koreans to know China.
China will hasten the process of building cultural centers in countries along the ancient Silk Road as part of an expansion plan for such institutes.
Residents look for some new year decorations during the lunar new year market at a shopping mall in Richmond, Canada, Feb. 14, 2015.
A Canadian contemporary art exhibition, The Transformation of Canadian Landscape Art: Inside & Outside of Being, will be on display through March 8 at Today Art Museum in Beijing.
Shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year with bright colors and beautiful decorations.