Happy Chinese New Year is a worldwide activity for celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year, hosted by China's Ministry of Culture and other Chinese authorities since 2009. It seeks to provide a global platform that is joyful, harmonious and accessible to all, to encourage people across the world to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, experience the profound yet interesting Chinese culture and understand the huge achievements China has made. This year, over 2,100 cultural activities have been held in over 400 cities across more than 140 countries and regions worldwide.
A huge Chinese Lunar New Year Festival kicked off at Michael Fowler Center in Wellington on Feb 17.
The New York Philharmonic held its annual Chinese Lunar New Year concert to welcome the Year of the Dog at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall in New York on Feb 20.
Happy Chinese Festival kicks off in Schools of Bay Area in Silicon Valley
Thousands of participants paraded along the streets in Vancouver's Chinatown Sunday to celebrate the Year of the Dog, attracting over 100,000 spectators.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted its annual Lunar New Year Festival on Saturday, with more than 20 programs reflecting traditions across Asia.
Bulgarian Posts had released the postage stamp "2018 -- Year of the Yellow Dog," its chief executive officer Deyan Daneshki said here Friday.
On Feb 13, the Minnesota Timberwolves held a "Happy Chinese New Year" celebration in conjunction with their National Basketball Association league game against the Houston Rockets at Target Center.
On Feb 18, the second Chinese New Year Temple Fair was held in the area where the Chinese Community Association is based in Caracas, Venezuela. The entire block was decorated with red lanterns and over 2,000 overseas Chinese in the country gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
On Feb 10, 2018, “Chinese New Year” Flower Fair co-organized by the Chinese Cultural Center and WTV kicked off at the Vodafone Event Centre in Auckland, New Zealand.
The exhibition Light the Heart of Europe with gigantic Chinese lanterns was held in Brussels on Thursday to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year and the year of tourism between the European Union and China.
People watch lion dance performance during the 2018 Toronto Happy Chinese New Year Reception & Family Day Weekend event at Royal Ontario Museum(ROM) in Toronto, Canada, Feb 18, 2018.