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Lunar New Year started Wednesday and lasts until next month's Lantern Festival, which starts in mid-February. We have everything you need to know about the holiday and how to celebrate.

Lunar New Year, often called the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, is the most important holiday in China and many other Asian communities.

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The international holiday observed throughout many Asian countries — and celebrated across the U.S. — falls on different dates every year and lasts well beyond one night.

Here's what you need to know about the celebration:

What is Lunar New Year?

Similar to the Western New Year, Lunar New Year is a time for celebrants to let go of the past and ring in the future.

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To mark the Lunar New Year people spend time with family and pay respects to ancestors and older family members.

Families come together to practice cultural customs and

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