{"id":24758,"date":"2016-02-01T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northstarmoving.com\/blog\/?p=24758"},"modified":"2018-10-19T17:47:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T00:47:09","slug":"celebrate-chinese-new-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2016\/celebrate-chinese-new-year-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Chinese New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next Monday is Chinese New Year! Why not celebrate it with all of your friends and loved ones this year? Los Angeles and the surrounding area has some of the best Chinese food in America. Find out where to eat, where to go and what to see around Southern California.<\/p>\n<h2>Chinese New Year: Where to Eat<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24763\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/8465259247_27f2695151_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/8465259247_27f2695151_o-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese New Year by DncnH (CC BY 2.0)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"oembed-caption\"><a title=\"Chinese New Year\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/duncanh1\/8465259247\/\">Chinese New Year<\/a> by <a title=\"Flickr user DncnH\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/duncanh1\/\">DncnH<\/a> (<a title=\"Creative Commons Attribution License\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" rel=\"license\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Looking for some places to eat that won\u2019t break the bank? Although not strictly Chinese, these restaurants have some of the best Asian cuisine around. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dkramen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daikokuya <\/a>is sure to warm you with their signature piping hot bowl of ramen. There are tons of different varieties that are sure to please. Another restaurant, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarashimalayancuisine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tara\u2019s Himalayan<\/a>, offers some truly excellent vegetable momos. Momos are dumplings traditionally served in Nepal. These momos come with an all-vegetable filling and a tomato dipping sauce that I just go crazy over.<\/p>\n<h2>Chinese New Year: Where to Go<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24766\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2256338278_b8ac427e60_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2256338278_b8ac427e60_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese New Year's Parade; NYC by Global Jet (CC BY 2.0)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"oembed-caption\"><a title=\"Chinese New Year's Parade; NYC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/global-jet\/2256338278\/\">Chinese New Year&#8217;s Parade; NYC<\/a> by <a title=\"Flickr user Global Jet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/global-jet\/\">Global Jet<\/a> (<a title=\"Creative Commons Attribution License\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" rel=\"license\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, you have to come to Chinatown to check out the parade and festival for Chinese New Year. The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lagoldendragonparade.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"> 117<sup>th<\/sup> Golden Dragon Parade<\/a> starts February 13<sup>th<\/sup> at 1 PM. Thousands of people will come down to celebrate and watch the dragons march down the town. The parade is free to attend, and anyone can go to visit. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160706063054\/http:\/\/chinatownla.com\/calendar.php?eventcategoryId=4&amp;date=2016-02&amp;eventId=78\" target=\"_blank\">The festival<\/a> after the parade is also free to attend, and features live music, food and more. Join the festival and give thanks to your ancestors for making the past year and the next a great year.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Chinese New Year: What to See<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24761\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/7455424224_4f6b8ece5a_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/7455424224_4f6b8ece5a_o-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Thai Lanterns by Mark Fischer (CC BY-SA 2.0)\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"oembed-caption\"><a title=\"Thai Lanterns\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fischerfotos\/7455424224\/\">Thai Lanterns<\/a> by <a title=\"Flickr user Mark Fischer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fischerfotos\/\">Mark Fischer<\/a> (<a title=\"Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\" rel=\"license\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/camla.org\/lalanternfestival\/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Lantern Festival<\/a> happens annually on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the new year. This event is used to end the Chinese New Year festivities, and is free for all to attend. At the very end you are able to release your lantern, and let it float gently into the sky. You are free to make your own lantern at one of their many arts and crafts booths, or purchase one from a community booth. This festival happens March 5<sup>th<\/sup>, and the lanterns will be released at 7 PM.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What is your favorite thing to do during the Chinese New Year? Tell me about it in the comments sections!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Monday is Chinese New Year! Why not celebrate it with all of your friends and loved ones this year? Los Angeles and the surrounding area has some of the best Chinese food in America. Find out where to eat, where to go and what&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2016\/celebrate-chinese-new-year-2\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":24762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2445,1295,2520,107,2519],"class_list":["post-24758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-califun","tag-chinatown","tag-chinese-new-year","tag-golden-dragon-parade","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-lantern-festival"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Celebrate Chinese New Year! | Moving Happiness Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chinese New Year is just around the corner! 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