Chinese Lunar New Year 2022 is on February 1 this year. We teamed up with two amazing event planners Tina with @inthecloudsevents and Sarah of @myweddingsongbird for a styled shoot to lay out what’s needed for a Chinese New Year celebration at home, including food, treats, and lots of fun.
When to celebrate Chinese New Year
Did you know Lunar New Year is celebrated by one in four people around the world? Amazing right!
Chinese New Year is traditionally celebrated for 15 days and culminates with the Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year marks the transition between zodiac signs and 2022 is the year of the Tiger.
Do you know which zodiac sign you are? And what do the stars predict for you this year? Check out a fun astrological reading here:
What to eat for Chinese New Year
The celebration includes a traditional Chinese feast of food, time with family, and to honor relatives who have passed. Traditional foods include dumplings, longevity noodles, whole fish, snacks and treats too. Our Chinese New Year menu included peking duck, duck bone soup, whole steamed fish, braised pork belly, sautéed pea shoots with garlic, ziao long bao and steamed shrimps with diced garlic. Sounds delish right!!
During Chinese New Year people also start cleaning their houses. Cleaning is called “sweeping away the dust” as a sign to put away old things, the old year and welcome the new year. (We all could practice this.)
How to decorate for Chinese New Year
Event planners Tina and Sarah worked their event planning magic at the @whimsypdna. The location was a clean slate and they transformed the venue into a beautiful cultural Chines New Year celebration.
When it comes to decorations for Chinese New Year, be sure you have plenty of red and gold. It is great to add scrolls and lanterns in these colors as well. In Chinese culture, red symbolizes fire, good fortune, joy, and happiness. Gold symbolizes wealth and prosperity. The two colors together bring good fortune and prosperity in the new year.
We wish for all of you great fortune and prosperity in 2021. Be sure to check out and follow all our partners from the styled shoot below.
Other fun elements
Red envelops for offering to ancestors plus games and for kids adds an element of fun and excitement to the holiday.
I absolutely loved being a part of this styled shoot hosted by So Festively. You can find everything you need in this one spot to make a memorable celebration. Here is a list of all the vendors we worked with.
- Planner: In the Clouds Events
- Planner: My Wedding Songbird
- Photographer by @la.momma
- Venue: @whimsypdna.
- Florist: @YoursTrulyDesign_
- Decor & Props: @Portofinointernational
- Paper Flowers: @Enchantingcraftsbyana
- Tableware: @Vintageborrowedrentals
- Menu & Signs: @Mocalife
- Rentals: @Vinispartyrentals
- Cookies: @CustomsweetsbyZ
- Painting: @Artistrybyadonna
- Chocolates: @Cocoa_rome
- Graphics & Prints: @Ladesignboutique
- Balloon Garland: @AbGrfx13
Thus blog was written by Tina Li of In the Clouds Events. Be sure to check out her blog.
