Celebrate a fake LNY? Those new LNY traditions we've ever know in Australia

Lunar New Year

Preparing to celebrate Tet, or Lunar New Year, in Hanoi, Vietnam Source: AAP

Red decorations, red-wrapped cash, dumplings, etc. have been with Chinese in celebrating the Lunar New Year for generations. When fed up with routine traditions for hundreds of years, people in China would like to know what the feeling is to celebrate LNY overseas.


But the answers might be too overwhelming to accept and we are always confused by the LNY traditions passed down for generations in overseas China. 

Are we celebrating a fake LNY in Australia? 

Mandarin listeners shared their first LNY experience in Australia with their surprising findings. 


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