From $8 envelopes to $895 luxe puzzles, there’s a tiger to pounce on at every price point.
With high teas, poon choi and beyond, here’s how to make this Lunar New Year roar.
Hu Ying, a professor of East Asian studies at UC Irvine’s School of Humanities, explains that the backbone of the holiday is the ancient Chinese lunisolar calendar. “The folk tradition of 12 zodiac animals and the cosmic scheme of five elements are mapped onto the traditional Chinese calendar, so the water tiger comes up every 60 years,” Ying explained.
Celebrations include a banquet on Lunar New Year’s Eve , firecrackers sparking into New Year’s Day, and visits to family and friends through Feb. 3, said Ying, when lucky red envelopes containing monetary gifts are customarily given to children. Chunky Paper in Chinatown specializes in modern riffs on red envelopes and goods from Asian American and Pacific Islander makers. “In modern times, it’s quite common for red envelopes to be given by friends and co-workers, children to teachers, as casually as the greeting card,” said co-owner Jeff Lien, adding that gift cards or stickers often replace money.
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