The Lunar New Year is welcomed with a variety of cultural traditions and rituals such as carnivals, parades, fireworks and ancestor remembrance.

St. Therese Chinese Catholic School students celebrated Lunar New Year with an annual performance celebrating Chinese culture.

Based on the Chinese zodiac, the Lunar New year goes by a 12-year cycle. Each year is represented by a different animal. In order, the animals are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.

Traditional prayers, fireworks and fairs marked the Lunar New Year on Tuesday — alongside 21st-century humanoid robots. Thousands of people in Beijing jammed into the former Temple of Earth to buy

NASA astronaut Chris Williams aboard the International Space Station captured a stunning video of Lunar New Year fireworks exploding over China.

Chinese astrology and Feng Shui expert Vicki Iskandar tells PEOPLE what the Year of the Horse means for those born in the year of the Rabbit

The Flint Children’s Museum is holding a Lunar New Year Celebration this weekend. The event is scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22 at the museum, 1602 W. University Ave. The museum can be reached at 810-767-5437. The 3 rd annual Flint City Comedy Festival is taking place this weekend at The Capital Theatre.

Lunar New Year is being celebrated across the Houston area with dragon dances, special dinners and community events honoring the Year of the Horse.

This week is packed with holidays and celebrations. From Mardi Gras and the Lunar New Year on the day of the solar eclipse, to Lent and Ramadan.