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Year of the Dragon 2024: zodiac sign predictions, traditions and a guide to greetings

We look at some of the facets of the Lunar New Year, one of the most important celebrations in Chinese culture.

Updated: 26 Jan, 2024
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Year of the Dragon 2024: is your luck in? All 12 zodiac sign predictions

How will your Chinese zodiac animal fare in 2024? What are your lucky numbers, lucky colours and lucky stones? Feng shui master Tong Pik-ha gives her predictions for all 12 zodiac signs for the Year of the Dragon.

12 Jan, 2024
As the Year of the Dragon approaches, what does 2024 have in store for you? Here are predictions for the 12 Chinese zodiac animals. Illustrations: Victor Sanjinez
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Explainer | What Chinese animal am I? Their characteristics and when their years fall

How to tell if you are a Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig, Rat, Ox, Tiger and Rabbit? Check your date of birth against the Chinese calendar.

28 Dec, 2023
Animals of the Chinese zodiac. Illustration: Shutterstock
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5 ways to beat bad luck predictions in 2025’s Year of the Snake

Does your Chinese zodiac animal face predictions of bad luck in 2025’s Year of the Snake? We explain why and give five ways to bring better luck – Snakes, Pigs, Monkeys and Tigers take careful note.

13 Jan, 2024
Wearing red underwear is one way people can bring themselves good luck in the Year of the Snake 2025 - especially if their Chinese zodiac animal will bring them bad luck. Photo: AFP
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The top 10 ways to say Happy New Year in Chinese – Cantonese and Mandarin

You’ll never be tongue-tied at a January 1 party or Chinese New Year do again once you commit these four-word phrases to memory.

30 Dec, 2023
As you watch the fireworks display over Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, or see in the new year wherever you are, know what to say by way of greetings to the Chinese people around you. Photo: Sam Tsang
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What to wear for Chinese New Year? The clue is in one of those 3 words

New clothes are held to represent a clean slate, and wearing them at Chinese New Year is said to help usher in good fortune. There must be some red in your outfit, for luck, and yellow or gold for wealth.

01 Jan, 2024
To ensure good luck in the year to come, wear red clothing that’s new at Chinese New Year, like this family. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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Is Rihanna proof that Year of the Dragon babies are luckier than others?

Bruce Lee, Martin Luther King Jnr and Rihanna were all born in the Year of the Dragon. They are not alone – but why is the Year of the Dragon the year above all others in which Chinese people want to have babies?

31 Dec, 2023
Bruce Lee, Martin Luther King Jnr and Rihanna were all born in the Year of the Dragon. Photos: Getty Images, AP, Instagram/@badgalriri