Chinese New Year

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This is the year of the horse. Chinese New Year here in Chiang Mai is celebrated from today, Tuesday, February 17th through Tuesday, March 3rd.

We heard firecrackers last night and again this morning on our travels, signaling that people are starting to get into the celebrations.

The Chinese New Year has a lot of tradition. The main activity of each household and business is cleansing to sweep away misfortune. Red lanterns will be everywhere and people will be wearing new clothes. There will be exchanges of red envelopes with money while fireworks make the celebration quite festive.

Temple bells will ring. People will burn insense.

More modern additions are robotics and AI performances, lightshows, and the like.