There are few annual celebrations to rival Chinese New Year. The sights, sounds, and smells are incredible and the colors just increase the joy of the occasion. With amazing food, dragon dances and fireworks, if you are anywhere near a Chinatown at New Year, you really owe it to yourself to go and partake of an amazing spectacle. Go herald in the Chinese New Year at any of these aromatic, colorful and fascinating Chinatowns around the world.
1 San Francisco, USA
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Source: 2 Boston, USA
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Source: Chinatown Arch HDR
3 Bangkok, Thailand
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Source: 4 Los Angeles, USA
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Source: Colors a Bloom
5 New York, USA
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Source: 6 Chicago, USA
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Source: 7 Paris, France
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8 Nagasaki, Japan
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Source: Nagasaki China town lanterns
9 Manchester, UK
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Source: Asian deco/antiques
10 Manila, the Philippines
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Source: 11 Honolulu, USA
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Source: 12 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Source: Vietnam
13 Yokohama, Japan
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Source: HDR Photo: Yokohama China Town
14 Victoria, Canada
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Source: Heart's Content
15 Melbourne, Australia
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Source: Melbourne Chinatown
16 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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17 London, UK
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Source: UK AND ROYALTY
18 Sydney, Australia
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Source: Travel/Voyage
19 Toronto, Canada
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Source: Downtown Toronto
20 Vancouver, Canada
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Source: 21 Houston, USA
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Source: Visit the young and vibrant ...
22 Liverpool, UK
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Source: Liverpool Chinatown
23 Kobe, Japan
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Source: IMG_1606
24 Yangon, Myanmar
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Source: Colorful Buildings
25 Singapore
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Source: let's be adventurous
26 Hong Kong
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27 Philadelphia, USA
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Source: 28 Seattle, USA
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Source: 29 Malacca, Malaysia
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30 Portland, USA
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31 Antwerp, Belgium
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Source: Chinatown&Chinese New Year
32 Incheon, South Korea
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Source: Chinatown, Incheon, South Korea
33 Semarang, Indonesia
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Source: Indigenous Indonesia
34 Kolkata, India
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Source: Photography
35 Moscow, Russia
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Source: Kitay Gorod
36 Milan, Italy
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Source: Food&Drink
37 Of Course - Beijing, China
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Source: Learn Chinese Speak
All that remains for me to say is Gong Xi Fa Cai (or Kung Hei Fat Choy) - Happy New Year!
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