Celebrating Lunar New Year with family: Anny Truong’s ritual

For Anny Truong (@anniitron), Lunar New Year is an opportunity to usher in new things, pay tribute to ancestors, and spend quality time with family. Anny is close to her parents and loves immortalizing these moments with photos and videos, sharing them in their family group chat so everyone can laugh and relive that joy together. This year, she’ll host her loved ones for a banquet featuring whole fish, poached chicken, shrimp with broccoli, and other delicacies, which she’ll pair with an exceptional product, Hennessy V.S.O.P cognac.

Celebrating with friends: Traditions revisited by Miao

Miao (Miao from Montreal on RedNote) remembers that as a child, this was her favorite time of year, when the extended family would gather to eat salted duck. New clothes, small toys, and red envelopes made the holiday feel almost magical. Now that she lives far from her family and leads a very busy life, she appreciates the slower pace of this season, the large dinners with friends, and the exchanging of wishes. She and her guests have chosen a traditional Chinese baijiu, Xinghua Cun Fen Chiew-Brown, to accompany their festive meal.

Being together in simplicity: Ran Wang’s memories

For Ran Wang (荒野上的塑料兔), Lunar New Year is much like Christmas in the West—not the celebration itself, but the fact that it’s about spending time with the people you love. In her memories, the holiday begins with the sounds and aromas coming from the kitchen, where her mother would be cooking as the household slowly wakes up. In Chengdu, where she grew up, the festivities were inseparable from hot pot at home and meals with relatives. Over time, her wishes have become simpler: good health for her family and a happy, meaningful life for everyone. She likes to think that even miles apart, everyone is looking up at the same moon. The Sichuan stir-fry she’ll share with her friends will be enhanced by the Chinese blond lager, Tsingtao.

Whether the celebration is with friends or family, following or reinterpreting traditions, it launches the start of a new cycle and sets the table for a year that begins beautifully with well-chosen people, bottles, and dishes. Find our suggestions for your Lunar New Year right here.