Happy Lunar New Year! Feb 10, 2024

Happy Lunar New Year!

Celebrating the first new moon of the lunar calendar, an estimated 2 billion people gather worldwide to usher in the Lunar New Year with vibrant celebrations and family reunions. The festivities, also known as the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, last for 15 days, ending with the Lantern Festival. From envelopes to lanterns, red is the dominant color, symbolizing luck and prosperity. Streets come alive with the rhythm of drums as the dragon dance takes center stage. Our homepage today shows a bird"s-eye view of the dragons—elongated puppets with shimmering scales, animated by a team of dancers. Lunar New Year is a popular time for families to reunite and is said to be responsible for the world"s largest annual human migration. Each year is linked to one of the 12 zodiac animals and 2024 heralds the Year of the Dragon, a symbol of nobility, power, and success.

© Liu Guoxing/VCG via Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Feb 10, 2018Bonifacio on the island of Corsica, France
Feb 10, 2019Groovy!
Feb 10, 2020This park is Superkilen
Feb 10, 2021A throng of ice and spires
Feb 10, 2022The Old City of Bern
Feb 10, 2023Ancient theater of Epidaurus, Greece
Feb 10, 2025National Umbrella Day
Feb 10, 2026Es Vedrà and Es Vedranell, Ibiza, Spain

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Oct 28, 2018Do spirits haunt the Gardens of Versailles?
Jun 6, 2023D-Day remembered
Jun 23, 2018Commemorating peace in Antarctica
Jul 21, 2022Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, England
Nov 12, 2020Upstate autumn
Jan 1, 2026Happy New Year!
Apr 2, 2018Seven Magic Mountains art installation, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
Dec 6, 2025Celebrating 78 years of Everglades National Park
Jun 8, 2021A day for our oceans
Feb 24, 2023Mandarin duck, Richmond Park, London, England
Dec 10, 2019Congratulations, 2019 Nobel Prize laureates!
Sep 29, 2020A crush in Lavaux
May 18, 2019A ‘city’ within Valencia
Sep 3, 2025Annivesary of the Wilderness Act of 1964
Jul 3, 2018To the 155th on the 155th
Dec 26, 2025Boxing Day
Sep 30, 2024Walruses in Svalbard, Norway
Aug 25, 2023National Park Service anniversary
Aug 9, 2022International Day of the World s Indigenous Peoples
Oct 24, 2025Night view of the RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach, California
Dec 15, 2024Lake Misurina, Dolomites, Italy
Dec 2, 2023Angkor, Cambodia
Jun 28, 2022Tafilalet oasis in Morocco
Nov 8, 2018Manatees rebound
May 20, 2022World Bee Day
Jan 7, 2022Nazaré Lighthouse
May 10, 2024Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
May 25, 2026Memorial Day
Mar 10, 2026Bláhver, Hveravellir, Iceland
May 7, 2018Happy 300th, NOLA!