Visitors view the illuminated lantern installations at the Yuyuan Garden Lantern Festival at Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, China.
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The 2026 Chinese New Year celebration concludes on March 3, marked by the traditional Lantern Festival that signifies the end of the weeks-long festivities. This year honors the Horse, and more specifically, the Fire Horse, which is commemorated just once every sixty years as opposed to every 12 in the regular Chinese zodiac cycle. Those born in…

