Recently Chinese New Year is a very important holiday in a whole world, especially in Chinatown. It's starts on a New Moon and ends with the lantern festival on the full moon 15 days later. Chinese new year celebrated in late January to early February (depending on the year).
To welcome the Chinese new year, chinese people usually make ornaments to decorate their homes, such as lanterns, lucky tree, dragon painting, envelopes with Chinese writing, paper fans, etc. each of which contains a philosophical meaning.
paper craft for Chinese new year