Lunar New Year starts this week, marking an important holiday in China and other Asian communities. Lunar New Year celebrations can last up to 15 days, starting on the new moon between late January and mid-February.

Celebrated across Asia and beyond, it marks the start of a new year based on the cycles of the moon rather than the Gregorian calendar, when the majority of the United States and

Bristol's Chinese community has been welcoming in the Lunar New Year by sharing family traditions. Celebrations started on 29 January to coincide with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and will last for about 15 days. In Bristol, as elsewhere in the UK, families come together for traditional music, food and dance.