Chinese New Year 2026 is one of the most important cultural celebrations on the lunar calendar and is celebrated today, when the ‘Year of the Fire Horse’ begins. This traditional festival has ancient Asian roots, and in Huancayo, Chinese descendants and their Huancaíno relatives also celebrate it.
Chinese New Year 2026 will be governed by the Fire Horse. It is the seventh animal of the Chinese zodiac (Photo: Freepik)
Melva Chiu Ku, owner of the “Taichu Teoma” establishment, comments that the Chinese New Year is celebrated on the second new moon of each year. With the intention of improving and progressing, it is celebrated at home, business or office to charge energy for progress.
“The fire horse symbolizes aggressiveness but also strength, energy and tenacity to do things and move forward,” comments.
Combine the classic symbols of the Chinese New Year with the strength of the Fire Horse and create a magnet of prosperity in your home (Credit: Image created by El Comercio MAG using Gemini AI)
Melva Chiu Kuv indicates that, to receive the Chinese New Year, yesterday they had to clean the house, put everything in its place, leave the hallways free of obstacles, change the tanks and drums. Also, give away clothes that have not been worn for more than two years, cut your nails and hair.
However, you should also cleanse your feelings and burn the negative in your heart, if you have grief, anger, some regret or negative feeling that overwhelms the person, that does not favor or help you, which can also be written on a white sheet of paper with black letters.
People give amulets and talismans to friends so that everything goes well for them. You can also eat dishes based on pork and fish for abundance. Vegetables for youth; for health: orange and peach. Those who want knowledge can eat laichi, an ancient tradition in the Chinese colony that meets today.
Melva Chiu indicated that the “Year of the Fire Horse” is important for Peruvians, because we will elect the rulers.
“What we choose this year will mark the destiny of the next 5 years and since we are in the ‘Year of the Fire Horse’, a lot of friction and fights between political groups are foreseen. Not only does it come to verbal confrontation but it could even come to blows” he remarked.
He indicated that there will be a lot of betrayal, seduction and passing love. “Families that have different political positions do not waste themselves in fights,” ended.
