Lunar New Year Storytelling

Welcome the Year of the Tiger with this fun virtual Lunar New Year storytelling program for the whole family. Why is the tiger the third animal of the zodiac? What does the tiger symbolize in Asian art? Learn all this and more with exciting stories and close looking at artworks from the museum collection. Recommended for ages 7 and up, but all are welcome.  

Explore other ways to celebrate the Lunar New Year, including art activities, links to objects in our collection, a book list, and more. 

Want more storytelling? Check out Persian New Year Storytelling for stories about the kaha bird and more. 

Image: Tiger, approx 1900-1935. China. Hide with pigments. Asian Art Museum, B62D48.27. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.