Straight from the front row of our Fall/Winter 2018 runway show, actress Liu Shishi talks to Tory Daily about the Lunar New Year holiday this week, including her favorite traditions.

My Chinese zodiac sign is…
Rabbit

Growing up, my favorite Lunar New Year traditions included…
Staying up on New Year’s Eve, eating dumplings, wearing new clothes, receiving the New Year red packets from the elders and putting them under the pillow.

And new traditions I’ve started myself…
Like many other people, I will prepare gifts for relatives and friends, and will celebrate the New Year with them together.

My Lunar New Year plans for 2018 include…
I will keep the pace of my daily life and would love to bring new, good works to the public.

My new year decorations include…
Essential spring festival scrolls; the character for “fortune,” fu; red packets, and flowers.

My favorite new year dish…
So many. Rice cakes are my favorite.

The new year superstition I never fail to follow…
Eating dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year.