Happy New Year! Thursday marks the beginning of Chinese New Year, a celebration lasting two weeks — which is just enough time to celebrate at a variety of Chinese restaurants across the city and in its outskirts. Some places will offer special prix-fixe menus while others will have more traditional New Year dishes as well as Chinese dance performances and other festivities. Also worth checking out are Eater's Ultimate Guide to Chinese Dining in DC, 10 Chinese Dishes that Chinese People Do Eat (and Where to Find Them) and other good stuff from our Chinese Food Week this past November.

Eater DC's Sharon Stirling contributed to this article.