15 Lunar New Year gifts to ring in the Year of the Dragon

The Year of the Rabbit is quickly coming to a close, reigning in the Year of the Dragon on Saturday, February 10. Like any New Year celebration, this is a time for new plans, new goals, and most of all an excuse to party. Why not ring in the Year of the Dragon with a gift to spur on a little good luck?

Dim sum, tangerines, and moon cakes are a must for any 2024 Lunar New Year party but so are gifts. We've compiled some of the best gifts for the Lunar New Year of the Dragon, all from AAPI-owned brands that span skincare, self-care, snacks, and everything in between.

2024 Lunar New Year Gifts

1. Saucy Hot Wok Set

For cooking up a New Year feast

This may be the best Year of the Dragon gift available. Our Place's Saucy Hot Wok Set comes with high-quality carbon steel wok, a bamboo steaming basket, lid, and both a wooden spoon and chopsticks for cooking. This complete set is everything you need to make everything from dumplings to stir-fried noodles. It also comes with a Fly By Jing Triple threat box, which pairs well with all your favorite Lunar New Year treats.

2. Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops

For luminous skin

You're going to enter the new year with dry skin? It's the year of the rabbit not the year of the snake! Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops is aptly named considering how dewey it makes skin look. Our reviewer Jessica Kasparian loved the way these dew drops moisturized her face after repeated use.

3. The Sill Bromeliad Red Guzmania Hope

For starting the year off on a new leaf

You'd be surprised just how much your life will improve by bringing something green and alive into your home. The Sill was founded on this premise and delivers beautiful plants directly to your door. Its Bromeliad Red Guzmania Hope packs the celebratory colors associated with the Lunar New Year making it a festive addition to whatever room it's parked in.

4. Always Pan 2.0

For meals worth celebrating

Can a piece of cookware be internet famous? It can if it's the Our Place Always Pan. The pan made to replace every other piece of cookware in your kitchen is as versatile as it claims to be according to our reviewer.

5. Tatcha Dewey Skin Cream

For celebrity-level glow ups

Tatcha Dewey Skin Cream is good enough for royalty—literally. Both British (Meghan Markle) and American (Kim Kardashian) royals swear by Tatcha and its ability to cleanse, exfoliate and hydrate skin with its patented blend of antioxidants green tea, rice and algae.

6. Luna cotton weighted blanket

For seriously restful sleep

A weighted blanket may be the secret to unlocking some of the most restful sleep of your life. The Luna blanket is a hypoallergenic blanket that circulates air around you to make it feel like you're sleeping amongst clouds. A firm but gentle sleep is perfect for releasing serotonin and melatonin for sleep which relieves the body and melts away stress.

7. Tippsy Sake Club

For toast-worthy moments

What's better than sake? Getting sake delivered to your door every month, of course. Tippsy carefully curates six 10-ounce bottles of sake and delivers them to your door every month along with info cards that contain everything from flavor profiles to perfect pairings. Our reviewer recommends a Tippsy subscription to adventurous drinkers of all kinds.

8. Dagne Dover Landon Carryall

For a weekend getaways

A great carryall is essential for last-minute vacations and the Dagne Dover Landon Carryall. It accommodates all your weekend getaway must-haves and fits in tight spaces and overhead bins. There's even a laptop sleeve in case you want to bring your electronics with you.

9. Bokksu snack subscription

For treats that tell a story

International snacks can have a revelatory quality to them that almost transports you to whatever country they hail from. Bokksu snack subscription offers some of this magic every month, with snack boxes full of delicious Japanese treats. Our reviewer loved the tasty month-to-month offerings that come complete with snack origins, flavor profiles, and even tea pairings.

10. Copper Cow Coffee

For perfect pour-overs

No Chemex? No problem. Copper Cow takes the bulky and breakable glass carafe out of the pour-over process so you can make delicious drip coffee anywhere and everywhere. It packs ground coffee inside disposable filters that operate just like a Chemex, all you need to do is add hot water. Flavors include vanilla, churro, salted caramel, and classic black.

12. Peach and Lily Glass Skin Discovery Kit

For healthier skin

Glass skin transformations start like all other transformations: with a single step. Step one: get the Peach and Lily Glass Skin Discovery Kit. It contains Power Calm Hydrating Gel Cleanser, Wild Dew Treatment Essence, Glass Skin Refining Serum, and Matcha Pudding Antioxidant Cream: everything you need to start your glass skin glow up.

13. Mejuri jewelry

For eye-catching accessories

Mejuri jewelry is gorgeous, but more importantly it's accessible. Our reviewer loved Mejuri's minimalist approach and found that most of its offerings were reasonably priced. Despite its affordability, Mejuri pieces are of excellent quality and are sure to turn heads.

14. Bachan’s The Original Japanese Barbecue Sauce

For the next big condiment

There was a time when Sriracha was a niche product and now it inspires an almost religious fervor among certain hot sauce fans. If you want to get in on the ground floor of the next big condiment look no further than Bachan's The Original Japanese Barbecue Sauce. While it's designed for tonkatsu, yakisoba, and other Japanese delights it's delicious with just about everything. It's sweet, and spicy and packs more umami than any crummy domestic BBQ sauce.

15. Baggu

For kawaii reusable bags

When doing some casual shopping, it helps to always have a reusable bag in tow. Few reusable bags pack as much personality as Baggu. These bags aren't just cute: they're powerful. Each bag can hold up to 50 pounds, which amounts to about two to three standard grocery bags worth of stuff. There's surely a design to match your personality.

16. Gold Chinese Dragon Necklace

For the ones celebrating the Year of the Dragon

If you know someone who's super into Chinese astrology and was born in 2012, 2000, 1988, or other years of the dragon, they'll love this necklace. It features an incredibly detailed dragon and comes with complimentary engraving on its back.