Chinese New Year - also called Lunar New Year - celebrates the arrival of spring. Here's when it starts and ends in 2025 and why it lasts that long.
The most traditional vegetables used are lettuce, baby bok choy and gailan, or Chinese broccoli, per China Highlights. Looking for a little bit of help getting a promotion or better grades? Then Lunar New Year cake is a must for your holiday menu.
Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival, is a 15-day festival that is celebrated in many Asian countries. It originated during China's Shang Dynasty, and it has many traditions,
Discover the traditions, customs, and celebrations of Lunar New Year, a global festival marked by family gatherings, feasting, parades, and vibrant cultural rituals.
Here's when the Chinese New Year starts in 2025, how long it lasts, where the Lunar New Year is celebrated and your guide to the Year of the Snake.
A key part of the Chinese “xiao nian” festival a week before Lunar New Year concerns the Kitchen God, who is also celebrated in Vietnam.
2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake, the sixth animal on the 12-year cycle. The snake is meant to symbolize wisdom, growth and renewal. The snake has the ability to shed its skin, which shows transformation. This is said to make people with the Snake zodiac sign visionaries and good leaders.
The Lunar New Year travel rush, known as Chunyun in Chinese, is often seen as a barometer for China's economic health and a pressure test for its vast transportation system. How long is it? This year's Lunar New Year travel rush kicked off on Tuesday and ...
The Chinese government is trying to encourage people to spend more by ensuring that share prices will rise, ordering pensions and mutual funds to invest more in domestic stock markets.
Algerian artists on Thursday celebrated the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year with a special exhibition at the Palace of Culture in Algiers.
Many who celebrate Lunar New Year believe that what you do and don’t do on the holiday will affect your luck in the coming year.
The Year of the Snake begins on Jan. 29. It’s the first time Lunar New Year is a legislatively recognized (though unpaid) holiday in Washington state. Here's what to know about it.