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Lunar New Year: Family, food and colour as millions celebrate Year of the Snake
The festival is celebrated by several ethnic communities across the world, where it is known as Chunjie (Chinese), Seollal (Korean) and Tet (Vietnamese), among other names. In English, it is commonly referred to as Lunar New Year, after the lunisolar calendar that many of these communities traditionally follow.
China’s biggest holiday: The Lunar New Year and how it’s celebrated
Among China’s traditional holidays and celebrations, none ranks higher in importance than the Lunar New Year (農曆新年). Also known as the Spring Festival (春節), or simply Chinese New Year, it marks the beginning of the year according to the traditional lunar calendar.
If you want to greet your relatives or impress your friends, here are some popular Mandarin and Cantonese phrases, and how to ...
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Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.
Lunar New Year celebrations begin Wednesday. Here's everything to know about the 2025 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake.
Anyone not familiar with the “prosperity toss,” a beloved Lunar New Year culinary tradition that’s famous in Singapore and ...
NASA is preparing the Orion spacecraft for its first crewed flight around the moon. Here's how astronauts will fly it.The ...
The Lunar New Year usually starts sometime between late January and mid-February. This year, the festivities begin on ...
A typhoon and extreme heat dramatically affected prices for the kumquat trees that are ubiquitous during the holiday.
Food is also symbolic for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. In the North, Banh Chung, a sticky rice cake with banana leaves, is ...
In documenting northern China’s Shehuo festival, Zhang Xiao shines a light on disappearing rural traditions and the threat ...
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