Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

This year, Lunar New Year begins today, Wednesday, Jan. 29, and ends Feb. 12. Lunar New Year, also widely regarded as Chinese ...

The lunar new year marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar, which this year rises on 29 January, kicking off ...

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to ...

The next year of the snake will be in 2037. According to the University ... Why do some countries in Asia have the new year ...

“In the Year of the Snake, I wish my kid will grow healthily and my work can remain stable. Then I can be happy enough.” In Malaysia, the crackling of firecrackers greeted the new year outside ...

Firecrackers, parades and prayers marked the Lunar New Year as millions around Asia and farther afield celebrated ... Wednesday marked the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in ...

BEIJING (AP) — Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday — including in Moscow. Hundreds of people lined up in ...

Celebrated across Asia and beyond, it marks the start of a new year based on the cycles ... and ending on the first full moon. The Year of the Snake is the sixth animal in the Chinese zodiac ...