The Romans added January and February to the calendar but ran into a problem — math and superstition. Here's why February became the odd month out.

Lunar New Year will be celebrated on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The occasion is based on the lunar calendar and takes place all around the world but it's primarily celebrated by Asian countries.

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Technically it’s a week—determined by the lunar calendar but always late January to mid-February—but for many, Chunjie (Spring Festival) is more like 40 days of celebrations. The travel ...

Chinese New Year — also widely called Lunar New Year — celebrates the arrival of spring. It's known as the Spring Festival in China and is also celebrated in South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia ...

Chinese New Year — also commonly called Lunar New Year — marks the start of the new year based on lunar calendars or monthly cycles of the moon's phases. The lunar new year starts with the first new ...

On Jan. 29, the Year of the Snake will begin as millions of people around the world celebrate the start of the Lunar New Year in accordance with the Chinese lunar calendar. The holiday kicks off ...

Marking the first new moon of the lunar calendar, the celebrations, also known in the Vietnamese community as Tết, will feature vibrant colors, lion and dragon dances, firecrackers and more.

People of many cultures and religions across the world celebrate lunar festivals, based on the traditional lunisolar calendar. People celebrate lunar festivals in reverence of good harvest, familial ...

Every year, the Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year, ushers in a new reigning animal representing one of the 12 zodiac signs. So, with the 29 January Chinese New Year this year, we will ...