Lunar New Year, the most significant holiday in many Asian cultures, marks a fresh start — one steeped in centuries-old traditions, family reunions, and symbolic gestures of prosperity. In 2025, the ...

Communities across the world begin celebrating Lunar New Year on Jan. 29 — and 2025 marks the Year of the Snake.

BEIJING (AP) — Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther afield as millions around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year.

Lunar new year is the most important traditional festival for ... with the snake’s body forming the main structure of the mythical beast. In ancient art, images of dragons and snakes often overlap, ...

according to the National Museum of Asian Art. The Chinese Zodiac is represented by a repeating 12-year cycle of animal signs and their attributes, based on the lunar calendar. Last year was ...

But these dates are different each year, because the Chinese calendar is based on the moon's 12 phases. Each phase cycle is approximately 29 days, and the full calendar is about 354 days long.

Every year, billions of people from China to Japan celebrate the first new moon of the lunar month cycle, and this year ... Oregon Asian Celebration for an Art Walk A Lunar New Year celebration ...

Discover how to celebrate Lunar New Year with style and meaning Embrace the joy of togetherness without breaking the bank Create a festive atmosphere that honors tradition and culture Make your Lunar ...

Multi-disciplinary artist Jason Wing's work explores and celebrates culture. For him, Lunar New Year is a time for reflection.

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has gone quiet this week as it enters "holiday mode" for Lunar New Year while its recent technological developments continue to send shock waves ...