BEIJING--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 the ...

Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese ... 2025 is the Year of the Snake according to the Chinese zodiac calendar, a 12-year cycle represented by animals. Each year is associated with a specific ...

It's time to celebrate the year of the Wood Snake! Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year and Spring Festival, marks the end of winter and the arrival of the spring season on the ...

View more photos on Flickr: Lunar New Year at Asia Society Texas and at The Galleria. HOUSTON, February 5, 2025 — Asia Society Texas (AST) welcomed a record 5,000 guests to ring in the Year of the ...

The lunar new ... The Chinese zodiac calendar is a continuous 12-year cycle, each year represented by 12 animals in a specific order – Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey ...

The Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based the moon's 12 phases ... Wednesday, Jan. 29, started the year of the snake. The calendar is represented by 12 animals, in this order: rat ...

Lunar New Year — celebrated as the Spring ... Regarded as "little dragons" In Chinese culture, snakes represent spirituality, reproduction, longevity, wealth, wisdom and happiness.