Blacksmiths hurl molten iron in remote part of China for “poor man’s fireworks." HONG KONG— -- For much of the next two weeks, millions of Chinese will welcome in the Year of Monkey ...

Chinese New Year traditions center on ushering out the old year and bringing luck and prosperity into the new one. Firecrackers, fireworks, red clothes and decorations are used. Young people are ...

Chinese communities have since celebrated both the start of the Gregorian year on Jan. 1 and then the Lunar New Year, a reflection of cultural roots, some weeks afterward.

Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based the moon's 12 phases. Each phase cycle spans approximately 29 days with ...

With nearly all of the aerial shells, paper rockets and sparkly fountains that fuel America’s Fourth of July celebrations being imported from China, volunteer groups like Johnson’s and cities big and ...

Lunar New Year, often called the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, is the most important holiday in China and many other Asian communities. Every year is marked by a different animal and 2025 ...

China's Shenzhou-19 astronauts hold up paper cuttings of the Chinese character for good fortune during a recorded 2025 Lunar New Year greeting. (Image credit: CCTV+) 2025 welcomes the Year of the ...