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.

The Lunar New Year starts soon, and this year for the Chinese celebration is in honor of the wood snake. Here's everything you need to know about the Lunar New Year. Why It Matters Cultures across ...

With the magical glow of a spotlight, grandiose sets and geometrically perfect choreography, the National Ballet of China’s “Chinese New Year (A Ballet In Two Acts)” performance transformed the ...

Slink on outta that old skin, folks; the Year of the Wood Snake is upon us, and with it, the summons to shed the dead and move towards the fresh-cut foundation of the new. What Chinese Zodiac Sign ...

When does the Chinese or Lunar New Year start and end? Lunar New Year will be Jan. 29, 2025. Depending upon the traditions followed, the celebrations can last up to 15 days.

Chinese immigrant Ah Bing, first from left, stands in front of a packing house in Milwaukie, Ore. Bing cultivated his namesake cherry in 1875 with horticulturist Seth Luelling.