A surge of visitors seeking luck and prosperity According to a vendor near the temple, such overcrowding usually happens on the first day of Tet, while the following days are busy but not as ...

For a spring trip from Ben Tre to An Giang province, a large family prepared 40 kilograms of homemade sausage, 150 bread rolls, 4 kilograms of noodles, and dozens of pre-prepared chickens and ducks.

The ceremony re-enacted a custom dating back to the Tran Dynasty (1225-1400), when mandarins took out their seals after the ...

Vietnam’s Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations have been passed down through generations as families across the nation maintain centuries-old customs that mark the country’s most important annual holiday ...

In Buddhist and folk beliefs, this is done through Xin xăm, or drawing a "sortilege" — a small slip of paper from a temple or pagoda that is believed ... and those who pick them receive an additional ...

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 ...

From Beijing to Havana, the holiday — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal ... jackets filled a Beijing park for a “temple fair” on a sunny but chilly day.

Several countries mark their new year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar involving movement of the Sun and Moon.

I hope this coming year is a better year,” said Ming So, who visits the temple annually on the eve of the Lunar New Year. The holiday — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam ...

Party General Secretary To Lam offered incense to commemorate the Hung Kings at Kinh Thien palace within the Hung Kings Temple special national historical relic site in the northern province of Phu ...

Millions worldwide celebrate Chinese New Year with firecrackers, incense, dances, and wishes for good luck and prosperity.

I hope this coming year is a better year," said Ming So, who visits the temple annually on the eve of the Lunar New Year. The Lunar New Year — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in ...