The Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is one of the most significant holidays celebrated in Asian cultures. In 2025, the festivities honor th ...

Festival ushers in the Year of the Snake, China is flooded with auspicious representations of the hissing, scaly reptile, from pythons coiling around gold ingots to serpents with chubby faces and ...

The world is gearing up to celebrate the Lunar New Year, the most significant event on the Chinese calendar. Falling on Wednesday, January 29, this year marks the beginning of the Year of the Snake, ...

On New Year’s Eve, thousands of doctors and nurses across Vietnam work tirelessly in emergency wards, often skipping year-end meals to care for patients in critical need.

The celebrations will then officially kick off with a New Year’s Eve family dinner, with fish and dumplings being served to encourage prosperity. Shou Sui, which translates as “after the New ...

This tradition involves visiting the graves of the ancestors and providing an extra space at the dinner table on New Year's Eve. Family gatherings are one of the highlights of the Lunar New Year. This ...

Have you tried bathing in coriander broth? How about throwing mandarins to flowing body of water? These are a few of Asia's unique Lunar New Year traditions.

Lunar New Year — also commonly called Chinese New Year — marks the start of the new year based on lunar calendars, or monthly cycles of the moon's phases. The lunar new year starts with the ...