Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

As several Asian nations gear up to celebrate the lunar new year, families are preparing to partake in the unique traditions ...

The next year of the snake will be in 2037. According to the University of Sydney ... Of those four countries, none of them ...

This year, Lunar New Year begins today, Wednesday, Jan. 29, and ends Feb. 12. Lunar New Year, also widely regarded as Chinese ...

The festival is celebrated by several ethnic communities across the world, where it is known as Chunjie (Chinese), Seollal ...

The brief story glances over the mythology of Nian, a fierce beast from ancient China. It's said that the beast hated loud ...

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to ...

Join Asia Society Texas in welcoming the Year of the Snake with performances, art and craft activities, a Lucky Lunar Mission, and food — all inspired by Lunar New Year traditions across Asia!

The Year of the Snake is slithering closer, arriving on Jan. 29. That means that across China and wherever the Lunar New Year is celebrated, the race is on to figure out how to create a ...

Over 1 billion people celebrate the holiday, which marks the transition from cold winter to a season of renewal and ushers in one of 12 Chinese zodiac signs.

As several Asian nations gear up to celebrate the lunar new year, families are preparing to partake in the unique traditions associated with the festival and welcome the year of the snake.

BEIJING (AP) — 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 ...