Chinese New Year, alternatively referred to as the Spring Festival, is also commonly called the Lunar New Year – an inclusive name reflecting that many countries, not just China, recognize the ...

Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Lunar New Year on Feb. 10 with community carnivals, family gatherings, parades, traditional food, fireworks and other festivities.

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, is a 15-day festival typically celebrated in China and other Asian countries that recognizes the start of the new year, ...

The Shanghai Futures Exchange gold futures were the primary vehicle behind the spring 2024 gold frenzy, a surge that subsequently spilled over into international gold prices. Click to read.

Here's everything you need to know about Lunar New Year/Chinese New Year 2025. When does Chinese New Year start 2025? Chinese New Year starts on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.

Each Lunar Year corresponds with one of the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac. The 2025 Lunar Year will be the Year of the Snake. In case you're wondering, 2024 was the Year of the Dragon.

BEIJING — China said its lunar spacecraft unfurled the country’s red and gold flag for the first time on the far side of the moon before part of the vehicle blasted off early Tuesday with rock ...

One Chinese critic of the U.S. adoption of “Lunar New Year ” called Mr. Blinken a “sinophobic, warmongering top diplomat.” Curiously, the issue does not arise in the local languages.

The Chinese Zodiac is represented by a repeating 12-year cycle of animal signs and their attributes, based on the lunar calendar. Last year was represented by the dragon, which throughout Chinese ...

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 ...

Times Square ball drops and midnight kisses reliably usher in the New Year on the same date every year. But for billions of people around the world who celebrate the Chinese New Year, also known as ...