A woman carries a section of a dragon in February 2024 during a Chinese dragon dance at a Lunar New Year Festival in Austin, Texas. Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365 ...

According to the Chinese calendar, the Year of the Snake begins today, Wednesday Jan. 29. Celebrations are already underway in Oklahoma City. Here's everything you need to know. Chinese New Year ...

Hundreds of millions gathered Wednesday in homes and crowded festivals to mark the beginning of the Chinese lunar calendar new year, ringing in the Year of the Snake with feasts, dances ...

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The Chinese zodiac, or Sheng Xiao (生肖), is a repeating 12-year cycle of animal signs and their attributes, based on the lunar calendar. The Lunar New Year marks the transition from one animal ...

Several countries celebrate their new year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar, which is determined by the movements of the Sun and Moon. A lion dance performance is seen in advance of Chinese ...

Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based ...