Pack sea salt into a stem of bamboo about five or six centimeters in diameter. Baked in a special kiln, the salt absorbs ...

As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

Chinese artists leap from pedestals as they perform a traditional lion dance marking the Lunar New ... money for the new year. Gambling and playing traditional games is common during this time ...

Celebrating the past and present of Lunar New Year, Sac State students share their traditions, family and history on the ...

This year marks the first new year since UNESCO approved China’s application to include customs of the Spring Festival to its “Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.” ...

Danny Karatea-Goddard celebrates the new year three times a year - on 1 January, Matariki and the Lunar New Year.

The Year of the Snake commenced on January 29, ushering in Lunar New Year celebrations across Asia and beyond, with more than a billion people participating in rituals and festivities.

Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals, family gatherings, ...

The Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in China and many other Asian countries. Celebrations will last until mid-February.

Food is also symbolic for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. In the North, Banh Chung, a sticky rice cake with banana leaves, is ...

In Chinese mythology, I learned that the creators of mankind were in fact a hybrid of human and snake, which is why the ancient Chinese worshipped the snake totem. The snake is also known as the ...