This year, the Lunar New Year begins on Jan. 29. The new moon on Dec. 30, the last of 2024, is a rare black moon and begins the countdown to the Lunar New Year, Forbes reports. The year of 2025 is ...

The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival ... “Leading up to the New Year's Day, there is already a sort of countdown,” Dr Wang explains. “For instance, there is a festival ...

The World Health Organization and the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization this month warned that Lunar New Year festivities celebrated in much of Asia posed an increased risk of spreading the ...

In diaspora communities, particularly in cultural enclaves, Lunar New Year is visibly and joyfully celebrated. In the Chinese zodiac, 2025 is the Year of the Snake. Different countries across Asia ...