The rain didn't stop community members, families and friends from gathering for the 27th annual Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown on Sunday afternoon.

The Hmong New Year, or Noj Peb Caug in the Hmong language, is a vibrant celebration marking the end of the agricultural season and the start of a new year, traditionally aligned with the new moon ...

A suspect has been nabbed in the fatal shooting of a Bronx father of four early on New Year’s Day, police said Wednesday. NYPD warrants officers arrested Leviathan Siafu, 46, late Monday for the ...

In Malaysia, revelers rang in the new year with firecrackers in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city, while Russians cheered for a musical procession in Moscow Tuesday night that commenced a 10-day ...

Here's everything to know about the 2025 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake. Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar ...

This year, Lunar New Year begins Jan. 29. Because the lunar calendar is based on the phases of the moon, the beginning of the year happens on a different day each year. Each month begins with a ...

The grand celebration The Chinese New Year is the start of the lunar calendar and the celebrations go on for 15 days, sometimes even 16 in some communities. The last day of the celebrations is the ...

Lasting 15 days, the Lunar New Year ends with the Lantern Festival, also known as the Chinese Valentine's Day. Chinese Lunar New Year 2025: Known all about the Year of the Snake. (Image by Canva ...

On a related note, many say you shouldn’t wash or cut your hair on the first day of the new year either. Why? Because the Chinese character for the word “hair” is the first character in the ...

Many Asian countries celebrate new year at this time, including Vietnam and Korea. Lunar New Year, often called the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, is the most important holiday in China and ...