How long are Lunar New Year festivities? What is the Chinese Zodiac? Here's what to know as the Year of the Snake celebrations begin.

This week’s new moon, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, will signal the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which is this year called the "Year of the Snake."

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Lunar New Year is celebrated, first of all, by plenty of ethnically Chinese people who have no truck with the CCP and no loyalty to the contemporary Chinese state — across China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, and beyond.

Yang Lei, China Equity Research Analyst at CGI, explains why there's been consistent growth in Chinese travel, despite citizens being generally more cautious with their spending.

China’s official gauge of factory activity tumbled into contractionary territory in January as factories suspended operations days ahead of the Lunar New Year Holiday.

Each year, hundreds of people fill the streets of Chicago’s Chinatown and Uptown neighborhoods to celebrate the Lunar New Year with parades featuring vibrant colors, festive floats and

Drums, cymbals and the noise of an enthralled crowd gave a cacophonous welcome to the Lunar New Year in Myanmar’s commercial capital on Sunday.

Thousands took to POST Houston Sunday, dawning their red attire and snake jewelry to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

An early celebration of the Lunar New Year was held at the Carnegie Museum of Art. It is a celebration of the beginning of a new year based on Lunisolar calendars. The 2025 Greater Pittsburgh Lunar New Year Fair was held Sunday afternoon. The art museum and CASTP, Pittsburgh’s largest Chinese-American community organization, co-hosted it.

Lunar New Year celebrations are coming up, marking the beginning of the year of the snake. What to know about the holiday how it's different from Chinese New Year.

Now in its 15th year, the festival started with the neighborhood’s Vietnamese population but has spread to include much of the wider San Diego community. The Lunar New Year, sometimes called the Chinese New Year, will be celebrated by billions of people this Wednesday.