Lunar New Year celebrates the beginning of spring. It is the most important holiday in China, South Korea, Vietnam and some ...

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

during the Lunar New Year is a key Taiwanese tradition, with red symbolizing vitality, joy, auspiciousness, and good luck. In ancient China, the belief in a demon called “Sui” (祟) attacking children ...

The celebrations will then officially kick off with a New Year’s Eve family dinner, with fish and dumplings being served to encourage prosperity. Shou Sui, which translates as “after the New ...

Thai doesn’t have the luxury of time off work, but there’s a tradition she does quietly for herself. “On the eve of the new year, I would burn incense and invite my ancestors who have passed ...

Lunar New Year — also commonly called Chinese New Year — marks the start of the new year based on lunar calendars, or monthly cycles of the moon's phases. The lunar new year starts with the ...

a beast said to terrorize villages every New Year’s Eve. According to legend, an old man drove Nian away with fiery red decorations and loud firecrackers, giving rise to traditions that persist ...

Associate Professor and Doctor Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of the A9 Emergency Center at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi, shared that nearly 40 medical staff from the center, alongside 160 colleagues from ...

Have you tried bathing in coriander broth? How about throwing mandarins to flowing body of water? These are a few of Asia's unique Lunar New Year traditions.