Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese ... 2025 is the Year of the Snake according to the Chinese zodiac calendar, a 12-year cycle represented by animals. Each year is associated with a specific ...

ushering in the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese lunar calendar. This 16-day Spring Festival is marked by cultural ...

“The rare occurrence of the Snake year, Snake month, Snake day and Snake hour will first fall on 30 April, between 9am and ...

also known as Lunar Year and Spring Festival dates to about 3,500 years ago. The festival celebrates the beginning of the new year on the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. This year, Chinese New ...

BEIJING--Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday — including in Moscow. Hundreds of people lined up in the ...

What is the Lunar calendar? Lunar New Year celebrations ... which could be a wood rat, a water snake or a fire horse. The Chinese zodiac animals come from a mythological story from the Han ...

In Chinese tradition, each year is represented by one of 12 zodiac animals: The rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake ... This is because the lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar don't ...

This year, Redwood City celebrated its 14th annual Lunar New Year, welcoming 2025 as the Year of the Snake. Recognized as one of the most significant holidays in Chinese culture, the event brought ...

Because the lunar calendar is based on the cycles of the ... The circle of 12 animals - the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig - measure the cycles ...