Jan. 28 marks the Lunar New Year, beginning the Year of the Snake. It's not the only lunar festival — Ramadan begins Feb. 28, ...

The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Spring (Chinese: 立春), the first solar term of the year, begins this year on Feb 4 and ends on Feb 18.

Han Limei and her husband Gai Bin, a couple of folk artists in Jingyu county, Northeast China's Jilin province, have created a series of rural paintings representing the 24 solar terms in the ...

Lunar New Year traditions vary greatly among countries or territories covered by Radio Free Asia and its affiliate, BenarNews ...

When is the first day of spring? So long, winter! The first day of spring is almost upon us, and we’re counting down the days ...

According to the National Geographic Society's website, the Lunar New Year, also called the Spring ... Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, according to the society, meaning dates are determined ...

Start of Spring lifts the curtain of spring. After that everything turns green and full of vigor; people clearly see that the daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer.

The festival date is based on the lunisolar calendar and is usually referred to as Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival in English by ... calendar but is a combination of lunar and ...