Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based the moon's 12 phases. Each phase cycle spans approximately 29 days with ...

Lion dancer makes impact on Chinese Lunar New Year tradition. People around the world on Saturday celebrated the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year, marking the first day of the Year of the Rat ...

KOBE—Ouka Nakanishi was 5 years old when she first saw someone’s face transform during Nankinmachi’s Lunar New Year festival.