This year marks the first new year since UNESCO approved China’s application to include customs of the Spring Festival to its “Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.” ...

Parents want to know: When is Winter Break? When is Spring Break? What’s the last day of school? How long is Thanksgiving break this year? When does summer vacation start and how long does it last?

The Chinese Lunar Calendar is a centuries-old system used to track time based on the moon’s cycles. Unlike the Gregorian calendar, which follows the solar year, the Chinese calendar is lunisolar ...

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

Danielle Ireland-Imhof, Passaic County Clerk, is pleased to announce the 29th Annual Passaic County Poster Calendar Contest winners. This program allows fourth graders to design a poster reflecting ...

Microsoft has released the Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 with Intel's Lunar Lake (200V) processors. However, they are aimed at business customers, and they start at $1,499 -- $500 more than the ...

Chinese astrology — also known as Shu Xiang — dates back more than 2,000 years. Similar to traditional Western astrology, the Chinese zodiac has 12 zodiac signs that can determine a person's ...

and commemorates the beginning of a new year based on lunar calendars. The Chinese Zodiac signs correspond with a set array of years in a 12-year cycle. The 12 signs are Rat, Ox, Tiger ...

On Jan. 29, Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals, family gatherings, parades, traditional food, fireworks and other festivities.

It is also widely observed by diaspora communities around the world. It begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends 15 days later on the first full moon. Because the lunar ...