On Saturday, the Asian community in Michigan and beyond marked the Lunar New Year. In Ann Arbor, a special event was held to ...

The Kalamazoo Chinese Academy (KCA) hosted the Lantern Festival Sunday in celebration of the forthcoming final observances of ...

Monroe Community College’s R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center came alive Saturday with the sights and sounds of the Lunar New Year ...

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 ...

A college within Michigan State University canceled a lunch celebrating the Lunar New Year in part because of President Trump’s recent executive orders cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion ...

Michigan State University cancelled an annual Lunar New Year celebration following new executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion policies and concerns from students, according to ...

BEIJING (AP) — Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther afield as millions around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year.

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 ...