Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther ...

Wednesday marked the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. Throngs of people in down jackets filled a Beijing park for a “temple fair” on a sunny but chilly day.

These elements complement and conflict with each other. The year 2025 belongs to the Wood Snake. If you were born in the Year of the Snake, here’s everything you need to know and more ...

On Wednesday, the first new moon of the Year of the Snake will mark the imminent arrival of spring. Known as Seollal in South Korea and Tet in Vietnam, the beginning of the lunisolar year is the ...

Happy Lunar New Year! The Year of the Snake is one of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs, and it's slithering with mystery, intrigue, adaptability and wisdom. Lunar New Year is celebrated throughout many ...

2025 is the Year of the Snake, with the Chinese zodiac working as a 12-year cycle that assigns an animal sign annually. In Chinese symbology, those born in the Year of the Snake are said to be ...

This year, the Lunar New Year falls today - Wednesday 29 January 2025 - marking the start of the Year of the Snake. The Lunar New Year - also widely known as Chinese New Year - falls on a different ...

Though the snake may get a bad rap across many Western cultures, the animal is actually a celebrated and revered sign across the Eastern hemisphere. And its year is expected to be one of positive ...

The Year of the Snake is here - and millions across Asia and the world are welcoming it, with family, friends, prayers and plenty of food The Lunar New Year, which coincides with the first new ...

Here's everything to know about the 2025 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake. Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar ...

This year, the festivities begin on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, marking the arrival of the Year of the Snake. In mainland China, official celebrations last for seven days as a public holiday.