The holiday — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam, and Seollal in Korea — is a major festival celebrated by diaspora communities around the world.

The Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, is a traditional Asian celebration that has been observed in for thousands of years. Every winter, Asian communities around the world ring in the Lunar New Year with carnivals, food, family gatherings, parades and more.

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. In many Asian countries,

Over 1 billion people celebrate the holiday, which marks the transition from cold winter to a season of renewal and ushers in one of 12 Chinese zodiac signs.

Lunar New Year celebrations begin Wednesday. Here's everything to know about the 2025 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake.

Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

Millions of people across Asia and the world are celebrating the start of the Lunar New Year today, marking the arrival of the Year of the Snake. Marking the first new moon of the

In honor of the Year of the Snake, let’s appreciate the strange anatomy and evolution of these slithery reptiles