Explainer - With a history that can be traced back 2500 years, the festival is about more than just commemorating the dead.

Children paint kites at a primary school in Deqing County of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 20, 2025.

A ceremony to worship Huangdi, a legendary common ancestor of the Chinese people, is held in Xinzheng City, central China's ...

Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, is a significant cultural celebration marking the start of the lunisolar calendar. With roots tracing back some 3,500 years to ...

Traditionally a Chinese spring ritual, the tomb-sweeping festival is said to have its roots in an emperor's cruelty to a ...

New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

The key to using the Chinese birth calendar to get accurate results is to determine the month of conception and the lunar age of the mother at the time of conception, both as per the Chinese calendar.

As the virus has spread overseas, many residents of majority-Asian cities just east of Los Angeles say they are staying inside as much as they can and wearing surgical masks when they go out.

Spring Equinox, or Chunfen in Chinese, the fourth solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on March 20 this year. (Photo: Xinhua) Students paint colorful eggs at a primary school in Binhai ...

If you were to make your own calendar, what would it be based around? Let us know in the comments below! Is Chinese New Year the same as Lunar New Year? Lunar New Year is the more widely used name ...