Several countries mark their new year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar involving movement of the Sun and Moon.

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Ông Địa, or "the Earth God," performs as part of the Lunar New Year Festival Jan. 25 at The Atrium in Old Town. A slithering ...

As billions of people worldwide celebrate the Lunar New Year, astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station sent home a holiday greeting.

But in Chinese mythology, snakes are also known as “little dragons ... Gambling and playing traditional games is common during this time across cultures. Ancestor worship is also common. Many Korean ...

The Lunar New Year also is an important occasion for spending time with family and to pay respects to ancestors and older ... Snakes in Chinese mythology aren't manifestations of wickedness ...

Patterns of Nyuwa, the mother goddess in Chinese mythology, and Fuxi, the legendary ancestor of the Chinese nation, embracing and looking at each other with their lower bodies twisting into snake ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals inspiring ancestors of novelist Amy Tan & poet ... TAN: Yeah. GATES: Under Chinese law, a woman could only obtain a divorce for domestic violence if she could ...