This Lunar New Year, the Vietnamese will observe a different animal in the zodiac, the cat. The reasons are murky: could be linguistics or the landscape — or maybe cats are just plain friendlier.

The holiday marks the first new moon of the lunisolar calendar, which is a calendar used in countries like Singapore, China, South Korea, Vietnam and other Asian countries. Each Lunar New Year is ...

Lunar New Year also ushers in a new animal to be celebrated based on zodiac calendars. Here's what to know about the holiday that over 1 billion people celebrate.

The Lunar New Year — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in Korea — is a major festival celebrated in several Asian countries.

The Lunar New Year is celebrated across Asia, including in China, Korea, Vietnam, ... According to the lunisolar calendar, Jan. 29 this year ushers in the Year of the Snake.

The Lunar New Year is one of the most important holidays in many Asian countries including Vietnam, China, Korea as well as the Asian diaspora. This year's celebrations begin Jan. 29.

The Lunar New Year marks the beginning of spring and the new year on something called the lunisolar calendar. That's a type of calendar historically used in China that uses the moon and the sun to ...

Lunar New Year is rich in tradition and marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar. It is celebrated in many east Asian countries, including China, Vietnam, Singapore and South Korea.

Lunar New Year celebrates the beginning of spring and the new year on the lunisolar calendar. It is a major holiday in China ...

According to the National Museum of Asian Art, the Lunar New Year, commonly known as the Spring Festival in China, celebrates the beginning of spring and start of a new year on the lunisolar calendar.

A lunar month is the period of time from one new moon to the next — about 29.5 days — so the lunar calendar doesn't precisely align with the common one where most months span 30 or 31 days.