The history of Wang Mang, a Han dynasty minister and imperial cousin who later founded his own short-lived dynasty, resonates ...

It's the beginning of the new year as marked by the ancient Chinese calendar that blended Earth's revolutions around the sun with the cycles of the moon. This "lunisolar" calendar in line with the ...

Each year in the lunar calendar is named one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, which are derived from ancient Chinese folklore. Repeating in a rotating basis, these animals are the rat ...

Ancient civilizations across the globe ... is the earliest known Chinese star calendar. It’s a meticulous record of 120 stars and 28 constellations, originating in China.

People compete in a dragon boat race in celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival on Cisadane River in Tangerang, Banten ...

Neighboring countries in Asia have developed their own Lunar New Year celebrations that were influenced by the ancient Chinese calendar, including Vietnam (aka "Tet"), Tibet (aka "Losar") and ...