With the Chinese New Year starting on Tuesday Feb. 5, here are some things you need to know before celebrating. This year in the Lunar calendar In the traditional lunar calendar, 2019 is the year...

In the United States, the New Year is always celebrated on Jan. 1, but this is not the case in all countries, like those of the East. In China, this year began Feb. 8, and marks the start of the year...

The Chinese calendar is different from the normal calendar used today. Like the Jewish and Islamic calendars, it is a lunar calendar and is divided into twelve months of either twenty-nine or thirty days....