How long are Lunar New Year festivities? What is the Chinese Zodiac? Here's what to know as the Year of the Snake celebrations begin.

Lunar New Year celebrations are coming up, marking the beginning of the year of the snake. What to know about the holiday how it's different from Chinese New Year.

Now in its 15th year, the festival started with the neighborhood’s Vietnamese population but has spread to include much of the wider San Diego community. The Lunar New Year, sometimes called the Chinese New Year, will be celebrated by billions of people this Wednesday.

Here's when the Chinese New Year starts in 2025, how long it lasts, where the Lunar New Year is celebrated and your guide to the Year of the Snake.

It’s all part of the fun as the world gears up to celebrate Lunar New Year, widely considered the most important event of the year in China and Chinese communities around the planet. Marking the first new moon of the lunar calendar,