Ancient texts such as Matteo Ricci's Notes on China vividly describe the Spring Festival's early practices. These included ...

January 29th marks the first day of the Chinese New Year of the Snake. The traditional Chinese Spring Festival, the most ...

Groundhog Day is Sunday, Feb. 2. The answer is in his name. The groundhog is known as Punxsutawney Phil, because the town where the Groundhog Day tradition originated is called Punxsutawney, ...

The first free event of Navy Pier's 2025 Global Connection Series is slated to celebrate Lunar New Year on Saturday.

Experts say “evolving social dynamics” are reshaping traditional customs as younger generations choose new ways to spend ...

The weather-predicting groundhog celebrity has met two presidents and drinks a life-extending elixir: "Our Phil is like, ...

Vasant Panchami marks the arrival of spring, a time for new beginnings, warmth and fresh energy, says  February has started and with it comes a shift in the air,  a promise of warmer days, longer ...

Dr Fiona Murphy says traditions like The Biddy on 1 February remind us of the threads that hold us together as a people.

It's coming up to the point of the winter where a groundhog will tell us whether or not there will be six more weeks of winter. Groundhog Day is arriving quickly and everyone is waiting to see whether ...

Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight on Punxsutawney Phil every Feb. 2, but celebrating the midpoint between the shortest and darkest day of the year and the spring ...

For Chinese across the world, the Spring Festival is a time for family reunions, festive traditions, holiday shopping and diverse cultural and tourism activities. This year, it falls on Jan 29 with ...

By- Kamlesh Tripathi Basant Panchami is a lively and vibrant festival that marks the arrival of spring and the veneration of the Goddess Saraswati, the deity of knowledge, wisdom, music, and arts. The ...