The Chinese calendar, which underpins the Lunar New Year, is a lunisolar system combining lunar and solar cycles. A month is based on a lunar cycle averaging 29.5 days, with 12 lunar months ...

These lengthy, rope-like, limbless reptiles are enjoying their time in the sun in 2025 - also known in the zodiac calendar as the Year of the Snake. As the world gears up to celebrate Chinese New Year ...