Lunar New Year is one of the largest celebrations in Asia. And while many of us are familiar with what happens at Chinese ...

Korean children also participate in a bowing ceremony called “Seh-Beh” to show respect to their parents and grandparents. Children are then given money, similar to Chinese New Year traditions ...

One well-known ancient legend speaks of Nian, a hideous monster that feasted on human flesh on New Year’s Day. Because the ...

Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and the world.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the country's second offshore fish farm in the ...

Korea’s Joseon-era ... Drawings that celebrate the New Year will be given to those visiting Gyeongbokgung during a royal guard ceremony held at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. from Tuesday to Thursday.

The Archdiocese of Seoul in South Korea has reached “the era of 1,000 priests” upon ordaining 26 new priests for the local ...

Fast forward to the present day, Disney California Adventure — for the first time — dressed Mickey and Minnie Mouse in hanboks, traditional Korean attire, for its Lunar New Year celebration ...

For members of the local Vietnamese and Korean communities, the Lunar New Year is a time of celebration ... respects to ancestors through the Charye ceremony. "It's the most important holiday ...