Firecrackers, parades and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield ...

Culture and Heritage History and culture enthusiasts will love exploring Hong Kong’s rich heritage, from the ancient Man Mo Temple and Wong Tai Sin Temple to the colonial-era architecture of Tai ...

That would be enough to make me happy.” Hong Kong’s Wong Tai Sin Temple saw hundreds lining up on New Year’s Eve to place their incense sticks at exactly 11 p.m., a ritual believed to bring blessings.

BEIJING (AP) — Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther afield as millions around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year.

In Hong Kong, worshippers and actor Lana Wong Wai Lin, center, held toy snakes and burned incense at the Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome the new Year of the Snake. In Beijing, a woman wrote her ...

Millions in Asia and beyond celebrated Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Snake with vibrant festivities and ...

From public parades to traditional dances, here's how countries around the world are celebrating the Year of the Snake.

Hundreds of people lined up on the eve of the Lunar New Year at the Wong Tai Sin Taoist temple in Hong Kong in a bid to be among the first to put incense sticks in the stands in front of the ...