Boston is helping people slither into the spirit of the Lunar New Year. Lunar New Year 2025, which marks the start of the Year of the Snake in the 12-month lunar calendar, falls on Wednesday, Jan. 29.

In 2025, the year of the snake, Lunar New Year starts on Wednesday, Jan. 29 and lasts through Wednesday, Feb. 12. Boston will host various local celebrations throughout the season, including ...

Dragon, lion and snake dancers took to the streets of Chinatown Sunday to celebrate the Lunar New Year and welcome the Year ...

In 2025, we usher in the Year of the Snake. Marking the start of the Lunar New Year, which begins Jan. 29, Greater Boston’s celebrations spotlight the cultural arts, traditions, and history of ...

2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake, the sixth animal on the 12-year cycle. The snake is meant to symbolize wisdom, growth and renewal. The snake has the ability to shed its skin, which shows ...

Costumed lion dancers performed for two hours on a snowy Sunday to celebrate the Year of the Snake in Boston's Chinatown ...

The Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is one of the most significant holidays celebrated in Asian cultures. In 2025, the festivities honor th ...

Chinatown's streets will come to life on Feb. 9 with thunderous drums and the piercing clang of cymbals as nine lion dance troupes celebrate the Year of the Snake in the Chinese New Year Parade.

As millions of people around the globe ring in the Lunar New Year, one Boston hotel welcomed a local kung fu and tai chi academy to perform and bestow good luck and fortune to all into the year 4,723.

A lion dancer kicks a head of lettuce into the crowd, Feb. 9, 2025. The practice called "Choy Cheng" in English "Plucking ...