Chinese and others around Asia flocked to temples and fairs to pray for good health and fortune on Monday, the first day of the Lunar New Year.In Beijing, hundreds of thousands of people visited ...

It's most likely for a Chinese New Year ritual known as 'tou xiang' (拜头香), the act of offering the first incense of the new ...

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to pray for good luck in the Year of the Snake. From Vietnam to Japan, ethnic ...

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese people rang in the Lunar New Year on Tuesday despite pandemic restrictions, as small crowds gathered at temples to offer traditional prayers for the Year of the Tiger. At the ...

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese are lighting incense sticks and praying at temples to wish for an auspicious start to the Lunar New Year. Thousands visited Beijing’s major temples on Saturday, the first day of ...

BEIJING — Asia welcomed the lunar Year of the Pig on Tuesday with visits to temples, family banquets and the world’s biggest travel spree. Celebrations took place throughout the region, from Beijing ...

Here along the banks of the Feather River, you can step back in time by entering Liet Sheng Kong, “Temple of Many Gods,” a red-brick sanctuary where the spirits of Oroville’s original Chinese pioneers ...