Lunar New Year — Time, Tradition, and the Year of the Horse
C.O.O.L.TM Time Capsule: This Month in the World Written by Tzu Hsin (Kitty) Huang A New Year That Doesn’t Follow the Sun When most of the world celebrates New Year’s Day on January 1, Lunar New Year waits. Instead of following the Sun, it follows the Moon. More than 3,000 years ago, ancient communities in East Asia looked up at the night sky to understand time. They noticed that the Moon’s phases followed a steady rhythm—new moon, full moon, then back again. By tracking this cycle, they...
