This year, Lunar New Year falls on Sunday (Jan. 22)
Happy New Year!
Lunar New Year, that is. In many parts of the world, today (Jan. 22) marks the start of a new year. Lunar New Year is celebrated widely throughout East Asia and marks the beginning of spring and the start of a new lunar cycle. The holiday typically falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice. For that reason, the date changes year to year compared to the fixed holidays of the Gregorian calendar, but it always falls in January or February.
This year, Lunar New Year marks the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit according to the Chinese zodiac, which assigns different animals to years over a 12-year cycle. According to ChineseNewYear.net(opens in new tab), the rabbit is associated with the moon in Chinese culture, perhaps because the shadows of the moon were once thought to represent a rabbit. China's Yutu-2 rover, the longest-running lunar rover in history, gets its name from the Chinese characters for "jade rabbit."
While the Western zodiac is based on constellations, the 12 animals that make up the Chinese zodiac do not correspond to groupings of stars. They instead originate from the animals found in the "Heavenly Gate Race(opens in new tab)" from ancient Chinese folklore and are assigned to 12 divisions of the (roughly) 12-year orbit(opens in new tab) of Jupiter.
The origins of Lunar New Year aren't well known, as it is believed to date back to prehistory, according to TimeAndDate.com(opens in new tab). The date of Lunar New Year is set according to the Chinese calendar, which is based on the changing position of the sun in the sky and the phases of the moon.
Most years in this calendar system, known as a lunisolar calendar, are between 353 and 355 days long. (Leap years have between 383 and 385 days.) China uses the Gregorian calendar for most civil and governmental purposes, while the traditional Chinese calendar is used for holidays and festival dates.
The first lunisolar calendars in China were established during the Zhou dynasty (1046 BC – 256 BC). During this period, the beginning of the new year was set as the day of the last new moon that occurred prior to the winter solstice. As various dynasties rose and fell throughout Chinese history, the calendar was revised and rewritten until it evolved into the Chinese calendar we know today during the late Ming dynasty(opens in new tab) in the 17th century.
Today, Lunar New Year is celebrated worldwide with a variety of traditions. In China, families typically gather together for a 16-day celebration full of feasting, fireworks and gift-giving. Traditional gifts include hongbao, or "red envelopes," which are typically stuffed with cash.
The holiday also sees the largest annual human migration(opens in new tab) on Earth, during which billions of people worldwide travel to their ancestral homes to celebrate with family.
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10 dead in shooting after Los Angeles-area Lunar New Year celebration
At least 10 people have died in a mass shooting following a Lunar New Year festival in a city east of Los Angeles, according to authorities.
The shooting in Monterey Park, California, occurred at a dance club and was reported around 10:22 p.m., the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said, after the Lunar New Year festival that was scheduled to end at 9 p.m. Police said the shooter was a male, but did not say whether he was still at large.
“Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives are responding to assist Monterey Park Police Department with a shooting death investigation,” the department initially said in a short statement Sunday morning. “There are nine deceased. There is no additional information available at this time.”
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Capt. Andrew Meyer later updated the number of people killed and said that while the motive was unknown, police were investigating whether the shooting could have been racially motivated.
“We will look at every angle as far as whether it was a hate crime or not,” he told reporters at a press conference.
Meyer also said 10 other people were injured in the shooting. Their conditions range from stable to critical, he added.
Police also said that they were aware of another incident that has been reported in Alhambra, a town that neighbors Monterey Park, and they were investigating whether it was related to the mass shooting in Monterey Park.
Monterey Park is about 10 miles from downtown Los Angeles. It is a city of about 60,000 people with a large Asian population.
The Lunar New Year events in the city have drawn hundreds of thousands of visitors in the past years, according to the town’s website.
Sunday’s Lunar New Year events have been canceled in the city.
It is the fifth mass shooting this year, according to The Associated Press/USA Today database on mass killings in the U.S.
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Ten dead in shooting after lunar new year festival near Los Angeles
Police say suspected gunman in incident at Monterey Park, which has large Asian population, is still at large
Ten people were killed and at least 10 others hospitalized in a mass shooting at a ballroom dance studio on Saturday night in a city close to Los Angeles. The mass shooting, one of California’s worst in recent memory, happened hours after a lunar new year festival that attracted thousands of revelers in the majority-Asian city.
A massive hunt is on for the suspected gunman, who fled the scene and “remains outstanding”, according to the Los Angeles county sheriff’s department. The sheriff department’s homicide bureau is being assisted by the FBI among other local law enforcement agencies.
The shooting took place around 10.20pm on Saturday in Monterey Park, a city of about 60,000 people located 7 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, where earlier in the day crowds had gathered to celebrate the eve of the lunar new year, a major holiday in many south-east Asian communities.
It was too early to say whether the massacre was racially motivated, according to Capitan Andrew Meyer of sheriff’s department, but he added: “We will look at every angle as far as whether it was a hate crime or not.”
Authorities have not released any details about the suspect or weapons or weapons, except that he is male and still at large. There were reports of “machine gun” fire.
The death toll could rise, with some of the injured people remain in critical condition, authorities said on Sunday. The second day of the festival, to mark the first day of the lunar year of the rabbit, has been canceled, authorities said.
Monterey Park’s population is around 65% Asian American and 27% Latino, according to census data. The city was the first on mainland US to have a majority of residents with Asian ancestry, as migrants from Taiwan, China, Japan and Vietnam settled in the community.
President Biden has been briefed by the US homeland security adviser on the shooting in Monterey Park, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House spokeswoman, said on Twitter.
The dance studio in downtown Monterey Park where the shooting took place is home to an array of Asian-owned businesses, including restaurants and grocery stores.
Meyer said patrons ran from the club screaming and police rushed inside to try to apprehend the perpetrator as fire department officers treated the wounded.
Seung Won Choi, who owns the Clam House seafood barbecue restaurant across the street from where the shooting happened, told the Los Angeles Times three people rushed into his restaurant and told him to lock the door.
The people told Choi there was a shooter with a machine gun who had multiple rounds of ammunition on him so he could reload.
“Our hearts go out to those who lost loved ones tonight in our neighboring city, Monterey Park, where a mass shooting just occurred,” said Los Angeles City controller Kenneth Mejia, the first Asian American to hold citywide office.