A New York Times reporter describes Chinese New Year nearly 150 years ago in San Francisco:
CALIFORNIA; New-Year’s Calls in the Chinese Quarter A deaf man would know it [was New Year] by the universal renewal of all scarlet, crimson and gilded signs [...]
Finally, the Year of the Pig is over. Let’s hope the Rat won’t create the same controversy that Pig endured last year…
Advertisers to China Censors: What’s the Pig Deal?
The Chinese Calendar is one of the oldest calendars in the world, dating back thousands of years, though it has undergone many changes in that time.
The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar [...]