The Chinese zodiac legend recounts how the rat, betraying the cat, won the Jade Emperors race, securing the first year. The ...
Bidding farewell to the mythical Dragon, the world welcomes the Year of the Snake on January 29 — the first day of the Lunar ...
This year, the Lunar New Year falls today — Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 — marking the start of the Year of the Snake. The Lunar ...
2025 is the Year of the Snake, but what do the Chinese zodiac signs mean and how do people celebrate?
In Chinese culture, the zodiac system is a cycle of animal signs that repeats every 12 years. As the legend goes, every animal that appear in the zodiac cycle collectively participated in a ...
Thousands of years later, each lunar year is still said to possess certain characteristics of its animal namesake, and those ...