Editor's note: The Chinese zodiac, or "shengxiao," consists of 12 animal signs that mark the years. Each animal represents one year in a repeating 12-year cycle, which is calculated based on the ...
By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture and Sports Editor My family has always celebrated the New Year with confetti and candy at the turn of midnight. At the end of January or the start of February, ...
The snake comes sixth in the 12-animal rotation used by the Chinese to represent the year, following the loong and preceding the horse. Others in the zodiac include rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, sheep/goat, ...
BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- As the Spring Festival ushers in the Year of the Snake, China is flooded with auspicious representations of the hissing, scaly reptile, from pythons coiling around gold ...