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 ...
How the 12 Chinese zodiac animals were chosen and ordered: a race According to legend, the Jade Emperor held a race to determine how to name each year, which brought out the best, and worst, in the ...
The Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year is here; welcome to the Year of the Snake. This tradition is mostly an East Asian thing, thus it is not well-known in Australia, where Western cultural ...