In China, people celebrate Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14, but there are at least three holidays and cultural traditions centered ...

In my experience, the Chinese New Year — both in China and in the UK — involves plenty of food, family time, laughter and ...

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Lion dancers. Martial artists. Taiko drummers. Despite the rainy weather and last-minute transition to hold the event indoors ...

Each animal represents one year in a repeating 12-year cycle, which is calculated based on the Chinese lunar calendar. The 12 animals, in order, are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake ...

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2025 is the Year of the Snake according to the Chinese zodiac calendar, a 12-year cycle represented ... The cycle continues with the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey ...

Rather than following the Western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based on the moon's 12 phases. Each phase cycle spans approximately 29 days ...

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, ...

Since the Chinese calendar is based on the lunisolar calendar, the Lunar New Year is typically celebrated on the second new moon after the winter solstice. In 2025, the Year of the Wood Snake ...

In the Chinese zodiac, each new year, according to the lunar calendar, is associated with ... the tiger, the rabbit or, as it was last year, the dragon. The Year of the Snake represents a period ...