Happy Lunar New Year! The Chinese Zodiac - known as Sheng Xiao - is based on a twelve-year cycle, and each year in the cycle relates to an animal sign. These animal signs are the rat, ox ...

How long are Lunar New Year festivities? What is the Chinese Zodiac? Here's what to know as the Year of the Snake celebrations begin in Stockton.

What is Lunar New Year? Similar to the Western New Year, Lunar New Year is a time for celebrants to let go of the past and ring in the future. The Lunar New Year also is an import ...

China has had its own system called Sheng Xiao (生肖), dating back to the Qin dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, according to The Beijing Center. The Chinese zodiac has been used ever since the ...

Resources: an image of the Chinese zodiac ('Sheng Xiao' in Mandarin) to display. A young member of the Chinese community in the UK tells us about the festival of Chinese New Year and why she ...

The Chinese zodiac, or Sheng Xiao (生肖), is a repeating 12-year cycle of animal signs and their attributes, based on the lunar calendar. The Lunar New Year marks the transition from one animal ...

January 29 will mark the start of Chinese New Year in 2025 and this is the Year of the Snake. The Chinese Zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao, runs on a 12-year cycle, calculated by the lunar calendar. Each ...

The Lunar New Year (also known as the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival) began as a time for feasting and to honor the household, heavenly deities and ancestors. The annual 15-day festival is the ...