Editor's note: The Chinese zodiac, or "shengxiao," consists of 12 animal signs that mark the years. Each animal represents ...

The image of the Chinese dragon, an animal of legend, originated from totem poles. Legend has it that many tribes settled along the Yellow River about 4,000 years ago, each having its own totem ...

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Pieced together, these disparate physical features yield an illustrious creature of Chinese legend: the dragon. Believed to ...

In Chinese culture, the zodiac system is a cycle of animal ... The rest of the clan proceeded to the Jade Gate. In other versions of the legend, the dragon offered help to some villagers to deal with ...

The Chinese zodiac legend recounts how the rat, betraying the cat, won the Jade Emperors race, securing the first year. The ...

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