Lunar New Year began Saturday February 10. But have you ever stopped to wonder why it's celebrated at this time or where the current Chinese calendar comes from? Space historian Osnat Katz Moon ...

A central figure in Chinese culture, the dragon represents ... New Year began centuries ago and is linked to an ancient Xia calendar which observed a new year on the second new moon following ...

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Hundreds of millions gathered Wednesday in homes and crowded festivals to mark the beginning of the Chinese lunar calendar new year, ringing in the Year of the Snake with feasts, dances ...

The rabbit is the fourth animal in the Zodiac, and Caran d’Ache has designed a luxury pen collection—the Chinese Calendar Year of the Rabbit—in its honor. Caran d’Ache and Chinese Lacquer ...

The year of the Snake, meanwhile, comes every 12 years. These calculations are according to the Chinese calendar, which is based on a 60-year cycle made of the 60 possible combinations of the five ...

CHINESE culture suggests that the Tiger zodiac sign is the guardian of children. The Tiger is the third of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese ...