The Year of the Dragon is the fifth animal of 12 in the Chinese zodiac calendar. "A dragon in China, as a culture, it's a spirit, it's a symbol," Chen Yang, a professor of Chinese culture and ...
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, tiger, rabbit, dragon ...
The Chinese zodiac consists of 12 animals, each representing a year in a 12-year cycle. These animals are the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat ...
However, five animal ... the Dragon's zodiac year, known as Ben Ming Nian or the year of one's zodiac. While it might seem thrilling to share a year with such a majestic creature, in Chinese ...
As a reward for turning up, the Emperor named a year in the zodiac after each one, while the race would determine the order each animal ... in the Chinese zodiac. Image caption, The dragon isn ...
The richly colored murals at the Kitora Tomb in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, have been confirmed to include the Chinese zodiac animals of the dragon, the snake and the monkey, according to a new study ...