The legend of the Great Race has been chronicled and believed in multiple versions. While there is no particular storyline, the idea, the order, and some of the characteristics revealed of the twelve ...

Jan. 29 will mark the first day of the Lunar New Year celebrating the snake, the sixth zodiac of the lunar calendar. The ...

Long ago, in China, the Emperor wanted a new way of measuring time ... The swimming race was almost over. ‘First year in the Chinese calendar goes to the Rat!’ announced the Emperor.

This year, Lunar New Year begins today, Wednesday, Jan. 29, and ends Feb. 12. Lunar New Year, also widely regarded as Chinese ...

The Lunar New Year begins Jan. 29, ushering in the Year of ... originated from an important story passed down in Asian culture about a great race. The Jade Emperor, a major god in Chinese religion, ...

Lunar New Year — also commonly called Chinese New Year — marks the start of the new year based on lunar calendars, or monthly cycles of the moon's phases. The lunar new year starts with the first new ...

2025 is the Year of the Snake, but what do the Chinese zodiac signs mean and how ... This led to ‘The Great Race’. The rat travelled on the back of the ox, leaping from its back to nab first ...