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 ...
The Chinese zodiac is based on a 12-year cycle, with an animal representing each year. Chinese zodiacs are determined by birth year, so each zodiac gets the spotlight once every 12 years.
Each year has an animal sign in the Chinese Zodiac (literally “circle of animals”), which is based on the Moon and has a 12 year cycle. So does the planet Jupiter, which takes about 12 years ...
A total of 66 sets of lanterns are on display at the expo, featuring themes including the Great Tang Dynasty, 12 Chinese zodiac animals, prehistoric dinosaurs, and holidays such as Halloween and ...