Of emperors and dynasties - see how ancient jade and gold, dragons and cranes are used in eye-catching, new ways The history ...

Looking for games to play over the Chinese New Year break? Here are the 5 best games for Year of the Snake celebrations.

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

An often overlooked, yet highly impactful world cinema industry in the last few decades, Chinese cinema remains widely known ...

In the curious culinary craze apples are in and dragon ... roots in Chinese superstition, has been given the name “modern superstitions among the medical community”. Like most ancient Chinese ...

The Byzantines maintained relations with China. Credit: Carole Raddato, Flickr CC-BY-SA 2.0 The Byzantine Empire, which was known at the time as the Eastern Roman Empire, maintained a relatively ...

With roots tracing back some 3,500 years to ancient China, the Lunar New Year signifies the end of winter and the arrival of ...

The Chinese use a lunisolar calendar that combines lunar and solar calendars to indicate both the phase of the Moon and the position of the Sun in the sky ...

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

Snakes are related to the most powerful of Chinese symbols, the dragon, which has the body of a snake. The Year of the Snake follows the Year of the Dragon on the calendar, allowing for a time of self ...

This year, China Media Group’s (CMG) annual Spring Festival Gala variety show, celebrating the advent of the Year of the Snake, featured the usual line-up of song and dance routines, operatic ...