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 ...
The snake comes sixth in the 12-animal rotation used by the Chinese to represent the year, following the loong and preceding the horse. Others in the zodiac include rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, sheep/goat, ...
BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- As the Spring Festival ushers in the Year of the Snake, China is flooded with auspicious representations of the hissing, scaly reptile, from pythons coiling around gold ...