Having a child in an auspicious year may be a point of prestige for some parents, but experts say there are real drawbacks.

Each year, Tianyu ships the lanterns from China to ports in Wilmington before they are driven to Cary, and dozens of Chinese ...

In 2025 Lunar New Year begins on 29 January and is celebrated with gifts, fireworks and dragon and lion dances and culminates on the 15th day with a lantern festival. In Chinese tradition ...

The Chinese zodiac consists of 12 animals—the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig—that alternate every Lunar New Year. Though the timing of the Lunar New ...

The snake is regarded as one of the most enigmatic of the Zodiac animals and is defined by its ability to shed its skin and become renewed, an apt motif to ring in the Lunar New Year. Read the full ar ...

BUTTERWORTH: An impressive new dragon float is set to bring sparkle to this year’s Nine Emperor Gods ... grace this float shaped like a Chinese-style celestial mansion complete with a broad ...

One display in the lobby features three dolls dressed in traditional Lunar New Year outfits. Above is a Chinese doll, who wears a qipao ... We spotted this Year of the Dragon cookie featuring Mushu, ...

What are the best new PC games in 2024 ... eggs if that’s more your thing. After a 17-year wait, Budokai Tenkaichi 4 is finally here. While Dragon Ball Sparking Zero had a lot of childhood ...

Directed by Domee Shi, it tells the story of 13-year-old Meilin “Mei” Lee ... director Peter Lowery’s Pete’s Dragon is a welcome new interpretation of this story. The original animated ...

The movie follows Buddy (Ferrell), a human raised by Santa Claus’ elves who travels to New York City to discover ... Evelyn Quan Wang (Michelle Yeoh), a Chinese-American immigrant being audited ...

In Japan, everyone immediately knows the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Boar (or Pig). The respective animal of ...