We’ve officially entered a new year in the Chinese zodiac: the year of the Snake ... So he decided to call an animal race ...

The Year of the Wood Snake According to the lore surrounding how the Chinese zodiac came to be and the race that determined ...

the tiger ran a good race but the current in the river sent it a little off-course. It recovered enough to cross the line behind the ox and so comes in at number three in the Chinese zodiac.

In Chinese tradition, each year is represented by one of 12 zodiac animals: The rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram (or goat), monkey, rooster, dog and pig. In 2025 Chinese New Year ...