This year, it’s the Year of the Dragon, or more accurately, the “Year of the Loong,” says Chinese state media, using its preferred term for the mythical beast. “Loong” has been used in ...

It celebrates the arrival of spring and the start of a fresh year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar. The upcoming year’s dragon sign is perhaps the most popular zodiac creature ...

The year of the dragon, one of the 12 creatures in the Chinese zodiac, began on February 10th. But some Chinese state media have been calling it the year of the loong in their English reports.

Each animal represents one year in a repeating 12-year cycle, which is calculated based on the Chinese lunar calendar. The 12 animals, in order, are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake ...

That year, 2012, was a Year of the Dragon on the Chinese zodiac. As the only mythical creature among 11 other real animals, dragons occupy a place of particular esteem not only in the zodiac, but in ...

As the Lunar New Year begins, what will the Year of the Dragon ... of Chinese civilisation, traditionally associated with the legendary Xia dynasty, said to have ruled from 2070 to 1600 B.C ...