With Chinese New Year (or Lunar New Year) quickly approaching, some may wonder why this coming year is the Year of the Snake, why each year is represented by an animal and the story behind it all ...

For example, Zheng Chongbin’s large ink painting “New Six Canons (Xin Liufa)” (2012) references a fifth-century text on the fundamentals of Chinese ink painting, while Zhang Hongtu’s ...

The Chinese lunar new year is here, and 2025 marks the year of the snake. Over 3,500 years old, the Chinese lunar cycle lasts 12 years and is represented by a different animal each year.

The Chinese zodiac consists of 12 animal signs, each associated with certain characteristics and attributes. ... 1985, 1997, and 2009, will have luck this week being associated with ink.

Benoit Vermander, a French professor at Fudan University's School of Philosophy in Shanghai, has found a liberatory mode of self-expression in Chinese ink paintings. Under the artist name of Bendu ...

Huang Yongyu, a self-taught painter who began producing art aged 14, was beloved in China for his ink paintings of animals. He had been preparing for his centennial exhibition next year when he died.

Luckiest Chinese zodiac signs this week Horse. Valeria predicted that people born in Years of the Horse (1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, and 2014) would have "extremely good financial success ...

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 ...