Chinese Zodiac

An illustration depicting an ox, rat, tiger, rabbit, and dragon atop a cliff, with a snake and a horse following depicting the myth of the great race of the Chinese Zodiac
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The race that defined 12 years: a peek into the Chinese zodiac

Izzy Cheung January 30, 2025

My family has always celebrated the New Year with confetti and candy at the turn of midnight. At the end of January or the start of February, we go to my grandma’s to celebrate Lunar New Year. Even so, I’ve never followed the Chinese Lunisolar calendar — it wasn’t the main calendar to follow in Canada (where I was born), so it never ranked high on my list of priorities. However, as I’ve grown older, I’ve realized that learning more about this calendar means preserving my culture’s history despite moving from its point of origin, which is something I’ve set…

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A rooster, a man and woman dressed in traditional Chinese clothing, and a dragon all drawn in brushstrokes. They are surrounded by a pagoda strung up with lanterns, a gray mountain, and wispy clouds.
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Rooster: a virtual portal to ancient China

Izzy Cheung May 7, 2024

A parchment-like scroll is laid out on a flat surface. Perfectly imperfect splotches of watercolour red, gray, and green bleed onto the pages as they shift under your command. Black brushstrokes line up the scenes you are about to experience…

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Chinese zodiac signs for the modern generation

EIC March 2, 2015

Welcome to 2015, or as it’s known in Chinese mythology, the year of the sheep. According to predictions, the next six months will see a lot of carry-over conflict from the year of the horse, but afterwards things will be…

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