Singaporean-Chinese Johnny Lowis believes he has collected about 95% of the snake-themed stamps that are available in the world.
The best known Chinese folk representation of snakes is the Legend of the White Snake. The snake’s role in it has gone from bad to good.
In a few days, we will usher in the Lunar New Year under the sixth animal zodiac, the Snake.
It's crazy when I hear people lament that they missed the boat to have a "dragon baby" last year, as they head to the drawing board to plan marriage and children so that it coincides with the year of whatever their favourite Chinese zodiac animal is.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Visitors to this year's River Hongbao can expect an interactive festival that celebrates tradition and technology.
HCM CITY: The 12 zodiac bonsai pots of Dau Thanh Tung, a garden owner in HCM City's Bình Chanh District, has been attracting customers' admiration and delight for many years.
KLANG: It is customary for SJK(C) Pandamaran A to hold events to mark the zodiac signs every Chinese New Year.
This year is the Year of the Tiger, according to the Chinese zodiac. But few people in mainland China know that this chronological method involving a 12-year cycle of animals did not originate in China.
AS WE head into 2025, the dragon zodiac is set to make way for the snake.
STUNNING Chinese New Year (CNY) decorations are all the hype in Klang Valley malls, with traditional elements and eye-catching designs wooing visitors from near and far.
Why not make a serpent-themed travel list for 2025? Here are six places to get you started.
She celebrated her 50th birthday on the eve of Chinese New Year on Jan 28.
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Singaporean Johnny Lowis first started collecting zodiac animal stamps after his daughter was born in 1990. Today he has over 8,000 pieces on all the 12 animals.
It's that time of the year to dive deep into comic characters based on the latest animal to come around the Chinese zodiac – this year, it’s the snake’s turn to get the spotlight.
PORT LOUIS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The upcoming Spring Festival was celebrated on Saturday in Mauritius with a parade bringing together Mauritians and Chinese in the streets of Port Louis, the country's capital.
The brightly lit snake lanterns are topped with oversized heads that don’t fit the usual image of the slithery reptile – they are cute.
JOHOR BARU: With the Year of the Snake just around the corner, Johor Zoo will be banking on its slithery stars to bring in even more visitors this year.The recently refurbished facility is home to three pythons and a cobra.
This Chinese New Year-inspired bucket list involves travelling the world to see sculptures or statues of all the 12 characters of the Chinese zodiac.
CAIRO, March 19 (Xinhua) -- A complete zodiac diagram was found on the ceiling of a Roman-era temple in the southern Egyptian province of Luxor, the country's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said Sunday.