As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

It's a weekend of festivities ahead in Des Moines. Local 5 rounded up five events taking place in central Iowa for whatever you're celebrating.

Learn why this ancient Chinese dance, rooted in Kung Fu moves, plays an important role in celebrating Lunar New Year.

Chinese New Year is a cultural phenomenon in China. In fact, the National Museum of Asian Art indicates Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China, where a ...

Aside from all the festivities, the main focus of the Lunar New Year is on family and honoring ancestors. A key event for ...

People turned out in large numbers for a Spring Festival event in London, England's Camden Market on Saturday as part of ...

The lunar new year marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar, which this year rises on 29 January, kicking off ...

The Year of the Snake is officially underway, leading us to wonder: how many games out there have taken inspiration from the ...

In the Western culture, snakes are often associated with temptation, sin and evil forces, famously symbolized by the serpent in the Bible who lured Eve into eating the forbidden fruit. It is also ...

Snakes are related to the most powerful of Chinese symbols, the dragon, which has the body of a snake. The Year of the Snake follows the Year of the Dragon on the calendar, allowing for a time of self ...

Christopher Ward has again teamed up with horological artist seconde-seconde, this time for a very creative take on a Chinese ...