All posts tagged "Year of the Monkey"

  • Visitors take selfies in front of a monkey statue at Haeundae Beach, Busan, Monday. The statue was erected ahead of 2016 which is the Year of the Monkey according to the Chinese zodiac. (Yonhap)
    Year of the Monkey inspires kung fu, predictions of fire, disease

    BEIJING (AP) — The new Chinese year is the one to go bananas over. On Feb. 8, the zodiac calendar enters the Year of the Monkey — the ninth of 12 animal signs. Plastic monkeys are adorning...

    • Posted February 5, 2016
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  • The sun rises over a sculpture of baby monkeys on Ganjeol Cape, a coastal point where a sunrise can be viewed earliest on the Korean Peninsula, on the coast of Ulsan in southeastern South Korea on Jan. 1, 2016, as visitors gather around the monument to view the New Year's first sunrise and make their New Year's wishes. The monument was set up to celebrate the new year, which falls on the year of the monkey in the Oriental zodiac. (Yonhap)
    Talent, wits and success represent Year of Red Monkey

    By Jhoo Dong-chan 2016 is the Year of the Monkey based on the 12-year Chinese zodiac cycle. According to the 60-year counting system, combining the 10 celestial stems and the 12 earthly branches, 2016 is the Year...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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  • Visitors take selfies in front of a monkey statue at Haeundae Beach, Busan, Monday. The statue was erected ahead of 2016 which is the Year of the Monkey according to the Chinese zodiac. (Yonhap)
    Ready for the Year of the Monkey?

    (PHOTO NEWS) — Visitors take selfies in front of a monkey statue at Haeundae Beach, Busan, Monday. The statue was erected ahead of 2016 which is the Year of the Monkey according to the Chinese zodiac.

    • Posted December 30, 2015
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