Wear Snake on your neck!/蛇年金飾
Many Chinese love to wear golden zodiac animal jewelry. That's because according to the traditional Chinese customs, the year one was born in has a corresponding zodiac animal, which can serve as a reference in choosing one's soul mate or in predicting one's fortune in a given year. Besides, the Chinese believe the golden jewelry can generate capacity, accelerate the circulation of Chi, and then change one's magnetic field and luck.
This year is the Snake Year. However, the Chinese have bad impressions about snakes. To change people's ideas about snakes, therefore, jewelry shops have many new designs, be it lovely or modern. For example, Just Gold has some new pendants, which have the figure of the snake and are hollowed out, embossed or have 3D designs on them. Meanwhile, white colored glaze is used to make the pendants fit the gorgeous style this season.
If you want to have the golden jewelry as part of the household decorations, one jewelry shop has six new designs with different sizes. For example, a couple snakes carry sunshades and purses, or a Mexico band with three snakes play the guitar, the flute, and carry a microphone. Larger designs are also available. For example, one work has its idea from the Garden of Eden. A golden snake surrounds a crystal tree, with a golden apple hanging on the branch.
今年是蛇年，又稱小龍年，各家金飾公司費盡心思推出多款造型小龍金飾，有卡通造型、有時尚摩登感，著實令人驚豔，完全突破一般人對蛇的負面印象。
在東方人的觀念裡，蛇總予人較為負面的印象，不如龍來得討喜，所以在商場上多半以小龍來取代蛇的稱謂。
小龍年生肖金飾在墜飾方面，多以可愛、卡通化的造型出現，有戴帽的紳士蛇、綁蝴蝶結的淑女造型，也可配成一對，特別適合情人、夫妻選戴。
部份民眾不太能接受蛇懾人的外形，於是在金飾設計上也以抽象蛇形線條來增加小龍金飾的親和力與柔美感。有的專賣店就推出多款具有時尚摩登感的鍊墜，充份運用蛇形曲線，表現出流行的線條感，除了鏤空、浮雕、立體造型之外，還有搭配白色琉璃結合異材質的新穎造型，以及適合晚宴的蛇頭加多重細鍊，都可以充分配戴出這一季流行的華麗風格。
如果要佈置居家挑選擺飾的話，更有不同造型、不同尺寸的組合，俏皮可愛的有撐小洋傘、提小皮包的情侶蛇，以及彈吉它、吹笛子、拿麥克風三隻小蛇組成的墨西哥樂團。
還有較大件、較豪華的是取材自伊甸園，純金打造的蛇纏繞著以水晶雕成的樹，樹幹上還掛著一顆金蘋果，擺起來氣派又好看，金蘋果並可取下當鍊墜。
在中國民俗傳說中，十二生肖除可計算年數作為婚配依據外，生肖流年運勢也影響著個人的流年運勢，而黃金生肖飾品，所散發出的光澤就如同西藏天眼珠，配帶時能產生正面能量，增加氣體循環，進而能改變人的磁場及運勢，所以許多民眾都有配戴生肖飾品的習慣。