Calendar Chinese New Year Animals
This tale of the chinese zodiac is an animal story based on the great race.
Calendar chinese new year animals. Chinese people associate each animal sign with certain characteristics. Click the animal signs below to learn more about each zodiac animal. Rat ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse sheep goat monkey rooster dog and pig.
Saturday january 25 2020 was lunar new year and the start of the year of the rat in the chinese zodiac. It s believed that people born in a given year have the personality of that year s animal. Chinese new year marks the beginning of the chinese calendar year and each year is named after an animal.
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This is a year of metal ox starting from the 2021 chinese new year on feb. 1972 1984 1996 2008 2020. The rat is one of 12 animals in the chinese zodiac shēngxiào or 生肖 which is based on a 12 year cycle.
And when a new year begins it brings with it one of the 12 chinese zodiac. Chinese lunar new year calendar and zodiac animals. Rat ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse sheep monkey rooster dog and pig.
The lunar calendar is associated with the movement of the moon which usually defines traditional festivals like the chinese new year spring festival lantern festival dragon boat festival and mid autumn day. As you may already know the chinese calendar is based on the phases of the moon. The chinese use a lunar calendar as opposed to our own gregorian calendar.