Chinese New Year Animals Past Years
Rat ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse sheep goat monkey rooster dog and pig.
Chinese new year animals past years. Your chinese zodiac sign is determined according to the year you were born. The 12 animals in order are. The zodiac is based on chinese astrology.
These animals include the tiger the rat the rabbit the sheep the dragon the pig the ox the horse the dog the monkey the snake and the rooster. The chinese lunar calendar follows a 12 year cycle and each of the 12 years is represented by 12 animals which form the chinese zodiac. The chinese new year spring festival usually falls during 21 january and february 20 if your birthday is during this period in gregorian date you may belong to the zodiac sign of the last year in the following table the years starting and ending dates are clearly shown which help you determine your animal sign correctly.
So if you were born in 1990 you re sign is the horse that s the year of the horse in the chinese lunar calendar. Chinese new year date. 2021 is the year of metal ox starting from feb 12 2021 chinese new year and lasting to jan.
The first of the twelve chinese new year animals is the rat followed by ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse sheep monkey rooster dog and pig. Year of the ox. After every 12 years the chinese calendar repeats itself.
Based on a 12 year cycle the sheng xiao birth likeness is represented by 12 different animals and calculated according to the. In order the 12 chinese horoscope animals are. Ox is a yin animal and the 2nd animal in the chinese zodiac marking the start of a new cycle.
As per the chinese myth the animal ruling the year in which a person is born has extreme influences on his or her behavior. The chinese zodiac or shengxiao shnng sshyao born resembling is a repeating cycle of 12 years with each year being represented by an animal and its reputed attributes. The beginning of a new year in china is marked with elaborate celebrations as people usher in the start of a new year animal.