Chinese Calendar Animals Years
Characteristics of the animals of the Chinese zodiac.
Chinese calendar animals years. Chinese Zodiac Years of Chinese Zodiac Rat. The common misconception is that only birth year is needed to acknowledge your chinese zodiac.
Zodiac Animal Chinese Name Recent Years. Each year on the lunar calendar is assigned an animal and its attributes. These animal years of the Chinese zodiac rotate so each takes place once every 12 years.
This calendar was called the Taichu calendar. 1960 1972 1984 1996. 1927 1939 1951 1963 1975 1987 1999 2011 2023 Dragon.
1928 1940 1952 1964 1976 1988 2000 2012 2024 Snake. 2021 is the year of Metal Ox starting from Feb12 2021 Chinese New Year 2021 and. 22 1947 Feb.
Chinese zodiac 生肖shēngxiào is based on a twelve year cycle with each year of the lunar calendar in the cycle associated with an animal sign. Thats because each year is represented by an animal called a Chinese zodiac sign and legend has it that people born under that sign have similar traits to the animal. Rat ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse sheep monkey rooster dog and the boar.
31 1995 Feb. However it was in 104 BC during the rule of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the current calendar was defined. The year 2021starting February 12is the Year of the Ox.