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      • Besides associating each year of the twelve-year cycle with a Chinese Zodiac animal, traditional Chinese culture arranged the same animals to correspond to the hours of the day. The ancient Chinese divided the 24-hour day into twelve two-hour periods, also known as the 12 Shichen or earthly branches, and designated an animal for every period.
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  2. 1 day ago · There are 12 Chinese zodiacs, each represented by an animal. In order, they are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. It is a 12-year recurring cycle, wherein each year is represented by one of 12 animals. For example, 2024 is the Year of the Dragon, while 2025 will be the Year of the Snake and so on ...

  3. 5 days ago · The Origins and Order of the Twelve Animal Years. The twelve years of the Chinese zodiac cycle are each named after a different animal.2004 is the Year of the Monkey, jiashen (jia, the first Heavenly Stem, combined with shen, the ninth Earthly Branch) according to the numbering of the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. The Year of the Monkey ...

  4. 4 days ago · In the Chinese Zodiac daily hours’ earthly branch system, the animals appear in the same order as in the twelve-year cycle: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Rat’s hours are between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m., with the rest of the animals taking the following two-hour periods in the above-mentioned ...

  5. 5 days ago · Chinese New Year's Eve is typically a half-day holiday in Malaysia, while Chinese New Year is a two-day public holiday. George Town, a Chinese-majority city, is known for its lively Chinese New Year celebrations that last until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day.

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  6. Ox is the second animal among the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. In order, the animals are the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. The Chinese word “Ox” also refers to bulls, cows, or other types of the bovine family including bison, African buffalo, and the water buffalo. Image from ...

  7. 5 days ago · The 12 zodiac animals' heads adorn the water-clock fountain and also have the function of giving the correct time, which corresponds with the traditional Chinese time (one of the 12 two-hour periods into which the day was traditionally divided, each being given the name of one of the 12 Earthly Branches) Each zodiac animal would spray water at ...

  8. 3 days ago · The main astrological aspects of a chinese year include the Chinese zodiac - twelve animal signs which represents twelve different types of personality, the 5 major planets, the 4 fixed elements, a negative and a positive side called Yin and Yang and the 5 astrology zodiac colors.

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