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      • According to "Taiping Yulan," the Jade Emperor declared that the first twelve animals to pay homage to him would be selected as zodiac signs. As a result, the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig arrived at the finish line in that order, becoming the symbols representing different years.
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    There are 12 Chinese zodiac signs, in the following order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Each sign is named after an animal, and each animal has its own unique characteristics.

  4. www.chinasource.org › resource-library › chineseChinaSource | Chinese Christians and the Chinese Zodiac

    Feb 9, 2024 · People use twelve animals, namely rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig, to mark the year of birth. For example, if a person was born in the year of 子 ( zǐ ), he or she belongs to rat; if he or she was born in the year of the 丑 ( chǒu ), this person belongs to ox, and so on.

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    Dec 4, 2020 · The result is we get 12 animals representing 12 years in a cycle: Rat (鼠), Ox (牛), Tiger (虎), Rabbit (兔), Dragon (龙), Snake (蛇), Horse (马), Goat (羊), Monkey (猴), Rooster (鸡), Dog (狗), and Pig (猪). (photo credit: www.shenhuagushi365.com/zhongguo/218.html)

  7. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 20704Explaining the Chinese Zodiac (Just in Time for Chinese New Year)

    Jan 25, 2009 · A folk method for keeping track of the years is the twelve animal signs. Each year is assigned an animal according to this cycle: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep...

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    Each Chinese lunar year has a Chinese zodiac sign animal. The Chinese zodiac year's stsarting date is a little different from the Gregorian year. It starts from Chinese New Year. The Chinese zodiac years chart below is provided to help you find out the exact starting and ending dates of the Chinese zodiac years. (This is especially useful for ...

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  10. lammuseum.wfu.edu › education › teachersThe Chinese Zodiac - Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology

    In order, the 12 Chinese zodiac animals are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. 2022 is a year of the Tiger. What is the Chinese Zodiac? The general consensus is that the zodiacs originally had something to do with the worship of animals.

  11. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chinese_zodiacChinese zodiac - Wikipedia

    The 12 Chinese zodiac animals in a cycle are not only used to represent years in China, but also believed to influence people's personalities, career, compatibility, marriage, and fortune. For the starting date of a zodiac year, there are two schools of thought in Chinese astrology: Chinese New Year or the Start of Spring.