Each year in the lunar calendar is named after a Chinese mythology creature. Rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig are the zodiac animals that follow each other in a set order and are repeated every 12 years. The animals hold a race to decide their order in a folklore story that explains the cycle’s origins. The rat comes in first by hopping on the back of the ox, then leaping ahead at the last second. The tradition of matching an animal with a year in a 12-year cycle dates back to the Han period (201 BC 220 AD), and there are numerous legends and folktales around the 12 zodiac animals, which are frequently portrayed in East Asian art and design. In our collection, we have a series of Chinese figures that depict the zodiac animals with human bodies but animal heads. During the Tang era, this method of presenting them gained widespread (8th century).
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What is the Chinese zodiac element?
It’s great if all the types are present when forming a successful team: the wood person delivers perspective and stability, the fire person brings courage and initiative, the earth person provides grounding, the metal person is ordered and exact, and the water person contributes innovation. You’re probably ready to figure out which personality type you are now!
How to Find Your Chinese Zodiac Element
If you’re asking, “What is my Chinese element?” the answer can be found in your date of birth. It’s simple to figure out what element you are by looking at the last digit of your birth year and matching it to the element given for that digit.
How to Find Out Your Chinese Zodiac Sign
Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig are the 12 animal signs of the Chinese zodiac, which are based on a person’s birth year. This is referred to as a person’s Sheng Xiao (sheng means “year of birth,” and xiao means “likeness”).
Your Chinese sign is decided by your birth year, however due to the discrepancy between the lunar calendar (used in China) and the solar Gregorian calendar, it might be difficult to determine for some people. Because the Chinese New Year’s dates change each year, persons born in January or February should pay close attention to their birth date as well as their birth year if they wish to correctly calculate their Chinese sign.
What are the 12 signs of the moon?
Only 12 of them, the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig, arrived, and each was granted a year’s worth of honor depending on their arrival order.