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The same twelve animals are also used to symbolize the cycle of hours in the day, each being associated with a two-hour time period. The hour of the snake is 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., the time when the Sun warms up the Earth, and snakes are said to slither out of their holes.
Fire Rooster [4] 13 February 2029: 2 February 2030: Earth Rooster 1 February 2041: 21 January 2042: Metal Rooster 19 February 2053: 7 February 2054: Water Rooster 5 February 2065: 25 January 2066: Wood Rooster 24 January 2077: 11 February 2078: Fire Rooster 10 February 2089: 29 January 2090: Earth Rooster 21 January 2101: 16 February 2102 ...
Chinese folkways held that one's personality is related to the attributes of their zodiac animal. [3] Originating from China, the zodiac and its variations remain popular in many East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, such as Japan, [4] South Korea, [5] Vietnam, [5] Singapore, Nepal, Bhutan, Cambodia, and Thailand. [6]
4 February 1962: Metal Ox 3 February 1973: 22 January 1974: Water Ox 20 February 1985: 8 February 1986: Wood Ox 7 February 1997: 27 January 1998: Fire Ox 26 January 2009: 13 February 2010: Earth Ox 12 February 2021: 31 January 2022: Metal Ox 31 January 2033: 18 February 2034: Water Ox 17 February 2045: 5 February 2046: Wood Ox 4 February 2057: ...
3 January 1829: Earth Rat 2 February 1840: 22 January 1841: Metal Rat 20 February 1852: 3 February 1853: Water Rat 8 February 1864: 26 January 1865: Wood Rat 26 January 1876: 12 February 1877: Fire Rat 12 February 1888: 30 January 1889: Earth Rat 31 January 1900: 18 February 1901: Metal Rat 18 February 1912: 5 February 1913: Water Rat 5 ...
Zodiac dragon. The dragon (simplified Chinese: 龙; traditional Chinese: 龍; pinyin: lóng; Jyutping: lung; Cantonese Yale: lùhng) is the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
Zodiac pig, showing the zhū (猪) character for pig Chinese paper cutting. The Pig or sometimes translated as the Boar is the twelfth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in Chinese zodiac, in relation to the Chinese calendar and system of horology, and paralleling the system of ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. Sign of Chinese zodiac Dog "Dog" in regular Chinese characters Chinese 狗 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin gǒu Wade–Giles kou 3 IPA [kòʊ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization gáu Jyutping gau2 IPA [kɐw˧˥] Southern Min Hokkien POJ káu Old Chinese Baxter–Sagart ...