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The Rooster (simplified Chinese: 鸡; traditional Chinese: 雞/鷄) is the tenth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Rooster is represented by the Earthly Branch symbol 酉 .
Start date End date Heavenly branch 23 January 1928: 9 February 1929: Earth dragon 8 February 1940: 26 January 1941: Metal dragon 27 January 1952: 13 February 1953: Water dragon 13 February 1964: 1 February 1965: Wood dragon 31 January 1976: 17 February 1977: Fire dragon 17 February 1988: 5 February 1989: Earth dragon 5 February 2000: 23 ...
Relationship between the current Sexagenary cycle and Gregorian calendar. This Chinese calendar correspondence table shows the stem/branch year names, correspondences to the Western calendar, and other related information for the current, 79th Sexagenary cycle of the Chinese calendar based on the 2697 BC epoch or the 78th cycle if using the 2637 BC epoch.
The year’s dragon sign is, more specifically, a wood dragon. The element of wood is seen in Daoist tradition as a return to the natural state of being, which in the dragon’s case, points to a ...
Lunar New Year's date changes every year since it follows a lunar calendar, ... It's time to say goodbye to the year of the rabbit and say hello to the year of the dragon. ... Rooster. Dog. Pig.
Chinese New Year dates. Twelve animal symbols comprise the Chinese zodiac. Here are the animals and which birth years they are associated with: Rat: 1924, 1936, 1948 ...
The Thai zodiac includes a nāga in place of the Dragon [31] and begins, not at the Chinese New Year, but either on the first day of the fifth month in the Thai lunar calendar, or during the Songkran New Year festival (now celebrated every 13–15 April), depending on the purpose of the use. [32]
The system of the twelve-year cycle of animal signs was built from observations of the orbit of Jupiter (the Year Star; simplified Chinese: 岁星; traditional Chinese: 歳星; pinyin: Suìxīng). Following the orbit of Jupiter around the Sun, Chinese astronomers divided the celestial circle into 12 sections, and rounded it to 12 years (from 11 ...