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Fire Tiger 2 February 1878 21 January 1879 Earth Tiger 21 January 1890 8 February 1891 Metal Tiger 8 February 1902 28 January 1903 Water Tiger 26 January 1914 13 February 1915 Wood Tiger 13 February 1926: 1 February 1927: Fire Tiger 31 January 1938: 18 February 1939: Earth Tiger 17 February 1950: 5 February 1951: Metal Tiger 5 February 1962: 24 ...
The 12 Chinese zodiac animals in a cycle are not only used to represent years in China but are also believed to influence people's personalities, careers, compatibility, marriages, and fortunes. [7] 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.
Lester Cohen/Getty Images. Horse Years: 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002 and 2014. Tiger and Horse are two passionate zodiac signs who meet each other’s energy and ambition with ease ...
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1: 2 Groundhog day Imbolc: 3: 4: 5 Constitution Day (Mexico) Mardi Gras: 6 Waitangi Day Ash Wednesday: 7 Chinese
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 ...
Chinese New Year is the most widely celebrated Chinese holiday across the globe. This year, it falls on February 1, 2022, and will begin the Year of the Tiger. “Different regional cultures ...
The date of the Chinese New Year accords with the patterns of the lunisolar calendar and hence is variable from year to year. The invariant between years is that the winter solstice, Dongzhi is required to be in the eleventh month of the year [ 42 ] This means that Chinese New Year will be on the second new moon after the previous winter ...
In Singapore, Chinese New Year is the only traditional Chinese public holiday, likewise with Malaysia. Each region has its own holidays on top of this condensed traditional Chinese set. Mainland China and Taiwan observe patriotic holidays, Hong Kong and Macau observe Christian holidays, and Malaysia and Singapore celebrate Malay and Indian ...