Chinese Calendar Animals Years

Chinese zodiac animals are listed here in order of their rotation and appearance on the Chinese calendar.

Chinese calendar animals years. Characteristics of the animals of the Chinese zodiac. People born on the 23rd of any Chinese month in the year of the Snake exceed the rest in bravery and wisdom. Rat ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse sheep monkey rooster dog and the boar.

However it was in 104 BC during the rule of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the current calendar was defined. Each year on the lunar calendar is assigned an animal and its attributes. The Chinese zodiac is a classification scheme based on the lunar calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle.

110 rows Zodiac Animal and Characteristic. The 12 animals in order are. It is the same Chinese calendar that is used today.

Thats because each year is represented by an animal called a Chinese zodiac sign and legend has it that people born under that sign have similar traits to the animal. Year Date Chinese Zodiac Year. Chinese Zodiac Years of Chinese Zodiac Rat.

22 1947 Feb. 08 1959 Jan. The first day on the Chinese calendar is referred to as the Chinese New Year also called the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year celebrated all over the world through special feasts and parades.

Those born in that year are thought to have similar qualities. 16 1923 Feb. 27 1971 Feb.