What animal represents the year 1990 and what meaning or story of this animal in the Chinese calendar?

Answer 1

1988 was the year of Dragon.

All tribes in ancient China would like to choose a strong animal to be its totem, symbolizing this trible would be protected by and as strong as this kind of animal to defence the nature disaster and live. Totems are always strong and dangerous animals. This is common in the beginning of human culture. Chinese Dragon is well accepted as very powerful, so ancient Chinese people took it as their totem. As the procedure of civilization, people could handle the nature disaster better, Chinese Dragon turns out to be a symbol of luck, good fortune and happiness. Chinese kids who were born in the year of Dragon are also tought to be very lucky( maybe blessed by some gods),off springs of Chinese Dragon. Many Chinese parents may choose to give birth in the Dragon years. Well, what is worth to be mentioned that there are defferences between the conceptions of dragon of the west and the orient. The different images of dragons of the west and the east also reveal this aspect.

Answer 2

1990 is the year of the metal horse. According to a tale, the order of the Chinese zodiac is named in the order the animals crossed the finish line in a race across a river.