The animals of the Chinese Zodiac represent certain horoscopes. Each person has an animal, depending on the year they were born. For example, if you were born in the year of the Tiger, your horoscope can include things like, "you are angered easily." Your horoscope also depends on the year of the Chinese New Year. If the year is the year of the Tiger, for example, and you were born in the year of the Tiger, your horoscope could be different when it is the year of the Pig.
Twelve Signs make up the Chinese Zodiac. Legend has it, the twelve animals were summoned by Buddah to a race. The order in which they completed the race would determine the ranking order of the signs. In order to test the animals, Buddah charted the course across land and sea. The clever rat, knowing there was no chance for victory, surveyed the group of animals and decided that the best option was to climb onto the back of the ox who was capable of moving fast across land, strong enough to move through rough terrain, and could swim across water. Just as they neared the finish line, the Rat jumped off and thus became the first sign! Click on an animal below to learn more about each of the twelve signs.
Source: http://www.onlinechineseastrology.com/chinese-zodiac-signs.aspx
The animals are the rat, tiger, dragon, pig, ox, rooster, rabbit, monkey, snake, ram, dog and horse.
The twelve animals represent the animals that spoke with the Jade Emperor.
It is because of the ancient story of zodiac competitions, when animals had to compete in a race in order to become one of the zodiac animals.
鼠(shǔ) rat, 牛(niú)cow , 虎(hǔ) tiger, 兔(tù)rabbit , 龙(lóng)dragon , 蛇(shé)snake , 马(mǎ)horse , 羊(yáng)sheep , 猴(hóu) monkey, 鸡(jī)chicken , 狗(gǒu) dog, 猪(zhū)pig
Rat - 鼠
Ox - 牛
Tiger - 虎
Rabbit - 兔
Dragon - 龙
Snake - 蛇
Horse - 马
Goat - 羊
Monkey - 猴
Rooster - 鸡
Dog - 狗
Pig - 猪
The animal that represented the Chinese New Year in 2013 was the snake.
The "year of the lion" is not a recognized term in the traditional Chinese zodiac or astrology. The Chinese zodiac includes animals like the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. The lion is not part of the Chinese zodiac.
Chinese scientists still don't know how zodiac animals originated. It's a mystery.
In Chinese Zodiac It Is The Tiger
The Zodiac representative on the placemats in Chinese restaurants is the Chinese Zodiac which runs from February of one year to February of the next year. The Chinese Zodiac is different than the Western Zodiac we are familiar with.
The order of the Chinese Zodiac Chart was determined by the order of each animal in a race set up by the 6th century Emperor, named Jade. Jade held the race to set up a calendar system made up of different animals on earth.http://www.omninfo.com/Chinese-zodiac/Chinese-zodiac-story/
rat mean intense. ox mean calm , born tiger mean powerful rabbit mean good friend dragon mean strong snake mean prudent horse mean popular goat mean shy monkey mean inventor rooster mean organized dog mean intelligent pig mean honest that are what the 12 chinese zodiac animals mean
Yes (As far as I can tell) Rangiku_Awata: just wanting to know how many animals are there in the Chinese zodiac can you give me a specific number?
It means rooster... What don't you understand? On the other hand if you're looking for the Chinese word it's: 公鸡/Gōngjī.
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12A on the Cz means 12 animals on the chinese zodiac
they symbolize the 12 months of the year
The Chinese zodiac system is important as it relates to the cultural history of the Chinese people and their strong belief in fortune and luck. Therefore, the animals of the zodiac, and one's identification with each animal, traditionally governed many important choices in Chinese life such as choice of a spouse.