What are all the animals and what dates are they on for the Chinese new year?

Answer 1

The animals that represent the Chinese New Year include:

• Rat
• Ox
• Tiger
• Rabbit
• Dragon
• Snake
• Horse
• Sheep
• Monkey
• Rooster
• Dog
• Pig

As of 2014, we are in the year of the horse. 2015 will be the sheep, 2016 will be the monkey, 2017 will be the rooster, 2018 will be the dog, 2019 will be the pig, 2020 will be the rat. The pattern will continue down the list.

Answer 2

If you mean the Chinese Zodiac, there are 12 of them. In sequence, Rat, Bull, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. In that sequence, each year is a different "animal year". For example, 2012 would be the year of the dragon. An infant born this year would be said to be born in the year of the Dragon, as with those who were born in 2000, 1988 and so on (in 12-year cycles).

One should note that the Chinese "year" is not as clear-cut as the Western Solar year. Although for all official purposes the Chinese uses the Solar calendar, there are still some tradition-based occasions which use the Lunar calendar, including Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese New Year. This year the Chinese New Year was on the 23rd of January. Thus if a child was born on the 22nd of January s/he would still be considered born in the year of the Rabbit. This can make finding out someone's Zodiac difficult if s/he was born in the end of January/early February, since the actual date of the Chinese New Year changes year to year between the two months.

So there is no fixed animal for Chinese New Year. This year no one would mention much of the Snake. The Dragon, however, is rather popular no matter what Zodiac Year it is. It would be much more popular on "Dragon" Years, however.

Answer 3

Some animals that are part of the Chinese Zodiac include the dragon, monkey, rat and dog. Some other animals in the Chinese Zodiac are the snake, ram and rooster.