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Animal symbols in the Chinese New Year calendar repeat every 12 years.
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Animals that are found on the Chinese zodiac calender include: rats, tigers, rabbits, dragons and many others. Each animal represents a certain trait of characteristics for people born between different months and dates.
There are 12 animals represented in the Chinese Zodiac: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Each animal represents a year in a 12-year cycle.
1944 (Gregorian) was 4580 in the Chinese calendar
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1994 was the Chinese Year of the Dog.
Animal symbols in the Chinese New Year calendar repeat every 12 years.
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The Chinese lunar calendar does not use months, rather divisions. The Chinese lunar calendar has 24 divisions in a year.
A Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, so based on the moon and the sun's year. It is also based on a 12 year cycle using 12 different animals.
There are 12 months in the Chinese calendar. They are, the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the sheep, the monkey, the rooster, the dog, and the pig.The above are the animals of the zodiac, not the months. There are twelve months in the Chinese calendar though, and a leap year has thirteen.
The animal that represented the Chinese New Year in 1995 was the pig.
In ancient times, animals were associated with human characteristics in many cultures; for example, the various animals in Aesop's Fables, helped to teach the poor and uneducated about virtues and vices of human behaviour. Thus the Chinese used animals symbolically in their astrological system.One to represent each month.
This year (2012) is 4649 in the Chinese calendar. Your meaning of the old Chinese calendar is unclear
2010 is Year 4707 in the Chinese Calendar
Animals that are found on the Chinese zodiac calender include: rats, tigers, rabbits, dragons and many others. Each animal represents a certain trait of characteristics for people born between different months and dates.