What is the Chinese zodiac sign？and how to find the zodiac that belongs to you？
What is the Chinese zodiac sign？
The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the Chinese calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. In traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese zodiac is very important and exists as a reflection of Chinese philosophy and culture. Chinese folkways held that one's personality is related to the attributes of their zodiac animal. Originating from China, the zodiac and its variations remain popular in many East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, such as Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Nepal, Bhutan, Cambodia, and Thailand.
The Chinese zodiac sign is composed of tweleve animals from the nature, namely, rats, cattle, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. It is used to record the year.
Each person uses the animal symbolizing the year of his birth as his zodiac sign, so Chinese folk people often count age according to the zodiac.One cycle is one round.
The Chinese zodiac signs share similarities with the Western zodiac signs: both have time cycles divided into twelve parts, each label at least the majority of those parts with names of animals, and each is widely associated with a culture of ascribing a person's personality or events in their life to the supposed influence of the person's particular relationship to the cycle. The 12 Chinese zodiac animals in a cycle are not only used to represent years in China, but also believed to influence people's personalities, career, compatibility, marriage, and fortune.
For example，Rats are quick learners; oxen are reliable and diligent; tigers are natural born leaders and rabbits tend to be quiet and alert. Dogs are loyal friends, and horses and pigs are great to be around.
Dragon is also one of the animal signs. Unlike in western culture, this fictional creature stands for bravery and ambition in China.
Though snakes are given negative traits in many parts of the world, as one of the 12 zodiac signs, it represents intelligence and mystery.
How to find the zodiac that belongs to you？
You can find your zodiac sign by looking at the list below. For example, if you were born in the year 2000, your Chinese Zodiac Sign is Dragon.
Rat/Mouse - 鼠 - shǔ，Year of birth：2044 2032 2020 2008 1996 1984 1972 1960 1948 1936 1924 1912
Ox - 牛 - niú ，Year of birth：2045 2033 2021 2009 1997 1985 1973 1961 1949 1937 1925 1913
Tiger - 虎 - hǔ，Year of birth： 2046 2034 2022 2010 1998 1986 1974 1962 1950 1938 1926 1914
Rabbit - 兔 - tù，Year of birth： 2047 2035 2023 2011 1999 1987 1975 1963 1951 1939 1927 1915
Dragon - 龙 - lóng，Year of birth： 2048 2036 2024 2012 2000 1988 1976 1964 1952 1940 1928 1916
Snake - 蛇 - shé，Year of birth： 2049 2037 2025 2013 2001 1989 1977 1965 1953 1941 1929 1917
Horse - 马 - mǎ，Year of birth： 2050 2038 2026 2014 2002 1990 1978 1966 1954 1942 1930 1918
Ram/Goat/Sheep - 羊 - yáng，Year of birth： 2051 2039 2027 2015 2003 1991 1979 1967 1955 1943 1931 1919
Monkey - 猴 - hóu，Year of birth： 2052 2040 2028 2016 2004 1992 1980 1968 1956 1944 1932 1920
Chicken - 鸡 - jī，Year of birth： 2053 2041 2029 2017 2005 1993 1981 1969 1957 1945 1933 1921
Dog - 狗 - gǒu，Year of birth： 2054 2042 2030 2018 2006 1994 1982 1970 1958 1946 1934 1922
Boar/Pig - 猪 - zhū，Year of birth： 2055 2043 2031 2019 2007 1995 1983 1971 1959 1947 1935 1923
Meet your very own patron saint, the Chinese zodiac sign and the Natal Buddha