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The Ox is the second of the 12-year periodic sequence (cycle) of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar, and also appears in related calendar systems. The Chinese term translated here as ox is in Chinese niú ( 牛 ), a word generally referring to cows, bulls, or neutered types of the bovine family, such as ...
The Thai zodiac includes a nāga in place of the Dragon [31] and begins, not at the Chinese New Year, but either on the first day of the fifth month in the Thai lunar calendar, or during the Songkran New Year festival (now celebrated every 13–15 April), depending on the purpose of the use. [32]
Nguyễn Huệ Street Tết Kỷ Sửu 2009 Bufalo zodiac statue in Pháp Giới Temple. The buffalo is the second animal symbol in the 12-year cycle of the Vietnamese zodiac, taking the place of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac. Water buffalo are industrious and patient. In general, the year is slow and steady, appropriate for scientists.
Observed for centuries, Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, is closely linked to the Chinese New Year, and is marked by the changing of the zodiac animal to represent the year ahead. Beginning on ...
In 2023, we'll be living in the year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac. To celebrate, we reveal the Chinese traditions surrounding Lunar New Year.
The Year of the Rat and the years of the subsequent other zodiacal animals is celebrated during Chinese New Year, in many parts of the world, with the animal appropriate to each new year serving as an artistic motif for decorations. The Rat and other zodiacal animals are also a popular motif on Chinese lunar coins and other coin series minted ...
The system of the twelve-year cycle of animal signs was built from observations of the orbit of Jupiter (the Year Star; simplified Chinese: 岁星; traditional Chinese: 歳星; pinyin: Suìxīng). Following the orbit of Jupiter around the Sun, Chinese astronomers divided the celestial circle into 12 sections, and rounded it to 12 years (from 11 ...
Lunar New Year 2023 (the year of the rabbit) began January 22. What to know about its traditions, superstitions, decorations, and celebrations.