Chinese zodiac

Chinese zodiac
Jan 31, 2008 00:25
LEOPOLD219 Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: offline	Chinese lunar New Year falls on February 7this year. It is a " Rat Year" according to Chinese zodiac. Do you know anything about the Chinese zodiac? In the Chinese zodiac, twelve animals are used to denote the year of a person's birth: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. This is called a person's shengxiao (sheng means the year of birth, xiao means resemblance) or shuxiang. Since ancient times, Chinese have denominated years using combinations of 10 Heavenly Stems and 12 Earthly Branches to form sixty-year cycles. The 10 Heavenly Stems are: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui. The 12 Earthly Branches are: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai. Shengxiao are held to be of great significance by many Chinese, and people tell numerous stories and follow rich and colorful customs associated with the Earthly Branches:

Jan 31, 2008 00:25

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Chinese lunar New Year falls on February 7this year. It is a " Rat Year" according to Chinese zodiac. Do you know anything about the Chinese zodiac?

In the Chinese zodiac, twelve animals are used to denote the year of a person's birth: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. This is called a person's shengxiao (sheng means the year of birth, xiao means resemblance) or shuxiang.

Since ancient times, Chinese have denominated years using combinations of 10 Heavenly Stems and 12 Earthly Branches to form sixty-year cycles. The 10 Heavenly Stems are: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui. The 12 Earthly Branches are: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai.

Shengxiao are held to be of great significance by many Chinese, and people tell numerous stories and follow rich and colorful customs associated with the Earthly Branches:

Jan 31, 2008 00:26	#1
LEOPOLD219 Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: Offline	Rat (1924 – 1936 – 1948 – 1960 – 1972 – 1984 – 1996 – 2008 – 2020 – 2032) Zi means seed, fruit, root and inheritance. It represents due north, the eleventh Chinese lunar month, when many animals begin to hibernate, and 11 PM to 1 AM, when the rat is most active.

Jan 31, 2008 00:35	#2
LEOPOLD219 Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: Offline	Do you believe in Shengxiao? 12 years is a cycle. In the year of your shengxiao, it is said that you will be unlucky. So, people are supposed to wear some red clothes or wear a red belt to get rid of the bad luck. If you were born in any one of the years((1924 – 1936 – 1948 – 1960 – 1972 – 1984 – 1996), you'd better wear a red waistband.

Jan 31, 2008 04:10	#3
DODGER Points: Join Date: Jul 15, 2007 Status: Offline	So that is why my Wife has bought me red underwear to put on at my arivale? Dodger.

Jan 31, 2008 19:21	#4
SHESGOTTOBE Points: Join Date: Nov 23, 2007 Status: Offline	LOL!!!

Feb 4, 2008 02:20	#5
WESTNORWOODGAS Points: Join Date: Jun 22, 2007 Status: Offline	Very funny Dodger. I'm a Rabbit so maybe my wife hopes I breed like one!! I certainly tried my best on our honeymoon, ha ha Alan

Feb 7, 2008 18:36	#6
KIWIGENE Points: Join Date: Nov 1, 2007 Status: Offline	I was born in 1972 - January 27th. I always thought I was a Rat but then found out that maybe I should be a Pig. I find conflicting dates doing web searches. Some say the Rat year started Jan 15th, but others say Feb 14th. So which is it? Can anyone actually remember what day Chinese New Year was actually celebrated in China in 1972?

Feb 9, 2008 10:59	#7
CARLOS Points: Join Date: Sep 10, 2007 Status: Offline	I was born Feb 16th -62, so I´m a Tiger, I suppose. My friends find from me quite a lot common with descriptions about a Tiger. Fortunately or unfortunately. Well, I´m not a tyrant. There has been some questions about New Year -62, so being a Tiger is not very clear for me. Carlos

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