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THE CHINESE CALENDAR
Hong Kong is a place where East and West meet, and this applies even to the calendar. The Western calendar is followed for all practical purposes, but the old Chinese calendar governs the cultural, festive, religious and spiritual life of most people.
that is to say,
The Chinese calendar in a lunar one it follows the phases of the moon and New Year always falls somewhere between January 21 and February 20. This year the Lunar New Year is on February 13.
There is a 12 year cycle in the Chinese calendar, and each year is named after an animal, to make up the Chinese Zodiac. They are: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, cockerel, dog and pig.
The year just beginning is the Year of the Pig.
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Above are the Chinese character and a paper cutting depicting the pig.
As described in the Chinese Zodiac, people who are born in the Year of the Pig (the last one was 1971) TEND TO TAKE MOST THINGS EASY. THEY ARE COURTEOUS, WITH QUIET INNER STRENGTH, AND ARE EAGER TO LEARN WHEN THE SUBJECT INTERESTS THEM. THEY HAVE SLIGHT SPENDTHRIFT TENDENCIES.
Other Years of the Pig: 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007.
Rat (the last one was 1972)
PEOPLE BORN UNDER THIS SIGN HAVE GREAT CHARM BUT ARE EASY TO ANGER. ONCE A GOAL IS SET, THEY WILL PURSUE IT TO THE END
Years of the Rat: 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996
and 2008.
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