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An Intro to the Chinese Zodiac Posted by on Feb 12, 2018

An Intro to the Chinese Zodiac

One tradition associated with the Spring Festival that almost everyone knows about is the Chinese zodiac (生肖 – shēng xiào), a 12-year mathematical cycle that relates each year to an animal. Of course, there’s an interesting story in Chinese folklore that explains the order of the animals: As the story goes, the gods decided to have a…

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