{"id":291,"date":"2014-11-15T15:59:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T15:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fstips.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2014-11-15T16:17:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T16:17:25","slug":"do-you-know-the-chinese-zodiac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fstips.com\/do-you-know-the-chinese-zodiac.html","title":{"rendered":"Do you know the Chinese Zodiac?"},"content":{"rendered":"
In China, The Chinese zodiac is very popular. Each person has their own Chinese zodiac. What is Chinese zodiac? In ancient times, our ancestors counted the years by 10 celestial stems and 12 terrestrial branches. Although this was scientific, but it is difficult for people to calculate the years easily, so In order to remember year, the ancestors raised one good ideal using the animals represent the years. The animals will be easy to remember. Those animals are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.<\/p>\n
Each animal signs behalf on 1 year (Chinese calendar). There are 12 animal signs, so it will be repeated each 12 years. So once you know someone\u2019s Chinese zodiac, you can calculate the age of his or her. In china, instead of asking directly how old a person is, the Chinese often ask about his or her animal sign, which places a person within a cycle of 12 years.<\/p>\n