August 04, 2004

The Twelve Years Circle of Chinese Calendar

When I say “I was born in the monkey year”, you may wonder what the monkey yearis. It comes from the old Chinese calendar which was also used in KOREA andJAPAN. Look at the table below and find the year you were born in to identifyyour year of the animals.
1MOUSE19481960 1972
7
HORSE195419661978
2COW194919611973
8
SHEEP195519671979
3TIGER195019621974
9
MONKEY195619681980
4RABBIT195119631975
10
CHICKEN195719691981
5DRAGON195219641976
11
DOG195819701982
6SNAKE195319651977
12
BOAR1959 19711983
In ancient China, these animal characters are used as zodiacsigns. I once met an American man who studies Chinese and Japanese. He can speakChinese very well and he also knows about these animal symbols. He said he wasborn in the MONKEY year and so was I. He said that is coincidence. However,his wife was born in DOG year. He believes that is the reason why they don’tget along very well. Do you think it is funny?
Try to talk about these animal symbols when you meet a Japanese lady and youmight find that you may share many interests.

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