Are you surprised by the name of my
page-monkey park? It is rooted in Chinese Zodiac! I was born in the Year of
Monkey. You want more? Focus on my article!
ORIGIN
In ancient times, in order to make people
easily remember the years, Chinese ancestors came up with an idea—using the
animals to represent the years.
The Chinese animal signs are a 12-year
cycle used for dating the years. They represent a cyclical concept of time.
There is a popular folk method, which
reflected the cyclical method of recording years of the Twelve Animal Signs. Every
year is assigned an animal name or “sign” according to a repeating cycle: Rat,
Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Boar.
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