Chinese Calendar Animals 2003
This tale of the chinese zodiac is an animal story based on the great race.
Chinese calendar animals 2003. The 12 animals of the chinese zodiac the chinese zodiac is made up of 12 animals and together they are known as 生肖 shēngxiào.the first animal in the cycle is the rat, followed by ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. As chinese people follows lunar calendar in tradition, referring to gregorian calendar, people born from february 1, 2003 to january 21, 2004 are the water sheep. The calendar provides lunar dates, holidays, auspicious dates.
You can use our find your chinese zodiac sign tool to find your zodiac animal sign or see the table below. According to chinese zodiac, the year 2003 is with the sheep sign, and it is the water element based on chinese five elements, so people born in 2003 are the water sheep. Traditionally, the chinese zodiac always starts with the rat, so the right order of the zodiac is:
However, goat years are generally dated by the chinese lunar calendar (starting on chinese new year). According to the chinese zodiac and the five elements theory, people born in the year of 1943 (feb. The order of the animals on the calendar reflects their completion of the race—the rat placing first and the pig finishing last.
Exploring chinese zodiac animals ~ signs and meanings. With a twelve year circle in the chinese calendar, the main trait of the chinese new year is that it names each of those twelve years after an animal. The chinese new year day is on february 1st, 2003.because this is the new moon day, the first day of the first chinese lunar month in the chinese lunar calendar system.
The chinese zodiac known as sheng xiao, is a revolving cycle spanning 12 years, each year represented by one of 12 animals. The animals in the chinese zodiac or the animals which constitute the chinese calendar are rat, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. The chinese lunisolar calendar is divided into 12 months of 29 or 30 days.
The calendar is adjusted to the length of the solar year by the addition of extra months at regular intervals. Rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, pig. Add it to your collection of short bedtime stories for kids.