Chinese New Year Animals
Chinese New Year is also call Spring Festival or Lunar New Year in China, no matter what you call it, it is time which signifies celebration and merriment for millions of Chinese people all over the world, in China or out of China. The Chinese calendar has a twelve year cycle and one of the most important characteristics of Chinese New Year calendar is that it names each of the twelve years after an animal. Chinese New Year 2010 is the year of the Tiger.According to the popular Chinese myth the animal ruling the year in which a person is born tremendously influences his or her behavior and traits. For instance, the year 2009 was the Year of the Ox. People born in the Year of the Ox are said to have strong leadership skill and methodical, which are the traits found in an Ox.
Tradition says that Lord Buddha had called for all the animals to come to him before he departed from the earth. When the cat got to know about the news, he told rat about it and the two animals decided to go together the next day. However, the next morning the rat did not wake up the cat. Therefore, the cat could not make it to the gathering on time and did not get a year. This is why there is no year of the cat and this is one of the reasons why cats hate rats.
Chinese New Year Animals：
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Tradition says that Lord Buddha had called for all the animals to come to him before he departed from the earth. When the cat got to know about the news, he told rat about it and the two animals decided to go together the next day. However, the next morning the rat did not wake up the cat. Therefore, the cat could not make it to the gathering on time and did not get a year. This is why there is no year of the cat and this is one of the reasons why cats hate rats.
Chinese New Year Animals：
http://www.chinesenewyear.me/chinese-new-year-animals.html
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