Chinese have a unique way of representing the New Year through animals. They have 12 different animals to represent each year of the 12 year -cycle and the order remains the same throughout with the year of the rat beginning the cycle and the year of the boar/ pig ending the same. As the Chinese year 2008 was signified as the year of the rat, the following year, 2009, is going to be the year of the ox. Chinese New Year of OX, 2009 will fall on January 26th and will mark the 15 day long festivities beginning on the said date and going on till the 9th February.
2000 was the year of the dragon. Other years of the dragon were 2012, 1988, 1976, 1964, 1952, 1940, and 1928.
In china 2007 is the Boar
The fox
the ox. :)
This is the Ox which is also the animal for 2009
The animal that represents 2008 is the mouse.
The horse is the animal in the Chinese calendar that represents the year 1990. It also represents the years 2002 and 2014.
Snake.
1979
tiger
The Chinese animal of the year 2004 is the monkey.
It was the year of the Horse.
The Horse in the Chinesecalendar.
dragon
Monkey.