It is already February and soon we have another reason to party! n two weeks it is Valentines day and that means something to some and something else to others.
This year it also means that the Chinese New Year is coming up in February, and this time this also happens on the 14. Exactly as Valentines day and my birthday
.We get one weeks holiday -which is nice- but it is not really a good time to go somewhere as there is about one billion Chinese who has the same idea.
We are leaving the year of the Ox, and will enter the year of the Tiger.
The Chinese zodiac moves in a circuit of 12 years as there are 12 animals in it.
Every animal has a certain characteristic as the people born in that year, and when you enter a year of the animal in which year you are born, something major changes are supposed to happen.
I'm born in 1962, so I am born in the year of the Tiger, so I'm entering my year. Last time it was my year, I moved from Denmark, first to Spain then to Dresden where I then spend 8 years.
So I just wonder what is going to happen this time?
I don't think we will move somewhere else, so what is it hiding out there for all the Tigers in the world.
I can't really explain how it came that the animals were sorted in the order they are in the zodiac, with the rat or mouse as the first in the line. It has to do with a race over a river in which the order should be settled.The rat came apparently onto the other side as the first because ha sat on the back of the Ox and jumped of just before they reached the other shore.
If someone really wanna know then have a look here.
There is a little funny story about this race and who is in it, because in this story the reason why the cat and the rat (mouse) is considered as deadly enemies. Because why did the cat not participate in this race?
According to the tail it is because the rat told the cat that the race was on another day, and therefore the cat just slept all day, and off course missed the race, and now cats are angry about that and will always chase rats (mice).
There is some more about this story here:
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