RSSEvolution Of The Eastern New Year Animals
Jan 07
Do you want to know which animal you could be? Find out the legendary evolutions of the Chinese New Year animals.
The occasion of Chinese New Year is without a doubt considered to be the most important event in the Chinese lunar calendar. The traditional celebrations have been going on for years and the festive spirit is pretty much alive even today. The unique characteristic of the Chinese New Year is however the twelve year cycle that associates the coming of the year with an animal symbol.
Every twelfth year of the Chinese lunar calendar, the animal symbol repeats. Their current standing shows that next year will be the year of the Ox. The ancient thinkers of China studied on the actions of the animals in the calendar and concluded in deriving a similarity between animal personality traits and human nature.
Thereby if any person is born on the year of a certain animal he is supposed to bear resemblance to the nature of the animal of that particular year. Any individual who has taken birth in the year of the ox is bound to have decent organizational talent and they are considerably reliable and loyal. Also such people are patient and strong.
It is believed that the twelve year concept of the animals representing each year is deduced from the Buddhist dharma. According to the legend Buddha himself called the animals prior to his coming to the Earth. Moreover, a competition was held amongst these animals where the animal that came first would be assigned to the first year.
The race began with heavy contesting between the animals. The cunning rat after making a deal with the cat decided to cheat. All the while it seemed like the Ox would win the race as it maneuvered through the crowd. But the ox was unaware of the fact that the cunning rat was sitting on his back all through the race and when he came close to the ending line, the rat jumped off his back and became the winner.
The first year of the twelve year cycle as a resultof the race was the year of the rat as he managed to finish the race in first position. This year is followed by the year of the ox as the rightly deserving animal came second unfortunately. Then the ox is followed by the rest of the animals on the basis of the position they finished the race in. the Last in the race was the pig!
If you are thinking where these stories have originated from and why just twelve animals were called by Buddha, then be prepared to get no replies for these questions! This is because, it is an archaic Chinese traditional notion which has been kept alive till date and it is a strong part of the culture. Buddha was greatly moved by the twelve animals who took part in the race and to show his appreciation he assigned a year each to these animals.
Chinese New Years animals are symbols with deeper meanings . If you want to read about how to give the traditional Chinese New Year greetings click on the preceding links.
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