Chinese New Year 2014 Animal

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">According to the traditional Chinese luni-solar calendar, one year comprises of 12 months of 29 or 30 days. To plot this with respect to the length of the solar year, minor alterations are made. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The years are believed to be arranged in cycles of 60, and each successive year is named after an animal. This system of assigning an animal to a year finds mention in Chinese folklore and mythology. 2014 is the Year of the Horse. It is believed that a person born in any year has characteristics similar to the animal that heads the year.</span> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4t8NjjE-bJs/Us0KxukxFqI/AAAAAAAAAm8/W9Hlh43Uw18/s1600/bigstock----Chinese-New-Year-Horse-Wi-41826925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="2014 Year of The Horse" border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4t8NjjE-bJs/Us0KxukxFqI/AAAAAAAAAm8/W9Hlh43Uw18/s1600/bigstock----Chinese-New-Year-Horse-Wi-41826925.jpg" title="2014 Year of The Horse" width="494" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2014 Year of The Horse</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Each animal is assigned one of the five elements of the Earth. Horse takes to Wood. Water and fire being conflicting characters, the year 2014 will be full of contradictions.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">People born in the year of the horse are perceived by others as calculative and cautious. In reality a horse person feels comfortable when she/he can chalk out everything to the minutest details. She/he is blessed with communication skills, if she/he chooses to use it. In general, a Horse person is lively, bright and are known for their physical strength. Confident and sensitive, they can achieve a lot if and when they set out to achieve their goal.</span></div>

Chinese New Year 2014 Animal

According to the traditional Chinese luni-solar calendar, one year comprises of 12 months of 29 or 30 days. To plot this with respect to the...

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