Topmarks Chinese New Year Zodiac

Happy chinese new year to all those celebrating today.
Topmarks chinese new year zodiac. The last year of the zodiac will be named after you the cat crawls out of the water as for the cat who had been pushed into the water by the rat he finally crawled out of the water but was too late to have a year named after him. Traditionally celebrations last for fifteen days ending on the date of the full moon. The chinese new year of the rat began on 25 january 2020.
Discover your zodiac sign and the characteristics associated with each of the zodiac animals. The chinese believe that people born in a particular year take on the characteristics of the animal associated with that year. It is year 4718 on the chinese calendar.
The chinese calendar is different from that used in the united kingdom. Find out about some of the traditions customs and stories linked to the celebration of chinese new year. It s now the year of the goat sheep or ram which is the eighth animal in the chinese zodiac cycle.
It tells of how the jade emperor who was the emperor of heaven in chinese folklore ordered the animals in the zodiac calendar. As the chinese use the lunar calendar for their festivals the date of chinese new year changes from year to year. It s chinese new year on 19 february 2015 when it will be the year of the goat.
We have lots of free chinese new year resources written for primary aged children but one of our most popular is the chinese zodiac story which we have retold from chinese mythology. The date of chinese new year varies each year and the next will be on 12 february 2021 when it will be the year of the ox. Discover your zodiac sign and the characteristics associated with each of the zodiac animals.
We have been asked why we are calling the new year the year of the goat when some people are calling it the year of the sheep. Happy chinese new year to all those celebrating today. The chinese believe that people born in a particular year take on the characteristics of the animal associated with that year.