According to Chinese legend, the twelve animals fight one day, who was the manager of the annual cycle. The gods were asked to decide and they held a contest: Who would reach across the river first, and the rest of the animals would receive their years according to the finish.

All twelve animals on the river and leap into the Unknown ox jumped together, the rat on its back. As the ox was about to jump ashore, the rat jumped behind the meat, and won the race. The pig, which was very loose, finished last. That is why the rat is the first cycle of the animals, pig, second and last.

Chinese zodiac signs are a 12-year period used for dating the years. They represent a cyclical concept of time, rather than the Western linear concept of time. Chinese calendar, the beginning of the year somewhere between late January and early February. The Chinese have the Western calendar since 1911, but is used by the lunar calendar for festive occasions or as Chinese New Year. Many Chinese calendars, prints, and data and data of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Is a cultural porthole zodiac signs in Chinese folklore that horoscopes are developed around the animal characters, like monthly horoscopes in the West have been for the different moon signs, Pisces, Aries, etc. are developed, for example, says a Chinese horoscope, that a person born in the Year of the Horse would be happy, popular, and loves to compliment others. These horoscopes are amusing, but not taken seriously by the Chinese people.