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Chinese New Year 2011 |
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Chinese New Year 2011 will fall on February 3rd and with this we will be entering in the year of Rabbit. People have already started palnning for chinese new year 2011. Orginally chinese new year begins following Chinese Calendar. Chinese calendar consists both Gregorian and lunar-solar calendar systems. It can begin either in late January or in the mid of February depends upon the position of the new moon. Every body is waiting for chinese new year 2011 with the hope that it will bring prosperity and luck in their lives.
Chinese New Year Date
On February 3, 2011 Chinese New Year 2010 will begin. It is the Xin-mao ?? year. Xin (Metal) is the eighth of the ten celestial stems and Mao (Rabbit) is the fourth of the twelve terrestrial branches and marks the year of the Rabbit or Hare. According to a myth, on the Chinese New Year, Lord Buddha invited all the animals but only 12 came therefore he named each year after 12 different animals. Personality of the animal became the personality trait of the person born in that particular year.
| Animal |
Branch |
Dates |
| Rabbit |
Mao |
February 3 , 2011 |
| Dragon |
Chen |
January 23 , 2012 |
| Snake |
Si |
February 10 , 2013 |
| Horse |
Wu |
January 31 , 2014 |
| Got |
Wei |
February 19 , 2015 |
| Monky |
Shen |
February 8 , 2016 |
| Rooster |
You |
January 28 , 2017 |
| Dog |
Xu |
February 16 , 2018 |
| Pig |
Hai |
February 5 , 2019 |
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