Have you ever sat down at a Chinese restaurant and found yourself staring at a placemat with various animals and dates on it? Chances are, you were looking at the Chinese zodiac animals, a component of the Chinese calendar that cycles every 60 years. The animals of the zodiac represent part...
42 That paper placemat under your bowl of wonton soup at the Chinese restaurant probably has pictures of those 12 animals, along with some dates and descriptions. They are the Zhongguo shuxiang, or Chinese zodiac. Unlike the Western zodiac and its constellations, the Chinese zodiac is based...