Year of the Rabbit – DW – 01/21/2023
, 2023-01-21 05:18:53,
The first day of the Chinese New Year falls on January 22 this year. Also known as the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year, the Spring Festival is widely celebrated in China and many East Asian countries.
Families usually gather during this time to share sumptuous meals, while children are often given cash in red packets known as “hong bao”.
The beginning of the lunar year also sees the rotation of the 12-year Chinese zodiac, each of which is represented by an animal.
There are many stories that explain the constellations: one legend says that the Jade Emperor—an important Chinese deity—called all animals to a “great race,” winning the first 12 animals in his favour.
The twelve who made them, in order of appearance, are the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.
Famous bunny characters
If you were born in 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011 or 2023, you are a Rabbit.
Notable bunnies in pop culture include American founder and CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos, Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi, Chinese martial arts actor Jet Li, Colombian author and Nobel Prize winner in literature Gabriel García Márquez, and French singer Edith Piaf as well German-born. The recently deceased physicist Albert Einstein Pope…
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