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A complete Chinese calendar cycle is of 60 years, having five cycles of twelve years each. And each of these 12 years is named after an animal meaning these names are repeated every twelve year. According to the Chinese legend, Buddha summoned all the animals to him before he departed from the earth. Only twelve arrived as a sign of obedience and in turn he rewarded them by naming the years after them in the order in which they arrived at the end of the contest. Legend has it that the animals assembled at one bank of the river to compete in the contest to assist Buddha in ascertaining who should head the cycle of years. The animals assembled on one bank of the river and happily splashed into the river to be the first one to swim across to the other bank so as to have the first year of the animal cycle named after it. The rat being clever, unknown to the Ox, jumped on his back and just as the Ox was about to jump ashore, the rat jumped off his back and won the race while the pig being extremely lazy and sluggish ended up last. That is the reason for the Rat being the first year of the animal cycle and the Pig last. The Chinese believe that the ruling animal of every year moulds the personality traits of persons born in that year. Here's one complete Chinese calendar cycle, along with the ruling animals. Just check it out

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