CHINESE YEAR OF THE DOG CELEBRATION








The Chinese Calendar predates the Gregorian-based International Calendar we use today by more than 4,000 years.

The Chinese Calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to accommodate the solar cycle, an extra month is inserted once every seven years. This is the same as adding an extra day on the western leap year. The last Leap Year was in 2004.

Because it follows a lunar cycle, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year. It starts with the new moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with colourful displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.

January 29, 2006 is the first day of the Chinese New Year and this year, it's the Year of the Dog.

Are you a Dog?

The Year of the Dog is your Astrolgical Animal if you were born between these years:

February 10, 1910 - January 29, 1911
January 28, 1922 - February 15, 1923
February 14, 1934 - February 3, 1935
February 2, 1946 - January 21, 1947
February 18, 1958 - February 7, 1959
February 6, 1970 - January 26, 1971
January 25, 1982 - February 12, 1983
February 10, 1994 - January 30, 1995
January 29, 2006 - February 17, 2007
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