Beginning of spring and Chunyu (tiger), quiet and vernal equinox (rabbit), Qingming and Grain Rain (dragon), long summer and xiaoman (snake), Miscanthus and summer solstice (horse), light summer and great summer and (sheep), beginning of autumn and early summer (monkey), Millennium and autumnal equinox (chicken), cold dew and early frost (dog), beginning of winter and light snow.

What do the 24 solar terms represent?

The zodiac is also called the zodiac. In China's traditional calendar, there will be twelve years when animals are on duty in turn, so in China, rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs will be used in the calendar.

China's zodiac originated from the ancients who used twelve kinds of animals to match the twelve earthly branches.

The full names of the twelve Chinese zodiac animals are: Rat, Ugly Cow, Silver Tiger, Hairy Rabbit, Chen Long, Four Shoots, Five Horses, Weiyang, Monkey, Youyou Chicken, Dog and Hai Pig.