Chinese Calendar
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The Chinese calendar is used by East Asian cultures, including Chinese, Vietnamese, Koreans, and the Japanese. It is predominantly a lunar calendar, yet it also displays characteristics of a solar calendar. Although the Chinese calendar is no longer used in day-to-day activities, it is still used to mark traditional East Asian holidays and to mark traditional religious dates in East Asia.
In Chinese Calendar, the years are named after the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac: rat, cattle, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, pig. 2008 is the a Year of the Rat.