TWELVE ZODIAC ANIMALS · 生肖

Find the year. Understand the tradition.

The Chinese zodiac follows a repeating twelve-year lunar cycle. Use a full birth date for the correct New Year boundary, then explore each animal as a cultural symbol—not a scientific personality test.

LUNAR-YEAR DATE FINDER

Use your date, not only the year.

Chinese New Year usually falls in January or February. A person born before it belongs to the previous lunar year.

STEP 1 · ENTER A DATE

When were you born?

The calculation uses the browser's Chinese calendar to respect the lunar New Year boundary.

Dates stay in your browser and are not stored.
EXAMPLE · SELECT A DATE ABOVE
龙lóngDragon

Choose a full birth date to calculate the exact lunar-year sign.

Culture note: zodiac associations are folklore, not a personality diagnosis.
STEP 2 · EXPLORE ALL TWELVE

One cycle, twelve cultural symbols.

Select an animal directly or let the date finder choose it for you.

An original celadon ceramic illustration of the Chinese zodiac Dragon
ORIGINAL HANYU ART SERIESDragon · one form in the twelve-animal cycle.Image notes ↓
05 OF 12辰 · chén
龙
lóng

Dragon

The dragon is the only mythical animal in the twelve-sign cycle. In Chinese visual culture it has long appeared in changing forms connected with water, power, and auspicious meaning.

LUNAR YEARS BEGINNING IN1964 · 1976 · 1988 · 2000 · 2012 · 2024 FOLKLORE ASSOCIATIONEnergy and good fortune
USEFUL CHINESE我属龙。Wǒ shǔ lóng.My Chinese zodiac sign is the Dragon.
FACT / FOLKLORE

The twelve-year sequence is a calendar tradition. Personality descriptions attached to each animal belong to folklore and vary by source.

ORIGINAL VISUAL SYSTEMOne generated collection, clearly labeled.

All zodiac portraits are original Hanyu illustrations generated as one coordinated series; they are not historical artifacts. Calendar facts and folklore remain separate.

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NEXT · PLACE THE OBJECT IN TIMESee where these objects sit in a longer history.

Move from early writing through Qin–Han, Tang, Song–Yuan, Ming, and Qing in one compact timeline.

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