Happy New Year. It is the year of the DOG.
Chinese New Year 2018 on Friday, February 16 2018, rings in the Year of
the Dog, which is the 11th of a dozen zodiac animals in the Chinese
calendar.
As one myth has it, the Jade Emperor decided to place
animals in the order they arrived at his party. The monkey, rooster and
dog were in another country helping a god defeat evil spirits, and
afterward they headed to the emperor’s party together. Since they
arrived at the same time, the emperor decided to order them based on
when they met the other country’s god. The dog became 11th, after the
rooster, whose year was 2017.
More-recent years of the dog prior to 2018 are 2006, 1994, 1982, 1970, 1958, 1946 and 1934.
