New+Year+Calender

Chinese New Year Calendar
Dragon || 4710 || Snake || 4711 || Horse || 4712 || Goat || 4713 || Monkey || 4714 || Rooster || 4715 || Dog || 4716 || Boar || 4717 || Rat || 4718 || Ox || 4719 || Tiger || 4720 || THE STORY
 * Date of New Year || Zodiac Animal || Chinese Year ||
 * 23-Jan-2012 || [[image:http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/images/smallDragon.jpg]]
 * 10-Feb-2013 || [[image:http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/images/smallSnake.jpg]]
 * 31-Jan-2014 || [[image:http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/images/smallHorse.jpg]]
 * 19-Feb-2015 || [[image:http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/images/smallGoat.jpg]]
 * 08-Feb-2016 || [[image:http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/images/smallMonkey.jpg]]
 * 28-Jan-2017 || [[image:http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/images/smallRooster.jpg]]
 * 16-Feb-2018 || [[image:http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/images/smallDog.jpg]]
 * 05-Feb-2019 || [[image:http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/images/smallBoar.jpg]]
 * 25-Jan-2020 || [[image:http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/images/smallRat.jpg]]
 * 12-Feb-2021 || [[image:http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/images/smallOx.jpg]]
 * 01-Feb-2022 || [[image:http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/images/smallTiger.jpg]]
 * 22-Jan-2023 || [[image:http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/images/smallRabbit.jpg]] ||

The simplest story is that Buddha invited all of the animals to join him for a New Year celebration, however only 12 came. To thank the animals that did come, Buddha named a year after each of them in the order that they arrived. Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat ,Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.