Happy Chinese New Year!!!

[Chun-tzu]

2005 is the 4702nd Chinese year.

The webcards I sent out say it's 4703.
http://www.123greetings.com/events/chinese_new_year/

 

[Ferret]

I found this. A cycle is 60 years, each of the ten elements, (earth, wood, metal, air, water each with a ying and yang) has a year with one of the 12 animals. I don't know why it isn't 120 years.....

http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/Y2k.htm

 

[diaglo]

Knee How Ma?

How am I doing? Don't you love caucasian phoenetic translations?

i knew i should've put a Y'all after that.
edit: Pssstttt... btw i'm filipino .

 

[Chorn]

A cycle is 60 years, each of the ten elements, (earth, wood, metal, air, water each with a ying and yang) has a year with one of the 12 animals.

<Nitpick>Switch Air for Fire and you'll be correct.</Nitpick> The five Chinese elements are: Wood, Fire, Metal, Water, and Earth.

 

[talinthas]

chuc mung nam moi!
Remember, Lunar New Year isn't just for Chinese =)

 

[DragonSword]

The webcards I sent out say it's 4703.
http://www.123greetings.com/events/chinese_new_year/

4703? I guess I must be wrong then. I picked it up off some dodgey Chinese zodiac website...