1. Chinese Zodiac T welve kinds of animals

2. Twelve-Years Cycle

3. The Origin Once upon a time, the Jade Emperor invited all the animals on earth to celebrate his birthday.

4. The Jade Emperor ’ s Birthday Party He invented Chinese calendar, and in his birthday party, he wanted to name 12 years after 12 animals, too.

5. Honor the 12 animals Therefore, a competition was taken place. The first 12 animals arrived will be the winners. And in the party, he would honor these 12 animals. Each one of them would have a year of its own.

6. Rat was the first one to arrive. It played a trick on Ox and rode on it to cross the river. Right after they crossed the river, he jumped off the Ox ’ s back and got the first place. Who Is the First to Arrive?

7. What are the other ten winners? Ox became the second to arrive. After rat and ox came tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.

8. Chinese Zodiac In short, this was the origin of Chinese Zodiac.

9. Chinese Zodiac Websites : http://www.geocities.com/marcoyeung.geo/horoscopes.html http://www.shuku.net:8080/novels/children/12shengxiao/12shengxiao.ht ml http://www.geocities.com/marcoyeung.geo/horoscopes.html