Today marks the start of festivities celebrating the Lunar New Year (aka Chinese New Year), which continues through February 26. Because the holiday goes by the lunar calendar, the date of the Lunar New Year on our solar/Gregorian calendar changes each year. The Lunar New Year also comes with a turn of the zodiac, which is divided into 12 parts, with each part represented by a different animal. The zodiac system assigns a single animal and its attributes to represent each year, and 2021 is the Year of the Ox. The others are Rat, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
The cycle begins anew
Today in History
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Up, up, and away for Hot Air Balloon Day
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Salt ponds of Maras, Peru
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Happy Easter!
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Great Fountain Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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To Roswell, and beyond!
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In the Most Serene Republic
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Happy Thanksgiving
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Atlantic puffin, Iceland
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World Wildlife Day
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Tegallalang terrace farms in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
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‘You should see the one that got away!’
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Room at the top?
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Happy World Meteorological Day
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Mont-Saint-Michel
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Feature Attraction: 85 years at the drive-in
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Icelandic horses, Iceland
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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
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Trevi in bloom
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Who left the tub running?
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Are you older than this lake?
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Earth Science Week
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‘Fringe’ takes center stage as Edinburgh celebrates the arts
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The moai you know
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Take this for a spin...
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Fresh water on the Silk Road
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Wyoming celebrates its statehood
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Grand finish of Le Tour
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In the footsteps of Leopold Bloom
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A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
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Jane’s Carousel delights