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The Year of the Rabbit
The new year which began on Thursday is said to be one of diplomacy and a time for personal development.

The Chinese New Year is celebrated on the second New Moon after the Winter Solstice, which usually falls somewhere between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20. This year, the Year of the Rabbit, started on Thurs., Feb. 3.
Each New Year is ruled by an animal in the Chinese zodiac: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig, in that order. If you're wondering how the order came to be, there's a legend behind that.
Buddha invited all of the animals to help him celebrate the Chinese New Year, and announced that each year would be represented by one of them. They had a race to determine who would go first. The Ox was in the lead, but the Rat jumped onto his back, jumped off at the last minute and won the big prize -- the first lunar year. The Pig, being the laziest of the bunch, came in last. People born in each year are said to carry the personality traits of that animal -- like the western zodiac signs relate to ruling planets.
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