Year of the Rabbit
The Rabbit is the fourth of all zodiac animals.
In Chinese culture, rabbits represent the moon. Some say it is because the shadows of the moon resemble a rabbit. Others say it is because of the rabbit’s pure characteristics.
Celebrated in China for thousands of years, the Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year holiday—also called Spring Festival—is based on a complicated calendar that uses both the lunar (cycles of the Moon) and solar (Earth’s annual orbit around the Sun) to calculate dates.
It’s also connected to the orbit of Jupiter. In fact, the traditions of the Chinese Lunar New Year are rooted in the astronomical origins of the holiday.
