Is it true that 2023 is actually the year of the departing Tiger's diminutive - and some would say cuter - cousin, the cat?
Is it true that 2023 is actually the year of the departing Tiger's diminutive - and some would say cuter - cousin, the cat?There are many legends revolving around the Chinese Zodiac, how it was created, how the animals on it were chosen and how it relates to the Lunar Calendar but there are three notable one involving our feline friends.
Just as they were reaching the finish line, the rat shoved the cat into the water and jumped ahead of the ox to claim the first spot on the zodiac. Whether through bureaucratic malfeasance, being cheated or being lazy and too trusting, the cat was left without a position on the Zodiac. It is unknown why the Vietnamese decided to put the cat on their zodiac instead of a rabbit, but one theory states that the pronunciation of the Chinese character for rabbit in old Chinese sounds an awful lot like the Vietnamese word for cat.
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