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This year Chinese New Year will be widely celebrated on 12th February.
"The Chinese year will start on Feb 12 2021 and end on Feb 1 2022, when the Year of the Tiger begins."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/chinese-new-year-2021-ox-luck-should-avoid-medicine-laundry
In Vietnam and Mongolia the festival is celebrated on different days (the day before and the day after, respectively).
"When Is Chinese New Year 2021?"
https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/common/chinese-new-year
YEAR OF THE METAL OX
/info/en/?search=Ox_in_Chinese_mythology
There are already pages on Wikipedia for the Five Phases and the Twelve Earthly Branches.
FIVE PHASES
Wood | Fire | Earth | Metal | Water
TWELVE EARTHLY BRANCHES
Rat | Ox | Tiger | Rabbit | Dragon | Snake | Horse | Goat | Monkey | Rooster | Dog | Pig
Bearing in mind the significance of the Chinese POV ( /info/en/?search=List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users) would my fellow Wikipedians agree with me that there is good enough reason to have a separate page for each year in the sexagenary cycle? Dbug002 ( talk) 17:21, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
RoySmith (
talk) 15:18, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
5x expanded by Thebiguglyalien ( talk). Self-nominated at 18:38, 11 November 2022 (UTC).
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