“Based on Chinese legend, the rabbit was the pet of moon goddess Chang’e.” “The rabbit is a creature that denotes peace, calm and elegance, but also ingenuity, wit, vigilance, agility, adaptability and clear-sightedness- qualities we should remember and emulate in 2023,” Associate Professor Shengyu Fan, from the ANU School of Culture, History and Language, says. Photo: xiaoliangge/ What does the Year of the Rabbit symbolise? This year is Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. The 2023 Lunar New Year is the fourth in the zodiac and the Year of the Water Rabbit. The sequence of the animals was decided by the order in which they arrived.Īs well as being represented by one of 12 zodiac animals, each year in the Chinese lunisolar calendar is associated with one of five elements-wood, fire, earth, metal and water. That’s how the animals of the Chinese calendar came into being. Legend says that Buddha invited all the world’s animals to meet him on New Year’s Day and named a year after each of the 12 animals that attended.
This year, it falls on 22 January, marking the start of the Year of the Rabbit, or Year of the Cat in the Vietnamese zodiac.īut what’s special about Lunar New Year? And why are the years named after animals? Lunar New Year is the most important celebration in the Chinese calendar and for many other Asian cultures.
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