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This 4th February corresponds to the beginning of both the month of the Tiger and the Chinese solar term Lichun 立春.

The well-known ‘four great inventions of China’ are papermaking, printing, gunpowder and the navigational compass. They are celebrated as emblems of scientific and technological advancement in ancient China.

November 22nd marks the beginning of the 20th of the 24 Chinese Solar Terms. This Solar Term is known as ‘Slight Snow’ or ‘Minor Snow’ (xiǎoxuě 小雪), and its beginning coincides with the beginning of the Western sign of Sagittarius, that is, the 240th degree of the ecliptic (the apparent path of the Sun over … Continued

The Chinese solar month of the Pig begins on November 8th and runs until December 6th.

In recent decades, the Western signs of the Zodiac have become popular because of an increasingly widespread interest in astrology, the ancient belief in a connection between the movements and positions of the Sun, the Moon, the planets and the stars, and human events.