Earthly Branches
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The Earthly Branches are a system of twelve ordered symbols used throughout East Asia. They are indigenous to China, and are themselves Chinese characters, corresponding to words with no concrete mean
A carving of the Chinese zodiac on the ceiling of the gate to Kushida Shrine in Fukuoka, Japan
Chinese zodiac
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The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the Chinese calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. The zodiac is v
Earthly Branches
…Earthly Branches A carving of the Chinese zodiac on the ceiling of the gate to Kushida Shrine in Fukuoka, Japan Chinese name Chinese 地支 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin dìzhī Yue: Cantonese…
A stone carving of the Chinese zodiac
Tang dynasty era ceramic figurines of calendar animals, from left to right: Tiger-headed, Dragon-headed, Snake-headed, Monkey-headed and Rooster-headed. Musée Cernuschi
This image depicts a scene from "The Great Race" folk story, in which the Ox carries the Rat across the river.