During a conversation recently with a student we talked a little bit about the different animals that make up the Chinese (and Japanese) calendar. Every year has a different animal, and pointed out that in China it is the year of the pig, while in Japan the same year is the year of the boar. I did a little research after the conversation, and it turns out that every sixty years is a “golden year” that is particularly blessed, and the golden year of the pig is one of the most auspicious of all birthyears in China. I read an article about Chinese births suddenly increasing during 2007 (the last year of the pig) as Chinese families planned the birth of their child to land during this year. <\/p>\n
Also interesting was that a rumor had started that 2007 was a golden year of the pig – and that had even more people excited and trying to have kids within that year. According to the article the information was incorrect – the last golden year of the pig was in 1971 – the year I was born. Sixty years before and sixty years after, and my folks ended up hitting it just right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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