Lunar New Year is a time to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year for a quarter of the world’s population from different countries and different cultures.
Lunar New Year celebrates the new year according to the lunar calendar, which is the lunar calendar.
According to the twelve zodiac animals in Vietnamese culture, 2023 is the year of the Cat, which means the year of the cat, not the year of the rabbit like in China, Korea, Japan, Singapore,… Vietnam is the only country
Ancient legend has it that all animals were invited to participate in a race across the river to determine the order of the zodiac signs.
However, Vietnamese legends are a bit different.
However, the real reason why Vietnam chose cats and not rabbits cannot be verified.
Another theory explains that in Vietnam, where the climate is hot, rats are a serious pest that causes trouble for farmers.
Because it has been around for so long, modern people cannot know exactly why the 12 zodiac animals were born, representing the lunar years continuously.
The legend of the 12 zodiac animals, still widely circulated in many Asian countries, recounts that the Jade Emperor is the one who named all the animals in this world.
To be able to choose 12 animals out of thousands, the Jade Emperor organized a contest.
Source: sbs.com.au
