Chinese New Year
Chinese Calendar

2008 is the Year of the Rat
which is also known by its former name of Wu Zi

In the 'Stem-Branch' system, the years are named in 60-year
cycles, and the Name of the Year is repeated every 60 years.
2008 is the 9th year in the current 60-year cycle.

Current year is Year 4705 by the Chinese calendar.

Since 2008 is the Year of the Rat, any one who was born
in the Year of the Rat is now either 1 or 13, 25, 37, 49,
61, 73, 85 or 97 years old

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