Year Of The Monkey

Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year.It is a very important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunar solar Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Spring Festival, the literal translation of the modern Chinese name. 2016 is a year of the Monkey according to the Chinese 12-year animal zodiac cycle. Other Monkey years include.....1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004