Chinese Calendar Animals 2000. The chinese zodiac known as sheng xiao, is a revolving cycle spanning 12 years, each year represented by one of 12 animals. Year 2000 is also called the white dragon, because metal is equivalent to white in the five elements system.
The chinese lunisolar calendar is divided into 12 months of 29 or 30 days. In order, the 12 chinese horoscope animals are: Those born from january 1 to february 4 in 2000 belong to the earth rabbit.
Wood, earth, fire, water, and metal.
As the lunar calendar does not agree perfectly with the gregorian calendar, the chinese zodiac year is a little different from the gregorian year. This calendar was called the taichu calendar. The chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar that is used to determine important festival dates,. The chinese zodiac has been around for thousands of years and used to be the main astrological belief that chinese people based their actions and predictions on.