Every Year a Good Year: Although the twelve birth sign animals have different degrees of popularity, the surrounding taboos and superstitions are slowly breaking down. Yet when each year comes around the Chinese still greet the new incumbent for its auspicious features, while seeing out the old and welcoming in the new.
縱然各生肖動物受到的寵愛程度不一，生肖的種種禁忌、迷信也漸破除，但每逢歲次更替，中國人在除舊布新之時，也總是歡喜地迎接新的值年生肖，並為它們加上種種吉祥標籤。