The Zodiac
The Chinese zodiac is a method of counting years based on the Chinese lunar calendar and assigns each year with a representative animal in a repeating 12-year cycle. Each animal is also associated with a natural element in the Earthly Branch. The tradition of sculpting terracotta figurines into zodiac representations might have originated in the Han Dynasty.
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