This year is the Year of the Tiger, according to the Chinese zodiac. But few people in mainland China know that this chronological method involving a 12-year cycle of animals did not originate in China.
Ancient Babylonians about 4,000 years ago were thought to have created the 12-animal calendar, said Professor Li Shuhui, former director of the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences’ linguistic research institute.
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