Page 9 Rooster heralds an auspicious year

The coming lunar year 2005 is the Year of the Rooster. Among the twelve symbolic animals, namely rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig, the rooster ranks tenth.

Page 10 Legacy

The coming lunar year is the Year of the Rooster. Among the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac – the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig – whicrepresent the 12 earthly branches used to denote the year of one’s birth, the rooster ranks tenth.

Page 11 Folklore

Study a map of China and you’ll notice that the country resembles a rooster, with the head lying in the northeast crowing towards the northern Pacific, its belly lying in the sutheast facing the island of Taiwan, and its tail towards Xinjiang and Tibet.

Page 12 Chickens

Though we have many species of chickens today, mostly produced by the means of crossbreeding and even gene-modification, only 11 species are native to China. This means they are unique in gene structure to China, according to the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science.

Page13 Shopping

Spring Festival is a time for arts and crafts and at markets, street merchants and department stores, you can find some specially made to welcome the Year of the Chicken.

Page 14 Food

It is probably safe to say that the chicken is the world’s most preferred form of white meat. You would be hard-pressed in this day and age to find a culture that did not produce some sort ofchicken specialty.

Page 15 Info

Info of exhibitions and performances

Page 16 Plan

Chinese people have been making New Year’s prints and pasting them on their doors and inside their houses at Spring Festival for over 2,000 years.