Background Informations:
Traditional Chinese calendar keeps track of the years by combining the "Ten Heavenly Stems", namely "Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui", and the "Twelve Earthly Branches", namely "Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai", to form a 60-year cycle, and each of the Earthly Branches is associated with a specific animal. The year 2008 is Wu Zi Year, or the Year of the Rat.
