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bureaucracywasparticularly

swiftanduncompromisingfor

babiesborninGuiyang,Guizhou

ProvinceinearlyNovember,

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thewomb,theirmothersdiscoveredthe

hospitalhadreacheditsallottednumber

ofbirthcertificateforms,thusensuringthe

veryfirstdocumenttorecordtheirexistence

wasdenied,oratleastdelayed.

Aboominbirthsmeantthatthe70,000birth

certificatessetasideforGuiyang(5,000more

thanweresetasidein2013)hadbeenreached.

Newbabieshadtobegiventemporaryidentification

papers,whichlackedtherequiredwatermarksand

uationresultedin

wranglingbetweenlocalandprovincialgovernments,

aswellastheNationalFamilyPlanningCommission,as

confusionandbureaucraticredtapestymiedeffortstoprovide

birthcertificatesforthesebabies.

So,whythesuddenboominbirths?Mediareportsdetailing

Guiyang’sbirthcertificatecrisiswerequicktopointoutthattheyearof

thehorsewasdrawingtoaclose,withthemuchmoreunpalatablelunar

YearoftheSheeploomingonFebruary19,2015.

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ZhangXiaobo,27,awhite-collaremployeeinBeijingwhose

wifegavebirthinSeptember,2014,summarizedtheproblem

quitesuccinctlywhenhesaid,“Myparentspersuadedmeto

haveahorsebaby,oramonkeybaby(referringtochildren

borninthelunaryears2014or2016)toavoidthe

sheepyear.”

Zhangisofagenerationwithvariedviewson

thesignificanceoftheChinesezodiac,which

assignsparticulartraitstochildrenborneach

yearandlabelseachyearasbeingrelatedto

nyoung

peoplelikeZhang,whotaketheChinese

zodiacaboutasseriouslyasthosewho

readtheirhoroscopesforalaughover

breakfast,receivepressurefromrelatives

birthofZhang’sbabyinSeptember

ensuredthechildwasborninthe

YearoftheHorseinsteadofthe

YearoftheSheep.“Eventhoughwe,

theyounggeneration,don’talways

believetheoldsayings,apparently,

mybaby’sbirthdatewasableto

ingtowhat

Iheard,ahorseyearisperfectfora

babyboy.”

“Iguessitisprobablybecausethe

imageofahorseisoftenlinkedwith

goodstuff,likeheroes,loyalty,and

such,”Zhangsays.“Asheepmightbe

symbol.”

Viewsonthebenefitsanddrawbacks

ofeachofthezodiacanimalsvary

acrossdifferentpartsofthecountry.

Beliefsrelatedtotheanimalsareoften

passeddownthroughthegenerations,

andvariousfamiliesandvillageshavetheir

owninterpretationsofthesignificanceof

r,certainbeliefsarefairly

widespread—suchastheundesirablestatusof

eopletendto

beviewedaskind,gentle,affable,andmeekbuteasily

ietywhichhasbecomeruthlessly

competitive,achildbornwiththesetraitsisseenasa

instarkcontrasttothosebornin

dragonortigeryears,whoareviewedastake-chargego-getters

whowillsomedaybringthefamilygoodfortune.

Birthsindragonyearsaresoprizedthat,asonefamily’stalegoes,

inthevillageofPotangroughlytenyearsagointheYuechengDistrictof

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ShaoxingCity,ZhejiangProvince,villagersrespondedto

aparticularlyfiercestormbyformingapossetobravethe

elementsandgotofindchildrenborninthedragonyear.

Thesechildrenwerebelievedtohaveadirectlinkwiththe

heavens,andthustheirprayerswereseentoholdthekey

tostoppingthestorm.

Thea越中览古 uthoritiesarecertainlyawareofthesignificance

mayhavebeenattemptstohosedownbabyboomsand

busts,thestate-runChinaNewsServicealongwiththe

GuangzhouDaily,inreferencetotheextensivecriticismof

thosebornintheYearoftheSheep,pointedoutthatthe

country’sPremierLiKeqiangwasinfactborninasheep

year,aswasBillGates,whoiswidelyrespectedinChina.

Butdespitecriticismofthesesuperstitionsfromthe

authorities,scientists,demographers,andthemedia,

thesebeliefsstubbornlyremain,evenamongmanyofthe

increasinglycynicalyouthofthecountry.

BOOMSANDBUSTS

Theauthoritieshavegoodreasontofearthesebooms

andbusts,asitisn’tmerelyastable12-yearcycleChina

nyearsareregardedas

particularlyauspicious,aseachanimalalsogoesthrough

fiveelements:water,fire,earth,wood,andmetal,meaning

thereare,ineffect,rotationsof60yearsforananimal

licatethingsfurther,

in-depthanalysisoftheChinesezodiacpointsoutthat

beyondyearstherearealsoanimalsassignedtomonths,

days,andevenhoursofbirth,meaningtherearemore

animalsrepresentingvariousaspectsofone’snature.

In2007,TheEconomistreportedthatofficialswere

expectingasuddenboominchildrenrelatedtothatyear,

thegolden“fire”pigyear,whichduetootherastrological

considerations,e

commentarypointedoutthatthisboomwasprompting

fearsofeducationshortagesoverhalfadecadein

advance.

Meanwhile,thatsameyear,thestate-runChinaDaily

reportedontheeducationproblemsassociatedwitha

previousauspiciousyear—theyear2000,whichwas

36million

babieswerebornthatyear,accordingtofiguresfrom

theNationalBureauofStatistics,astarkcontrasttothe

19.09millionin1999and17.02millionin2001.

Primaryschoolsaroundthecountrywerepackedto

capacityastheyoungdragonscameofschoolage,with

theMinistryofEducationissuingannouncementsthat

itwouldneedtotakesharpmeasurestodealwiththe

situation.

But,thisofcourse,

lunarNewYearof1992beganonFebruary4,The

NewYorkTimescorrespondentinBeijingreportedon

thefestivities,announcinginanarticleheadlined“It’s

YearoftheMonkey,andGoodforBabies”,thatafrail,

87-year-oldDengXiaopingwasappearingontelevision

itieswere

alreadypredictingaboominbirths,partlyasadelayed

reactionto1991’sYearoftheSheep,assoon-to-be-

parentswhohadavoidedgivingbirthintheYearof

theSheep—mostofwhomwerelimitedtojustone

child—ia

atthetimewerealreadytryingtostresstheadvantages

ofhavingchildreninasheepyear,namelythereduced

competitionforeducationresources.

China’sfamilyplanningpolicyexacerbatesthese

birthboomandbustcycles,asformanyyearsparents

movestoloosenthepolicyandallowparentswhomeet

certaincriteriatohaveasecondchildhavemetwith

alukewarmreception,partlybecauseurbanparents

strugglingwithhighrentandeducationcostsappearto

AMBITIOUS,

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bedecidingthatoneisenoughandpartlybecausethatone

childhadbetterbebornwitheveryadvantagepossible—

zodiacorno.

Theintensityofthesebabyboomshasbeenfelt

particularlyinHongKong,whereaconstantinfluxof

pregnantwomenfromthemainlandhaspushedtensions

ectantmotherstravelto

HongKongpartlyforthebettermedicalservicesonoffer,

butmostlybecausetheywanttheirchildrentobeeligible

fortheextrabenefitsandeducationoptionsavailableto

reased

competitionforHongKong’smedicalresourceshas

provokedsignificantenmityagainstmainlandresidents,

particularlyduringbirthbooms,andinrecentyears

thegovernmenthasbeentakingactiontotrytorestrict

pregnantmainlandwomenfromgivingbirththere.

But,despitethemediacommentaryonpotentialbirth

boomsorbusts,whichcomesaroundwithoutfailatthe

beginningofeachlunaryear,therearethosewhosaythe

significanceofthezodiaconbirthnumbersisoverstated.

DuanChengrong,ademographerwhoisoneofthe

fewtoresearchtheissue,saidinaninterviewwithThe

WashingtonPostthatwhilethesebirthboomsareafactoron

asmallerscale,onanationalscaletheredoesn’tseemto

tsoutthatawidevariety

offactorsaffectbirthrates,andsaysthezodiacisjustone

ingredientamongmany.

DATESWITHDESTINY

Beyondthedayofbirthandevenaftergraduation,young

Chinesearestalkedbytheirzodiacanimals,whicheven

iasticbelieversinthe

Chinesezodiachaveawidearrayofbeliefsassociatedwith

enormallyblessed

dragonsandtigershavecertaindifficultieshereandmost

certainlyshouldnotspreadtheirblessingswitheach

other.

“拙劣的意思 Dragonsandtigersshouldnotgotogether;they

willmauleachother,”oneyoungBeijinglocalsaid,

requestinganonymitywhenshealsoaddedthatnobo儿童必背古诗70首 dy

inherfamilywoulddateormarrysomeonebornin

asheepyear,whichisalsosometimesreferredtoin

Englishasthegoatyear.“Iwouldsayallmyfamily

m呼朋唤友的意思 emberstrytoavoiddatinggoatpeople,Iremember

onecasewheresomeonemarriedsomeoneborninthe

goatyear,everyonewasagainstit.”

Shereferencedafolksaying“十羊九不全”which

translatesas“nineoutoftengoats’[lives]won’tbe

complete”.

“Itismeantinthesenseofyourmarriage,which

meansyourmarriagewon’tbestable,oritcanmean

yourcareer,oritcanbeinthesenseofyourf泥的拼音 ate,asin

yourdestiny,likeyouwoulddieearly,”shesays.

Althoughthoseborninthesheepyeargeta

particularlyrawdeal,everyzodiacanimalhasother

onlinesearch

revealsaplethoraofwebsitesofferingtohelppeople

findtheirperfectmatchbasedontheChinesezodiac.

Whethertheydosoviacompatibilitygrids,fortunes,

diagrams,orpersonalizedconsultingservices,awide

varietyofadviceisonoffer,andinsometraditional

families,atriptothelocalzodiacconsultanttogetthe

go-aheadisamust-dobeforethewedding.

Usually,itisfairlyeasytoguesswhichmatches

wouldworkwellandwhichwouldnot,basedonthe

stereotypicalanthropomorphicpersonalitiesassigned

ationshipbetweenthedogand

monkeywouldbedescribedas“volatile”asthemonkey

couldscarcelyresistpullingthedog’ther

hand,thesereneoxandtheearly-risingroostercould

easilylivearelaxedlifetogetherdownonthefarm.

Sometimesitisabithardertoguess—amonkey’sideal

STRONG,

MAGNANIMOUS,NOBLE,

DIGNIFIED

ARROGANT,

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cases,findingsomeone

whosharesthesamezodiacanimalisseenasthesafestbet.

Evenbeyo小学三年级语文上册 nddating,thosepersistentzodiacanimalsstill

cases,beforeawedding,ameeting

withanexpertonthezodiacisamustinordertomake

absolutelysurethecouplewillhaveablessedfuture.

STARSIGNOFTHETIMES

ButaswithmanymoderntrendsinChina,Western

heChinese

zodiacstillrulessupremeamongoldergenerations,

somemembersoftheyoungergenerationareturningto

ncethezodiac

animalsruledsupreme,conversationscannowjustas

easilyturntowhethersomeonehasthefussyhabitsofa

Virgoorwhethertheirsta一直的拼音 rsignsuitstheircareer.

FeliciaJiang,founderofpopularastrologywebsite

,pointsoutthatthemodern,more

“trendier”languageofastrologyhasmadeitmore

omelevelofawarenessof

astrologyhasbeenonthefringesofChinesesocietyfor

manyyears,shepointsoutthatitexperiencedamassive

surgeinpopularityin2002,whenanumberoflarge

webportals,includingSina,startedpublishingfrequent

reports.“Theestablishmentofahoroscopechannelon

Sinareallypushedthepopularizationofastrology,”she

said,addingthatherwebsitein2010began“topushfor

theeducationofprofessionalastrology.”

Althoughitisn’tparticularlycommon,therehave

beenanumberofreportedcasesof“astrological

discrimination”

widelyreportedincident,Liaoning’sPeninsulaMorning

Postwasthefirsttobreakthestoryofacollegegraduate

whofoundshemetallthecriteriaforaposition,except

forthefactthepositionwasrequestingthatcandidatesbe

Gemini,Libra,orAquarius.

However,her

case,acandidateforapositionwasreportedtohave

turneddownthejobbecauseherbosswasaPisces,which

wasincompatiblewithherstatusasaLeo.

TherisingimportanceofastrologyinChinesesociety

wasstarklyhighlightedduringrecentonlinecommentary

regardingthesuitabilityofmatchesbetweenGeminis

oughandtumbleofastrological

assignations,thesetwoareoftenregardedaspoor

mber20,2014,rolled

around—andwithitdiscussionsofScorpios—remarks

ontheseparticularmatcheswereabruptlyscrubbedfrom

ntally,the

wifeofPresidentXiJinping,PengLiyuan,wasbornon

November20,makingheraScorpio,whileXihimself

wasbornonJune15,ple

hasbeenfeaturedinaraftofrecentreports,aswellasa

songthatglorifiestheirrelationship,whichhasappeared

widelyonstatetelevision,alongwithamontageofsome

ofthecouple’shighpoints.

GivenChina’slonghistoryofzodiacbeliefs,itis

perhapsunsurprisingthatWesternastrologyhasfound

suchfertilegroundinacountrywheretheCommunist

Partyofficialsareallatheistinname,ifnotalwaysin

ghChinahasperiodicallyexperienced

campaignsagainstreligionandsuperstitiousbelief,beliefs

intheChinesezodiacandnowWesternastrologyare

likelytoendure.

Whiletheyounggenerationmaynotalwaysplacequite

thesameemphasisonzodiacb月是故乡明的后一句 eliefsastheirparentsdid,

thisisperhapsmadeupforwiththeinjectionofWestern

astrologyintothemix,openingupthecountryin

,ChineseandWesternyouthcan

bondbydiscussingtheirsimilaritiesanddifferencesover

thesimplequestion:“What’syourstarsign?”

INTELLIGENT,ROMANTIC,

QUICK-WITTED,

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VAIN,DECEPTIVE,

RUTHLESS,STUBBORN

INTROSPECTIVE,

HONEST,

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MOODY,SELFISH,

OUTSPOKEN,VAIN

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FAITHFUL,

COURAGEOUS,HONEST

HARSH,IRRITABLE,

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