Today marks the start of festivities celebrating the Lunar New Year (aka Chinese New Year), which continues through February 26. Because the holiday goes by the lunar calendar, the date of the Lunar New Year on our solar/Gregorian calendar changes each year. The Lunar New Year also comes with a turn of the zodiac, which is divided into 12 parts, with each part represented by a different animal. The zodiac system assigns a single animal and its attributes to represent each year, and 2021 is the Year of the Ox. The others are Rat, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
The cycle begins anew
Today in History
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Silver-studded blue butterflies
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World Honey Bee Day
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Thomsons gazelles, Maasai Mara, Kenya
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Bearded reedlings in Flevoland
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A day for our oceans
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A festival of lights in India
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Pont Rouge
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Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Brazil
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Yarn for Distaff Day
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Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
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Peggys Point Lighthouse, Atlantic Coast, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Observing a squirrelly day
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Misool Island, Indonesia
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Instant romance
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There was gold in them there hills…
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America s Playground by Derrick Adams
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Reflecting on Black History Month
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Zoroaster Temple, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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World Jellyfish Day
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Common raven
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Construction workers resting above Manhattan
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Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington
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An inland ocean
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Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
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Flamingos of the Chilean desert
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It s National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Johnston Canyon in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
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Yosemite National Park turns 132
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Ancient town of Sorano, Tuscany, Italy
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A bison preserve
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