Chinese New year 2018 on Friday, Feb 16, rings in the Year of the Canis familiaris, which is the 11th of a dozen zodiac animals in the Chinese agenda.

Every bit 1 myth has it, the Jade Emperor decided to place animals in the order they arrived at his party. The monkey, rooster and dog were in another country helping a god defeat evil spirits, and after they headed to the emperor'southward political party together. Since they arrived at the same time, the emperor decided to order them based on when they met the other country's god. The dog became 11th, after the rooster, whose year was 2017.

More than-recent years of the domestic dog prior to 2018 are 2006, 1994, 1982, 1970, 1958, 1946 and 1934.

In Asian astrology, a person's nascence year and the zodiac animal it represents determines many personality traits.

"Each animal has unlike meanings, but we think people born in dog years are very sincere, they're very loyal to friends," Mei Li, the marketing managing director of Chinese Community Center in Houston, previously told Newsweek.

The dog'due south about defining characteristic is loyalty. People who were born in a Twelvemonth of the Dog supposedly never carelessness their family unit, friends or work. They are merely and honest people and popular in social circles.

"Anybody needs a domestic dog friend for communication and help. They are as well good at helping others find and fix their bad habits," the website ChineseNewYear2018.com states. "Despite how they human action, they are worried and broken-hearted within. Nonetheless, they will not allow this cease them. Once they make up one's mind on something, no one can persuade them against it."

Chinese New year is celebrated with public displays of the zodiac animal.

A statue resembling US President #DonaldTrump and his iconic hairdo has been spotted in a shopping mall in Taiyuan. It resembles the large, inflatable Trump-chicken seen earlier this year. 2017 was the twelvemonth of the chicken. 2018 volition conductor in the year of canis familiaris, starting in February. motion-picture show.twitter.com/9PTgEtg10w

— China Plus News (@ChinaPlusNews) Dec 25, 2017

Late last year, a "Trump Dog" statue, with gilt hair flipped near the forepart and then it resembled U.Southward. President Donald Trump, was erected in a shopping mall in the city of Taiyuan, in northern China, co-ordinate to China Plus News.

The Chinese Yr of the Dog could exist particularly noteworthy for Trump, who was born in the Year of the Dog. The ceremony of an individual birth sign is said to indicate a year of skillful fortune.

Celebrations extend over two weeks from Chinese New year's Day.