What year is this year? What is the zodiac?

2023 is the Year of Guimao and the Year of the Rabbit.

According to the rules of the traditional calendar, the main branch of this year is the year of Guimao, which is the year of the water rabbit. Therefore, it is the Year of the Rabbit.

12 The origin of the zodiac is related to animal worship. According to the records of Qin bamboo slips unearthed in Yunmeng Shuihudi, Hubei Province and Fangmatan, Tianshui, Gansu Province, a relatively complete zodiac system existed as early as the pre-Qin period. The earliest handed down document that recorded the same Chinese zodiac as today was Lun Heng written by Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty.