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What is the meaning of the Year of the Deer

The Year of the Deer is also known as the Year of the Rabbit.

Manchurian zodiac culture is different from that of the Han culture; take this year for example, the Han culture is the Year of the Rabbit, while the Manchurians are in the Year of the Deer. Manzhou's zodiacal dating culture may have developed separately through the Inner Asian passage, absorbing the zodiacal culture of West Asia and then combining it with Manzhou's own traditional fishing and hunting culture.

The Manchurian zodiac is the Zi magpie, the ugly ox, the Yin tiger, the Mao deer, the chen eagle, the Si crane, the afternoon horse, the undefeated fish, the Shen wolf, the You chicken, the Hundred Days Dog, the Ohio pig .

Ten colors are used in Manchu to represent the ten heavenly stems:

niow anggiyan (green) represents "A".

niohon (light green) represents 'B'.

fulgiyan (red) represents "C".

fulahuvn (light red) stands for 'D'.

suwayan (yellow) represents 'e'.

sohon (light yellow) represents 'has'.

Sanggiyan (white) represents 'g'.

Sahvn (pale white) represents 'Sin'.

sahaliyan (black) represents 'non'.

suhahvn (light black) represents 'dec'.