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Enjoy this lovely article written by Violet Li, one of our amazing teachers!

Be Like Water

According to Chinese Zodiac, there are twelve animals to represent years in the order of the Rat, the Ox, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon, the Snake, the Horse, the Goat, the Monkey, the Rooster, and Dog, and the Pig and then repeat from the beginning. There is a separate system of Five Elements (the Wood, the Fire, the Earth, the Metal, and the Water), which is parallel to the Zodiac and also designates the years. Next year it will be a Water Rabbit and it was 60 years ago that a Water Rabbit last emerged. You might be curious as to what is the significance of a Water Rabbit.

Rabbits are considered gentle and lively in both Eastern and Western cultures. Water is flexible and accommodating and a symbol of the Yin energy according to the Chinese philosophy. Martial art genius and…………read more.