Sayings About Pig
2 min readPig，although the last of the twelve Animal Years of the Chinese zodiac，is often a symbol of good luck.
This is because in the past，people considered the pig，with its fat head and big ears，to exemplify abundance.Plump and rotund，the pig has a simple and honest appearance.The Chinese folk saying”A fat pig at the door”equates the pig with the arrival of good luck and happiness.Interestingly，the Chinese character jia（home）is made up of the components”+”（roof）and（pig），indicating that in ancient times，a house was not considered a home without a pig in it.A pig is slaughteredas soon as it is fattened up.This gave rise to the saying”People fear getting famous，pigs fear getting fat，” indicating that fame and success can bring more trouble than they’re worth.
China’s most famous pig is Zhu Bajie，a supernatural character in the classical novel Journey to the West.
Zhu Bajie，along with the monkey spirit Sun Wukong and their other companions，is a member of the company that escorts the monk Tang Seng on his journey to India to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures.
Although he appears to be gluttonous，lazy，and lecherous，in reality Zhu Bajie is extremely kindhearted and honest，and is greatly loved by the Chinese people.
Characteristics of Pig
People born in the Year of the Pig are optimists by nature. They have good luck with money, and can make a living relatively effortlessly. People born in the Year of the Pig are honest and upright. They are extremely generous with their friends, and don’t haggle over pennies. Women born in the Year of thePig are ideal domestic partners, and are very good at managing their households. Pig corresponds to Pisces in the Western zodiac.
People born in the Year of the Pig are very kindhearted, but due to their overly trusting nature they can easily be deceived. They love ease and pleasure, and can be lazy and unmotivated.
Perpetual Calendar for the Year of the Pig
People whose birthdays fall during the following periods are born in the Year of the Pig:
February 16,1923-February 04,1924
February 04,1935-January 23,1936
January 22,1947-February 09,1948
February 08,1959-January 27,1960
January 27,1971-February 14,1972
February 13,1983-February 01,1984
January 31,1995-February 18,1996
January 18,2007-February 06,2008
February 05,2019-January 24,2020
January 23,2031-February 10,2032
The first date indicates Lunar New Year’s Day. The second date indicates the last day of the lunar year.
