The origin of the year of the monkey and the month of the horse
How the word "Year of the Monkey, Horse Month" originally came from is unknown. One theory is that the monkey in this word should be a donkey. According to the explanation in the 6th edition of Modern Chinese Dictionary, the year of donkey and the month of horse are used to refer to unknown years, and the year of zodiac is used in the lunar calendar to represent earthly branches. There is no year of donkey, so it is also called the year of monkey and the month of horse. In fact, there is a horse month every year, and the corresponding zodiac signs from the first lunar month to the twelfth lunar month are: tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig, mouse and cow.