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Our Fortune Cookies are popular all year round for general promotional activity and of course wedding favours. However we get really busy towards Christmas and the Chinese New Year when our promotional Fortune Cookies are sent out like Christmas Cards with New Year Messages or used for seasonal promotional activity. At this time of year you need to order your personalised Fortune Cookies at least 10 working days in advance as it is a really busy period. Chinese New Year for 2010 is on February 14th and is year of the Tiger, get your order in early.
Ji ǎzǐ |
Stem/ branch |
Gānzhī (干支) |
Year of the... |
Continuous |
Gregorian |
New Year's Day (chūnjié, 春節) |
15 |
5/3 |
wùyín (戊寅) |
Earth Tiger |
4695 |
1998 |
January 28 |
16 |
6/4 |
jǐmăo (己卯) |
Earth Rabbit |
4696 |
1999 |
February 16 |
17 |
7/5 |
gēngchén (庚辰) |
Metal Dragon |
4697 |
2000 |
February 5 |
18 |
8/6 |
xīnsì (辛巳) |
Metal Snake |
4698 |
2001 |
January 24 |
19 |
9/7 |
rénwǔ (壬午) |
Water Horse |
4699 |
2002 |
February 12 |
20 |
10/8 |
guǐwèi (癸未) |
Water Sheep |
4700 |
2003 |
February 1 |
21 |
1/9 |
jiǎshēn (甲申) |
Wood Monkey |
4701 |
2004 |
January 22 |
22 |
2/10 |
yǐyǒu (乙酉) |
Wood Rooster |
4702 |
2005 |
February 9 |
23 |
3/11 |
bǐngxū (丙戌) |
Fire Dog |
4703 |
2006 |
January 29 |
24 |
4/12 |
dīnghài (丁亥) |
Fire Pig |
4704 |
2007 |
February 18 |
25 |
5/1 |
wùzǐ (戊子) |
Earth Rat |
4705 |
2008 |
February 7 |
26 |
6/2 |
jǐchǒu (己丑) |
Earth Ox |
4706 |
2009 |
January 26 |
27 |
7/3 |
gēngyín (庚寅) |
Metal Tiger |
4707 |
2010 |
February 14 |
28 |
8/4 |
xīnmăo (辛卯) |
Metal Rabbit |
4708 |
2011 |
February 3 |
The Chinese Lunar New Year is the longest chronological record in history, dating from 2600BC, when the Emperor Huang Ti introduced the first cycle of the zodiac. This long before we built our Fortune Cookie Factory! Like the Western calendar, The Chinese Lunar Calendar is a yearly one, with the start of the lunar year being based on the cycles of the moon. Therefore, because of this cyclical dating, the beginning of the year can fall anywhere between late January and the middle of February. Next year it falls on February 14th. A complete cycle takes 60 years and is made up of five cycles of 12 years each.
The Chinese Lunar Calendar names each of the twelve years after an animal. Legend has it that the Lord Buddha summoned all the animals to come to him before he departed from earth. Only twelve came to bid him farewell and as a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived. The Chinese believe the animal ruling the year in which a person is born has a profound influence on personality, saying: "This is the animal that hides in your heart."
