Chinese Tapestry Goats Lunar New Year Birthday VHP Holiday Postcard

Send your best wishes by this greeting postcard with a beautiful detail of Chinese fine art. Anonymous, Ch'ing dynasty (1644-1911) Hanging scroll, tapestry and embroidery. Perfect for Chinese New Year of the Goat or Birthday (people born in Goat, Sheep or Ram year. ------ The Goat (Chinese: 羊; pinyin: yáng) is the eighth sign of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The sign is also referred to as the Ram or Sheep sign, since the Chinese word yáng is more accurately translated as Caprinae, a taxonomic subfamily which includes both sheep and goats. (...) People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "Year of the Goat", while also bearing the following elemental sign: 17 February 1931 - 5 February 1932 = Metal Goat, 5 February 1943 - 24 January 1944 = Water Goat, 24 January 1955 - 11 February 1956 = Wood Goat, 9 February 1967 - 29 January 1968 = Fire Goat, 28 January 1979 - 15 February 1980 = Earth Goat, 15 February 1991 - 3 February 1992 = Metal Goat, 1 February 2003 - 21 January 2004 = Water Goat 19 February 2015 - 7 February 2016 = Wood Goat 6 February 2027 - 25 January 2028 = Fire Goat, 24 January 2039 - 11 February 2040 = Earth Goat... Wikipedia