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https://www.digmandarin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sxg.jpg845450Now that 2018 is upon us, it is also nearing the time of a new lunar year on the Chinese calendar, and just like in the West, the Chinese also follow their own zodiac system for each year. There are 12 Chinese zodiac characters named after a different animal, and they follow a 12-year cycle,…