Perpetual Calendar for the Year of the Monkey

People whose birthdays fall during the following periods are born in the Year of the Monkey:

February 20, 1920 - February 07, 1921
February 06, 1932 - January 25, 1933
January 25, 1944 - February 12, 1945
February 12, 1956 - January 30, 1957
January 30, 1968 - February 16, 1969
February 16, 1980 - February 04, 1981
February 04, 1992 - January 22, 1993
January 22, 2004 - February 08, 2005
February 08, 2016 - January 27, 2017

The first date indicates Lunar New Year's Day. The second date indicates the last day of the lunar year.

 Sayings About Rooster

Rooster, the tenth of the twelve Animal Years, is the only domestic fowl in the Chinese zodiac. In agricultural societies, the rooster has the important task of announcing the dawn. A story from the Eastern Jin Dynasty tells about Zu Ti and Liu Kun, two good friends who often exhorted each other to rise at cockcrow to practice their sword dancing. The phrase "Getting up to dance at cockcrow" later came to describe people of high ideals who do not delay in striving for self-improvement. The saying "A crane among chickens" describes people who stand out in the crowd due to their exceptional talent or appearance.

In the past, when a letter had to be delivered at top speed, it was customary to attach up to three chicken feathers to the envelope. The more feathers were attached, the more important the message. As a result, urgent missives came to be known as "chicken feather letters."