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2019 is the Year of the Pig. Legend has it that one day, the Jade Emperor, a fabled ruler of heaven and Earth, decided to name the zodiac signs from the first 12 animals that came to his palace.
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A man touches a pig on a wall of bas relief sculptures of the twelve animals in the lunar calendar, at the White Cloud Temple in Beijing on Feb. 15, 2007. On Feb. 5, 2019, the Year of the Pig began, marked by disturbing economic news for China. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images
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