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BEIJING Air Jordan 4 Pas Cher Homme , Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- The zodiac animal of China's coming Lunar New Year has caused much confusion in the English world, as its translation results in at least two candidates: sheep or goat.
Chinese folklorists say the animal symbol can be either a sheep or a goat but more likely goat, given the latter's popularity as a farm animal among Han Chinese.
The Chinese lunar calendar assigns an animal symbol to each year in every 12-year cycle. Yet the Chinese character for the eighth zodiac animal is "Yang", which can refer to either of the two ruminants when used without attributes.
Huang Yang, a prominent researcher on the role of sheepgoats in Chinese culture, says tracing the origin of the zodiacal Yang could be difficult Air Jordan 4 Retro Pas Cher , as the Chinese zodiac first appeared after the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC), when the Chinese people did not differentiate between sheep and goats in language or in sacrificial offering.
Both species have a long history of domestication in China and have appeared on oracle bone scripts and other artifacts since prehistoric times, according to Huang, who in 2012 challenged the saying that Chinese are "descendants of the dragon" by arguing that the earliest Chinese actually worshipped the meek ruminants.
"But if we judge from the fact that the Chinese zodiac is a Han tradition, Yang are more likely goats, which are more common livestock for the Han Chinese Air Jordan 4 Pas Cher ," he tells Xinhua in a phone interview.
Shaggy sheep are a common sight in north China's prairies and were domesticated by Chinese earlier than goats, but goats are more commonly raised in areas populated by Han Chinese, Huang says.
Images on China's zodiac stamps and papercuttings are often bearded goats. The replica of the Yang bronze statue that once formed part of a zodiac fountain in the looted Old Summer Palace also has a goat head.
Fang Binggui, a folklorist based in southeast China's Fuzhou City, says the image of the zodiac Yang is open to regional interpretation. "People depict the zodiac animal based on the most common Yang in their region. So it's often sheep in the north while goats in the south."
Few ordinary Chinese are troubled by the sheepgoat distinction.
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However, the ambiguity has whipped up discussion in the West. A story run by the Associated Press said this year's animal "is subject to interpretation".
"We just had this discussion a few weeks ago. What exactly is it?" AP quoted a worker in Brooklyn Chinatown as saying. "It can be a ram, sheep or goat -- any ruminant mountain animal with horns."
In England, the Manchester Evening News also posed the question: "Later this month Air Jordan 13 Pas Cher , we will enter the Chinese Year of the Ram. Or should that be sheep? Or even Goat?"
Other media outlets, including Bloomberg, have described the coming Lunar New Year as the Year of the Sheep, Goat or Ram.
Xiang Daohua, a teacher of Chinese language and culture at China Foreign Affairs University, believes cultural connotations should be taken into consideration in translation.
"The English word 'sheep' better fits the Yang image in traditional Chinese cultures Air Jordan 12 Retro Pas Cher , which is meek and even a bit weak," he says.
LONDON, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Arsenal scored two goals in the first half and held on to claim a 2-1 win at West Ham in an entertaining London derby to climb into fifth place in the English Premier League on Sunday.
West Ham had the better of the opening 40 minutes at Upton Park but Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla was then tripped in the area and converted the penalty in the 41st to put the visitors ahead.
Danny Welbeck doubled the lead three minutes later after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain cut into the area from the right and squared a ball to the striker, who tapped it into an empty net from close range.
West Ham kept pressing after the break and Cheikhou Kouyate pulled one back in the 54th.
LONDON, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Novak Djokovic sealed year-end world No. 1 position for a third time after completing round-robin play with a 3-0 record at the ATP World Tour Finals here on Friday.
The 27-year-old Serbian, who also finished at the top in 2011 and 2012 Air Jordan 12 Pas Cher ,defeated sixth seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2 in the day's match and qualified for the semifinals.
The seven-time Grand Slam champion will meet Japan's Kei Nishikori in Saturday's semifinals.
In the day's other Group A match, Australian Open winner Stan Wawrinka beat US Open champion Marin Cilic 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 to qualify for the semifinals as runner-up in the group.
Wawrinka will take on Swiss compatriot and six-time champion Roger Federer.
Djokovic has become the seventh player to finish year-end No. 1 on three occasions, following in the footsteps of Pete Sampras (6) Air Jordan 11 Retro Pas Cher , Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer (5), Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe (4) and Rafael Nadal (3).
Chris Kermode, the ATP Executive Chairman and President, said, "Novak has had another outstanding season and is truly deserving of his place as No. 1."
"Being world No. 1 is probably one of the most difficult and biggest challenges that a tennis player can have, so it's incredibly fulfilling and I'm very happy with this achievement Air Jordan 11 Low Pas Cher ," said Djokovic.
"It's been a long year and it's one of the ultimate challenges. I'm just glad to be standing here with the trophy knowing how many legends of the sport have done the same before."
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