The Story ofChinese Zodiac Long, long time ago, people always forgot in which year they were born and couldnot figure out exactly how old they were. The Jade Emperor came up with an idea. Its too difficult to remember a year. It would be easier to remember an animal. Why dont we choose twelve animals to represent the years? 福德宮The Jade Emperor asked the Earth God to tell every animal how to be chosen as one of the animals for the twelve signs of the zodiac. 玉皇大帝公告The river- crossing race All ani