Copyright: year of the rat
The Rat is the first animal of the 12 year cycle of the Chinese, or Eastern, zodiac.
The rat, or mouse, may be represented by the following characters: 鼠 or 子
Images with this tag likely depict a rat in context of a Chinese New Year celebration. The symbols/characters mentioned above will likely be present in the image. Images may simply depict the animal with celebratory words, in red clothing or with text denoting the new year celebration.
Actual Chinese New Years celebrations/parties should be tagged Chinese new year.
See Also:
Year of the Ox
Year of the Tiger
Year of the Rabbit
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Snake
Year of the Horse
Year of the Goat
Year of the Monkey
Year of the Rooster
Year of the Dog
Year of the Pig
The following tags are aliased to this tag: year_of_the_mouse (learn more).
This tag implicates chinese_zodiac (learn more).