Whether it is superstitious or not, there are still many parents in China not too popular in the year of the Snake to give birth. Instead, the most preferred year is the year of the Dragon, according to the sheet South China Morning Post.
The story of two adjacent years
The reason is that the Dragon is given extraordinary ability, inheriting the luck and regal of the dragon in the legend.
As a result, the number of births in China in the Dragon year is higher than all the remaining years of the 12 zodiacs.
In contrast, many of this couple do not like to give birth in the year of the Snake because they think this is a year not too lucky, even if a girl can cheat in love.
According to the General Statistics Office of China, the number of births in this country decreased by 1.97 million in the last year of 2013 if compared to the year of Dragon 2012. In Hong Kong, the number of shifts born in 2013 lower than nearly 30,000 schools Compared to the previous year, according to the official data of the special zone government.
Many social network users in China like Weibo shared ideas like the year of the Snake, often called “debt collection”, and girls were quite cheating on love.
Even some people think that the year of the Snake not only does not bring luck but instead pushes the family into difficult situations, specifically in financial aspects.
Why worry about the year of the Snake?
According to Chinese culture, the snake is often assigned to danger. In many legends and folk stories of this country, snakes are considered villains.
That directly affects the perspective of ordinary people in the year of the Snake, especially in terms of childbirth because everyone wants children to be born under the zodiac with good omen.
“Although I want to have children as quickly as possible, I still want to avoid giving birth in the year of the Snake,” the sheet South China Morning Post Lead the comments of a user on Weibo.
“The year of the Snake hears not as the age of Thin and does not symbolize luck like the age of the Horse. I am afraid my son (if born in the year of the Snake) will not be lucky,” according to this person.
However, not everyone agrees with the above opinion. A network user Xiaohongshu, a platform like Instagram in mainland China, thinks that the snake is a symbol of intelligence and wisdom. People born in the year of the Snake are often wise, profound and ambitious.
In fact, many people born in the year of the Snake achieved success beyond ordinary people. The bright faces of the year of the Snake can mention superstar Taylor Swift (born in 1989) of the US, even General Secretary, President of China Xi Jinping (born in 1953) is also a celebrity born. Year of the Snake.
Besides, thanks to the low birth capacity in the year of the Snake because many people criticize, some people think that the baby was born this year, namely in 2025, less faced with competition from peers, and approaching The educational resources are easier.
It should also be noted that the future of children depends on the education of parents, families and efforts of themselves when they grow up, rather than mainly looking at the zodiac or year of birth to decide on destiny. .