1916: Year of the Fire Dragon
1916 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 , a Fire year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 3 February 1916 and runs to 22 January 1917. Born from 1 January to 2 February 1916? You are a Rabbit, 1915.
1916 in the Chinese zodiac
龙
Fire Dragon
- Animal
- 龙 Dragon
- Element
- 火 Fire, yang
- Cycle name
- 丙辰年
- Starts
- 3 February 1916
- Ends
- 22 January 1917
- Matches
- Monkey, Rat and Rooster; clashes with Dog
- Age
- Born in 1916? You turn 110 in 2026.
Say 1916 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九一六年 1916
- 丙辰年 the 丙辰 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九一六年出生的 I was born in 1916.
- 我属龙 I'm a Dragon.
- 火龙 Fire Dragon
What Fire means
火Fire is warmth and light at the height of summer. People born in a Fire year are said to be passionate and bold, the first to start and the last to give up.
- Season
- 夏 summer
- Direction
- 南 south
- Colour
- 红 red
Words for a Fire Dragon
- 有活力 full of energy
- 热情 warm-hearted
- 乐观 optimistic
Each year has one of five elements, 五行 , two years each, so the same animal and element meet once every sixty years. The traits are what tradition says, for fun.
The Dragon, 龙
The Dragon is the only one of the twelve that isn’t real, and the luckiest: emperors wore it, and many families hope for a Dragon baby. People born in a Dragon year are said to be ambitious, energetic and charismatic, people who think big.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1916?
1916 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 (lóng), from Chinese New Year on 3 February 1916 to 22 January 1917. Its element is Fire, so people born in it are Fire Dragons.
What if I was born in January or early February 1916?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 2 February 1916? You belong to 1915, the Year of the Wood Rabbit.
What element is 1916 in the Chinese zodiac?
Fire, 火 (huǒ). 1916 is 丙辰 (bǐng chén) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Fire year; the Fire Dragon comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1916 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九一六年 (yī jiǔ yī liù nián). “I was born in 1916” is 我是一九一六年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ yī liù nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Dragon” is 我属龙 (wǒ shǔ lóng).