1956: Year of the Fire Monkey
1956 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 , a Fire year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 12 February 1956 and runs to 30 January 1957. Born from 1 January to 11 February 1956? You are a Goat, 1955.
1956 in the Chinese zodiac
猴
Fire Monkey
- Animal
- 猴 Monkey
- Element
- 火 Fire, yang
- Cycle name
- 丙申年
- Starts
- 12 February 1956
- Ends
- 30 January 1957
- Matches
- Rat, Dragon and Snake; clashes with Tiger
- Age
- Born in 1956? You turn 70 in 2026.
Say 1956 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九五六年 1956
- 丙申年 the 丙申 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九五六年出生的 I was born in 1956.
- 我属猴 I'm a Monkey.
- 火猴 Fire Monkey
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 Monkey
- 机智 clever
- 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 Monkey, 猴
The Monkey is Sun Wukong, the Monkey King of Journey to the West. People born in a Monkey year are said to be clever, funny and curious, quick learners who can solve anything and love a joke.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1956?
1956 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 (hóu), from Chinese New Year on 12 February 1956 to 30 January 1957. Its element is Fire, so people born in it are Fire Monkeys.
What if I was born in January or early February 1956?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 11 February 1956? You belong to 1955, the Year of the Wood Goat.
What element is 1956 in the Chinese zodiac?
Fire, 火 (huǒ). 1956 is 丙申 (bǐng shēn) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Fire year; the Fire Monkey comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1956 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九五六年 (yī jiǔ wǔ liù nián). “I was born in 1956” is 我是一九五六年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ wǔ liù nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Monkey” is 我属猴 (wǒ shǔ hóu).