In Chinese calendar, 2009 is the year of the earth ox. It started on the Chinese New Year, which was on 26 January 2009.
The ox is the second sign of the Chinese zodiac and signifies time for hard work and smart moves from the honest approach; slow and steady wins the race in the end! Earth favours those who are tied to the land, such as wine and fruit, organic foods, and those who do a lot of routine work, deal with practical matters or perform work of a spiritual nature.
Based on the characteristics of both earth and ox, it could be a very good year for those with careers in services business, construction, engineering, health, academic, planning and great for entrepreneurs with a soulful heart.
Generally speaking, people who are born in the years of ox are supposed to be bright, peace-loving, often easy-going and trusting. But, on the other hand, they can also be stubborn, methodical, and fiercely competitive, with, shudder, fierce tempers to boot.
There is a legend about ox as a river god.
During the Warring States Period (476 – 221 BC), Li Bing, the magistrate of Shu (Sichuan), made history by building Dujiangyan, the irrigation infrastructure which is still in use today. It irrigates over 5,300 square kilometers of land in the region.
According to a wide-spread story about him, there was a river god in the region who insisted on marrying two little girls each year. With the interests of the people at heart, Li Bing decided to marry his own daughter to the river god. On the wedding day, Li Bing went to the temple where the marriage was to take place to scold the river god for its harmful deeds. Then both Li Bing and river god disappeared suddenly. After quite a while, people saw two oxen having a ferocious battle on the river bank. Li Bing returned in the anteroom to tell his subordinates the ox to the south with white colour on its waist was him. The subordinates stabbed the ox to the north to death. That was the river god.
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在农历里，2009年是土牛年。土牛年从农历新年，也就是2009年1月26日开始。
牛排在生肖的第二位。牛年表示是勤劳、伶俐而诚实地处事的时刻到了，最后的胜利属于那些缓慢而稳健的人。五行中的土有利于那些从事同土有关的员工，例如从事有关酒与果实、有机食物行业的人，或那些从事事务性工作、实际问题或心灵性质工作的人们。
以牛与土这两种特性来看，牛年有利于那些从事服务业、建筑、工程、健康、学术、策划的人员，也有利于那些有高尚情操的企业家。
一般来说，那些出生于牛年的人，聪明、爱好和平、随意与值得信任。可是，从另一个角度来看，他们可以十分固执、组织化、竞争性很强，容易显露暴躁的脾气。
这里有一个有关牛作为河神的故事。
战国时代（公元前476 – 221），蜀（今四川）郡守李冰以建造都江堰而闻名于历史。都江堰这个灌溉构造系统至今还在使用中，为周围5，300平方公里的土地灌溉。
根据一个广为流传有关李冰的传说，一个河神规定人们每年要奉献两名少女给它为妻。为了百姓的利益，李冰决定把自己的女儿嫁给河神。婚礼当天，李冰到举行婚礼的庙堂，痛骂河神之伤天害理行为。突然间，李冰与河神一起消失。一会儿后，人们看到两只牛在河岸激烈战斗。李冰回到接待室告诉他的手下在南面有白色腰部的牛是他本人。李冰手下于是尽力把北面的牛刺杀死去。那死去的真正是河神。
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