chinese new year is about celebraitions . Also chinese people do a dragon dance to inspire people to take photos and also there was animal race which the jade emperor set up . when the race started the rat became the 1st zodiac, the ox became the 2nd zodiac, the tiger became the 3rd zodiac the snake became the 4th zodiac, the horse became the 5th zodiac ,  the  goat became the 6th zodiac , the monkey became the 7th zodiac , the rooster became the 8th zodiac .