From the files of what does this have to do with travel comes…”The boar is the 12th animal in the Chinese horoscope. In ancient China, it was believed that people would have the characteristics of the element and the animal that ruled the year of their birth. Just as modern astrogists believe that people born under a certain sign of the zodiac will have common characteristics. People born in the Year of the Boar ( 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007) are chivalrous and gallant. Whatever they do, they do with all their strength.”
Okay, no so much to do with travel, but lots to do with appreciating the culture and some of its beliefs that goes back thousands of years.
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