According to ancient Chinese superstition, the Jade emperor devised a race between 13 animals and announced that the calendar years will be named according to the order they arrived in. To get across the river, the rat jumped on the back of the ox and remained there until just before the end, when it jumped off and claimed the win. Consequently, the year of the rat is the first year of the Chinese horoscope. Read More: https://bit.ly/3gPUSxv