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In Chinese tradition, each person has an animal associated with the year of his birth. Every twelve years, that person’s animal year comes around again, in what is known as the ‘fate year’. It is a year of caution and avoidance of mishaps, as people should be especially careful and attentive.

Children in northern China, when they become twelve years of age, traditionally wear red undergarments. Adults in their fate years wear red girdles, as a precaution against accidents. Some older people receive red belts and red trousers to wear from their juniors, while many people nowadays just wear a red string around the hips, under the clothing. People facing a fate year may be advised to visit a temple and appease the taisui, the god of the current constellation.