Sculpture sheep made of ten of thousand of "coffee bean" in front of a coffee shop in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province (Photo: IC)

用数万粒“咖啡豆”制成的绵羊雕塑亮相江苏苏州市平江路一家咖啡店门口。

When a lot of English-speakers fall into the heated discussion that what animal - sheep, goat or ram - is the symbol of the upcoming lunar Chinese New Year, all kinds of the zodiac animal decorations in different shapes, made of different materials and in different species have been exhibited throughout China to celebrate the Spring Festival, and all of them are very festive and lovely. Actually, sheep, goat, ram and their similar counterparts are known collectively as "Yang" (pronounced like the word young) in Chinese, the zodiac animal this year.

当英语国家的朋友们正在热议中国羊年的羊到底是绵羊sheep，山羊goat，还是白羊ram时，一大波不同品种、不同造型、不同材质的“羊”景观亮相全国各地，可亲可爱，年味十足。事实上，绵羊、山羊、白羊等在中文里被统称为羊。

Editor: Wang Jiaye

Source: english.eastday.com