Chinese zodiac is not a big deal

The Shēngxiào (Chinese: 生肖), better known in English as the Chinese Zodiac, is a scheme that relates each Chinese year to an animal and its reputed attributes, according to a 12-year cycle.

Maybe foreigners think Chine zodiac is interesting. But honestly, it not a big deal for Chinese people. If a Chinese people ask another, 'what is your zodiac?', he is just asking the age in a way not directly.