Lunar month generates online jokes

Rare 'Horse month of the Monkey year' sparks intense interest

Netizens on Chinese microblogging websites are all agog for the upcoming "Horse month of the Monkey year", a calendar occurrence so rare that the phrase is a commonly used slang to refer to a date in the unforeseeable future.

"Horse month of the Monkey year", or Hou Nian Ma Yue, also indicates something that cannot be done within a predictable period of time or in which the chance of success is slim.