Jan 28 marks the start of the Year of Rooster, another Chinese Lunar New Year. People born in this year are believed to be adventurous, optimistic and honest and have pride in their inner self.

Here are 10 celebrities and famous people born in China and abroad with the blessings of this zodiac animal.

我們即將在1月28日步入雞年，雞年出生的人被認為富有冒險精神、樂觀、誠實、自傲。以下是國內外的十位屬雞名人：

Li Longji 唐玄宗李隆基

Born on Sept 8 in 685, Li Longji is one of the most well-known emperors in Chinese history. During his reign in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), China enjoyed unprecedented prosperity. It also saw a great boom in cultural exchanges with foreign countries, including 70 countries in Asia and Africa.

Li was good at music and writing poetry and fond of playing the pi pa,a four-stringed plucked musical instrument. He composed the famous song Ni Chang Yu Yi Qu (《霓裳羽衣曲》) and about 100 melodies.

Love stories between the emperor and his concubine Yang Yuhuan have been adapted into many poems, novels and TV series.

中國歷史上最著名的皇帝之一，在他統治期間，中國出現了前所未有的繁榮，同時也迎來了中外文化交流的輝煌時期。

李隆基擅長音樂和寫詩，喜歡彈奏琵琶，曾作出著名的《霓裳羽衣曲》。

李隆基和貴妃楊玉環的愛情故事也被改編成許多詩歌、小說和電視劇。

Li Longji portrayed in a fresco (left); Yang Yuhuan played by Lin Fangbing in 1990 TV series Tang Ming Huang. [File photo]

左：壁畫中的李隆基；右：1990年電視劇中林芳兵扮演的楊玉環。