What do you mean by "Trinity" and "Six in One"?

Trinity refers to Shen's water bureau, Haimao's incomplete wood bureau, new fire bureau and ugly alloy bureau.

Liuhe refers to rats and cows, tigers and pigs, rabbits and dogs, dragons and chickens, snakes and monkeys, horses and sheep.

The zodiac, also known as the zodiac or the zodiac, is a year represented by twelve animals. There are different animals in different cultures. Among them, China culture is rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig.

Besides China's zodiac signs, China also uses twelve corresponding dates, the moon, the day and the hour. The zodiac (animal calendar) is also popular in Asian countries and some countries in Eastern Europe and North Africa.

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There are different opinions about the origin of the zodiac in China.

In the Tang Dynasty, Fayuan Zhu Lin claimed that the zodiac originated from the twelve animals of Buddhism. According to the records in the Buddhist "Dajijing" (translated into Chinese in April14), at the beginning of the world and the birth of mankind, Buddha and Bodhisattva became beasts, guarding the southeast, northwest and northwest respectively, protecting and educating all beings. The zodiac signs are consistent with those of China.

Zhao Yi, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, believed that the zodiac originated from nomadic people in northern China.

Guo Moruo thinks in his book "Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Branch Interpretation Research" that China's zodiac is made by imitating Babylonian zodiac in Han Dynasty.

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