What are the zodiac signs?

They are: mouse, ugly cow, Yinhu, Maotu, Chen Long, Sishe, Wuma, Weiyang, Shenhou, Youyang chicken, dog and sea pig.

1 mouse

The mouse is the first of the traditional Chinese zodiac in China. This is also a cultural custom. 2008 is the Year of Rat, which is the Year of Wuzi in China. The mouse is the first of the 12 Zodiacs, which coincides with the twelve earthly branches, so it is called the mouse.

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 2044, 2032, 2020, 2008, 1996, 1984, 1972, 1960, 1948.

2. Cattle

The Year of the Ox is a method to calculate the year in China calendar. All years when the remainder of 5 is divided by AD 12 are the Year of the Ox. Cattle is one of the China 12 Zodiacs, ranking second.

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 190 1 year, 19 13 year, 1925, 1937, 1949,/kloc-.

3. Year of the Tiger

The Year of the Tiger is determined according to the traditional calendar of China. The "tiger" in the zodiac corresponds to the "yin" in the twelve earthly branches. The Year of the Tiger is a cloudy year, and every twelve years is regarded as a cycle. For example, Gregorian calendar 20 10 basically corresponds to the year of the tiger, which is the year of Gengyin.

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 1902, 19 14, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962 and/kloc-.

4. Rabbit

The Year of the Rabbit is determined according to the traditional calendar of China. The "rabbit" in the zodiac corresponds to the cardinal number of the twelve earthly branches. The Year of the Rabbit is the base year, and every twelve years is a cycle. For example, Gregorian calendar 20 1 1 basically corresponds to the Year of the Rabbit, which is the year of Xinmao.

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 189 1 year, 1903, 19 15 year, 1927, 1939,/kloc-.

5. dragons

Dragon ranks fifth in the zodiac, which is related to the twelve earthly branches. It is called "Chen Shi" at 12 o'clock a day-from 7 am to 9 am. When the number of years in AD is divided by 12 and the remainder is 8, it is the Year of the Loong.

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 1904, 19 16, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964 and/kloc-.

6.snakes

Four years. The sixth branch of the earth is a snake. The snake is one of the twelve zodiac signs, ranking sixth, after the dragon and before the horse. When the number of AD years is divided by 12, all the years with a remainder of 9 are year of the snake.

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 1929, 194 1 year, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989 and 200/.

7. Horse

Horse is the seventh of the twelve zodiac signs, which matches with twelve places, so the "noon" in the morning of December-from noon 1 to1is also called "horse time". Yi hexagrams for "dry for the horse".

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 1906, 19 18, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966 and/kloc-.

8. sheep

Sheep ranks eighth in the zodiac, which is related to the twelve earthly branches. The five elements belong to the soil, and the soil belongs to the soil. The twelve zodiac signs of the earth include: ox, dragon, sheep and dog.

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 1955, 1967, 1979,199, 2003, 20 15, 2027, 2039 and 2059.

9.monkeys

The monkey is the ninth animal in the China Zodiac, and its corresponding branch is Shen. China lunar calendar adopts the year of supporting cadres, which is also commonly known as the Year of the Monkey.

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 1908, 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980 and 66.

10 chicken

The rooster ranks 10th in the zodiac, and the Year of the Rooster is counted from beginning of spring, a city with 24 solar terms, because the year of the zodiac is the year of the trunk branch, and the year of the trunk branch is the year method of the trunk branch calendar. The same is true of the official almanac (that is, the Yellow Calendar).

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 1909, 192 1 year, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969,/kloc.

1 1 dog

The Year of the Dog is one of the twelve zodiac signs in China. It comes from the dog, the eleventh animal in the zodiac. The year when the advertising number is divided by 12 and the remainder is 2. Ranked as 1 1.

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 20 14, 20 18, 2030 and 2006.

12 pig

The Year of the Pig is one of the zodiac years in China calendar. The Year of the Pig in Jihai of the lunar calendar begins on February 5th, 20th19th and ends on October 24th, 20th120th, 2020, which is also a normal year, with a total of 354 days.

The corresponding Gregorian calendar years are: 1935, 1947, 1959, 197 1, 1995, 2007 and 2007.

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Origin—

There are different opinions about the origin of the zodiac in China. Some experts believe that the "Jia Zi" in Historical Records refers to the "Jia Zi of the whole life" and "Zuo Jia Zi of the brain" of the Yellow Emperor.

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 were incarnated as beasts guarding the southeast, northwest and northwest respectively, protecting and educating all beings. These twelve animals are consistent with the zodiac in China.

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

Guo Moruo thinks in his book "A Study on the Interpretation of Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Branches" that China's Zodiac is made by imitating the Babylonian Zodiac in Han Dynasty.

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