What zodiac signs do Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai represent respectively?

Zi stands for mouse, ugly stands for cow and Yin stands for tiger. Mao stands for rabbit, Chen stands for dragon, Si stands for snake, noon stands for horse instead of sheep, Shen stands for monkey, You stands for chicken, Xu stands for dog and Hai stands for pig.

The calendar divides a year into 12 days, and "卨" represents the direction of the top of the bucket handle of the Big Dipper; In ancient astronomy, bucket handle was the Big Dipper, which was called "Jian" at that time. In a year, bucket handle turns and points to the "Twelve Decrees" in turn, which is called "December Sword" (or "December Order").

The ancients found that the distribution of twelve genera was very characteristic. For example, in the year of the rat, there are many rats in the north, and my son is in the north; Tigers in the northeast of China are very fierce, so they live in the northeast; The southeast is the coastal area and the hometown of dragons, so Chen lives in the southeast. According to this law, the ancients discovered the relationship between twelve genera and twelve directions.

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Chronological rule

The Spring Festival is only established in modern times on the first day of the first lunar month. After the Revolution of 1911, the title of the emperor was abolished, but the title of the main branch has been used. 19 12. Dr. Sun Yat-sen announced that he would abolish the old calendar and adopt the Gregorian calendar.

19 14, Yuan Shikai, then president of the Republic of China, issued a decree stipulating that the first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival every year. Before that, beginning of spring was traditionally regarded as the beginning of a year. In the old Gregorian calendar of the Republic of China, beginning of spring is still the node where the year of the zodiac begins.

The book "Ancient Calendar of China", a national key book publishing planning project in the 11th Five-Year Plan, points out that the chronology of cadres and branches is a part of the chronology of cadres and branches, starting from beginning of spring.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Dizhi