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What are the disadvantages of the Year of the Rat for rabbits? What is the fortune of the Year of the Rabbit?
Some people can't help wondering, is it difficult in the Year of the Rat?
If I am a firm materialist, it has nothing to do with rats. After all, it's just ...
However, the status of the zodiac in people's minds is really different. Some people like it, others don't. For example, the mention of mice always reminds people of bad words: furtive, short-sighted and scurrying around. In short, when it comes to mice, there is no good word.
I wonder, how did the mouse squeeze into the zodiac? Moreover, the mice that always steal lamp oil in the story all entered the zodiac, so how did the lovely cat lose the election? Why not the twelve animals in the zodiac, but something else?
In fact, the position in the zodiac is like the big brother throne in the movie, which was finally determined after some struggles. Moreover, there is a saying of the zodiac all over the world, and the candidates who want to be promoted to the "big brother throne" are not the same. In some versions of the zodiac, there are actually cats.
Are there cats in the zodiac?
We usually say the zodiac: mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig. This is the traditional view of the Han people. In fact, the zodiac also has different changes. Please refer to the following table:
If you think it's novel that a few people in China have their own zodiac signs, don't worry. There are also some that make you stunned. Many people all over the world have the "Zodiac".
For example, the Cambodian zodiac is the same as China, but in a different order. The cow is the head and the mouse is the tail.
The Chinese zodiac in Thailand is similar to the Chinese zodiac in Cambodia, which is the same, in different order, with the snake as the head and the dragon as the tail;
As the saying goes, there are all kinds of birds when the Woods are big; Similarly, there are many people who believe in the zodiac, and there are all kinds of animals.
For example, eleven of the Vietnamese zodiac animals belong to the same zodiac as China, but there are more cats than rabbits.
It is said that because people in China didn't hear clearly when they said the zodiac, they mistook the hairy rabbit for a cat rabbit (in some areas of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi, rabbits were also replaced by cats).
Today, I learned that there are actually cats in the zodiac.
Moreover, not only the Vietnamese zodiac has cats, but also the Egyptian zodiac has: cows, sheep, lions, donkeys, crabs, snakes, dogs, cats, crocodiles, flamingos, apes and eagles, among which there are cats;
Babylonian zodiac signs are: cat, dog, snake, dung beetles, donkey, lion, ram, bull, falcon, monkey, crocodile and flamingo. There are not only cats, but also dung beetles as the zodiac. Dung beetles are dung beetles, and dung beetles push dung balls as the zodiac. It's really amazing.
Incidentally, the zodiac was formed earlier, and it was finalized in the Eastern Han Dynasty, while cats were introduced to China only after the Eastern Han Dynasty. So there can't be cats in the zodiac.
What else is the zodiac?
In fact, there is nothing wrong with having a cat in the zodiac. At a certain stage, there are still ""in the zodiac.
If we want to explain why the zodiac has "",we should start with the zodiac.
Now the most popular myth is that Xuanyuan, the head of the Five Emperors, holds a "",and the top twelve are selected as the zodiac according to the ranking.
In Qing Dynasty, Zhao Yi investigated the spread of the zodiac before the Eastern Han Dynasty. He believes that the zodiac originated from the nomadic people in northern China.
Guo Moruo believes that the zodiac originated in Babylon, first spread to the western regions, then to China, and then originated from the Yi people.
The important reason for its origin in foreign countries is that the earliest record of the 12 Zodiacs in China-Wang Chong's Lun Heng was a work in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Before that, the Chinese zodiac in China was not recorded in the classics. The Chinese zodiac mentioned by Wang Chong is the same as today, which is obviously a stereotype. It was not inherited before, but suddenly appeared, and it was so mature that people suspected that it was introduced from abroad.
Coupled with Guo Moruo's prestige and status, the theory of exotic zodiac was almost conclusive.
However, Guo Dacai always likes to make "big news". For example, "Chang Pingjun" appeared many times in Historical Records, but Guo Dacai insisted that this was the mistake of "Lv Buwei".
The saying of the zodiac in foreign countries is no exception. Archaeological evidence then slapped him in the face, and this "handsome old man" didn't know how to feel.
1975 and 65438+February, a large number of bamboo slips were unearthed from the Qin tomb in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County, Hubei Province. These bamboo slips were written in the late Warring States and Qin Shihuang period. There is a Japanese document in the Qin bamboo slips of Sleeping Tiger Land, in which the chapter "Thief" mentions the twelve zodiac signs, namely: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, insect, deer, horse, ring, water, old sheep and tapir. But there is no corresponding zodiac under Chen.
This discovery makes Wang Chong's statement have traces of "inheritance". The zodiac recorded in some bamboo slips unearthed later is basically consistent with the Qin bamboo slips in Sleeping Tiger Land, which strongly proves that the earliest origin of the zodiac is probably China.
Surprisingly, from June, 5438 to October, 2000, 785 bamboo slips, namely Kongjiapo bamboo slips, were unearthed from No.8 Han Tomb in Suizhou, Hubei Province. Among them, the animals recorded in Stealing the Sun are: rats, cows, tigers, worms, worms, deer, horses, jade, water, old fire and tapirs.
In the zodiac, ""is impressively listed, which is surprising. Not only that, there are many strange things in the early Chinese zodiac. If you don't believe me, please see the table below:
There are not only water, jade, old sheep, rings, but also old fires in the zodiac. We don't know what an old fire is, and we dare not ask.
Which is better, the zodiac or the constellation?
In recent years, with the introduction of foreign culture, the twelve constellations have become popular among teenagers. Holding the concept that "foreign constellations are only popular when they meet in foreign countries", teenagers always feel rustic when they mention the zodiac, and it seems difficult to enter the law.
Let's compare the advantages and disadvantages of the zodiac and the constellation.
There is a story circulating in the world. Once I had dinner with my European classmates, maybe I drank too much. A German classmate stood up and sarcastically said, "What kind of horse are you China people?" Sheep! Unlike us, they are all Taurus, Leo and Virgo ... I wonder what your ancestors thought? "
At that time, these noble students were laughing and clinking glasses with each other, and the previous elegance was completely gone.
It stands to reason that people are scolding, even if you have nothing to say, at least you can lift the table!
But everyone is sitting in silence, or they may not react. At this time, they got up and calmly told all the foreign guests present: "The ancestors of China people are very real, and our zodiac signs are relative, which reflects all the expectations and requirements of our ancestors for China people."
At this time, although the scene changed from frolic to quiet, their faces still looked disdainful.
It is explained that one of the twelve zodiac animals in China is the mouse and the cow. Rats represent wisdom and cows represent diligence. Wisdom and diligence must be closely combined. If you are smart and not diligent, you become smart; And just being diligent without thinking becomes stupid.
Tigers and rabbits are the second group. Tigers represent caution. And caution must be closely combined to be timid. If you leave caution, you will become reckless; Without it, caution becomes timidity.
Looking at these nobles, I particularly emphasized: "When expressing caution, don't think that China people have no side."
Then, dragons and snakes represent the combination of rigidity and softness, horses and sheep represent courage and kindness, monkeys and chickens represent flexible means and firm principles (monkeys are flexible and chickens crow regularly), and dogs and pigs represent loyalty and easygoing.
After explaining the zodiac, I said, "I don't know what your Sagittarius, Sagittarius and Aries embody the expectations and requirements of your ancestors." I also hope to give you some advice. "
This story probably appeared in 20 13, and the things in the article are true, but the protagonist is not, but a gentleman named silence, and the shell has refuted the rumor.
Mr. Silence's explanation is very clever, which accords with the idea of China people. It is a cultural tradition in China since ancient times to combine the concept of five elements with the zodiac.
This story also shows that the Zodiac has become an animal in China.
Although the branch year combined with the zodiac has long been abandoned, the customs and habits surrounding the zodiac have become an inseparable part of life in China.
China people's Zodiac culture combines philosophy, calendar, world outlook, outlook on life and nature. Taking animals as the year and animals as the zodiac embodies the idea of symbiosis and common prosperity with all things in nature.
When the zodiac meets the zodiac, we don't have to sell ourselves short, because it carries far more cultural connotations than the zodiac.
"Everyone is speaking Chinese, and Confucius's words are becoming more and more familiar. "With the enhancement of our strength, cultural output has become an irreversible trend. I believe that foreigners in the future will not only burn paper money for their ancestors, but also believe in the zodiac, and then go out to see the zodiac.
The above is about what's wrong with rabbits in the Year of the Rat, and it's about sharing the zodiac. I read the fortune of the Year of the Rat and the Year of the Rabbit. I hope this will help everyone!
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