What does the animal year mean?

The saying about "Year of the Animal" is not unique to the Han nationality, in fact, there are similar sayings among some ethnic minorities in China. As the old Tibetan saying goes, everyone has a bad day and a good day, which is calculated by birth. People think that every earthly branch of the Tibetan calendar ends, and the second earthly branch begins with a "flower" (meaning a hurdle, that is, a bad year), so everyone's 13 years old, 25 years old and 37 years old (and so on) are forbidden to go out and contact with the same students. Read more scriptures, Dobusch, to avoid disaster. For the Khitan minority in China, the custom of "Year of the Animal" was originally the custom of the Khitan people to celebrate their birth. In the Liao Dynasty, celebrating the "year of the animal" was also called the rebirth ceremony or the birthday ceremony again, because in the Liao Dynasty, in the year of 12, the zodiac was reincarnated every 12. When everyone belongs to the birth zodiac, a ceremony will be held to commemorate his birth and repay his mother's kindness. Generally speaking, this animal year is a blessing or a curse, or what most people think: this animal year is smooth and unstoppable; The back is full of barriers, and the eyes are full of thresholds. The saying that it is bad luck to go home is still inconclusive. But what is certain is that there is no scientific basis for saying that the animal year is a bad year. However, in this animal year, people often encounter many things they don't like, or do some absurd things, which makes people feel very strange. This phenomenon of "core remains of life" is still a blank in folklore research. Therefore, people who often pass the birth year are very worried about their fortune this year. How to cross this threshold is the biggest thing for most people in their birth year. More ironically, as the New Year approaches, merchants will make full use of people's psychological characteristics of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, and vigorously promote "animal year" products, such as red underwear and red underwear. Seize business opportunities and make big money. Today's animal year, like other traditional customs in China, has lost its inherent meaning and become a pretext for commercial propaganda. Most of us, on the other hand, follow this trend with the attitude of "believing in its existence but not believing in its absence", or regard it as a new fashion. Wearing red clothes and wearing a red belt in the "animal year" is not only to ward off evil spirits, but also has gradually evolved into a popular trend.