Ford China mistook the Year of the Ox for the Year of the Horse. What is the origin of the China Zodiac?

At present, there is no unified view on the origin of the zodiac. But animals are closely related to people. The ancients even thought that animals were their ancestors, and they regarded animals as a totem worship. Records related to the zodiac first appeared in The Book of Songs? Xiaoya? Car attack:? Today is a good day, why not give me a horse? . Book of rites? Monthly order? Also in Ji Dong? Unearthed cattle to send cold? Record. Wang Chong of the Eastern Han Dynasty wrote in Lun Heng? "Say, things? Wu, purple potato leaves, leaves, hairy rabbit leaves? . And:? Son of bird and mouse, hair of beast and rabbit? Record. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the zodiac began to be popular among the people. By the Song Dynasty, the zodiac had become a theory.

Accord to my understanding of that origin of the ecliptic:

First, the concept of the zodiac.

Zodiac refers to the year when a person was born. For example, people born in the year of the rat belong to rats, and people born in the year of the horse belong to horses. Zodiac is a traditional method of chronology in China. Twelve kinds of animals are used to replace the twelve earthly branches of the China lunar calendar, namely rats, ugly cows, silver tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, afternoon horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. For example, 1985 is the ugly year, which belongs to the ox, and 1986 is the year of Bing Yin, which belongs to the tiger, which is the year of the tiger.

Second, the origin of the zodiac

Zodiac is the crystallization of animal worship, totem worship and early astronomy of Chinese ancestors. The Book of Songs is the earliest recorded document. ? Will you give me a horse on an auspicious day? Eight words, the first time, noon corresponds to the horse. 1975, the bamboo slips unearthed from TombNo. 1 1 in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County, Hubei Province, systematically recorded the zodiac. Prove that the zodiac has existed before and after the Spring and Autumn Period. It can be seen that the origin of the zodiac is earlier than the Spring and Autumn Period. According to historical records and research, is the zodiac a successor? Chronology of cadres and branches? Only after it was founded, twelve kinds of animals were in one-to-one correspondence with the twelve earthly branches, and animals were used as signs of earthly branches. Archaeological findings prove that the chronology of Yin Shang Dynasty is skillful, but it is not known whether Yin Shang has the zodiac.

Third, why do you want to take twelve in the zodiac?

Mainly astronomical research and counting habits. Ancient sky watchers found that the moon's profit and loss cycle can be used to measure the length of a year, and twelve full moons are one year old, which is the most accurate result of the early calendar. Twelve? Is considered to be. How many days? . Therefore, the ancients generally followed the twelve-year progression, twelve years a year, twelve months a year and twelve o'clock a day.

This is the origin of the zodiac that I know, because there is no information to announce the exact origin of the zodiac, so I know it according to various records.