What animals are outside the nine zodiac signs

Naxi on the twelve zodiac signs of the "Bagh" sutra map, "Bagh" in the center of the frog's head, tail, limbs and belly represents the world, because the world's east, west, south, north and south like a frog is an organic whole. In a Shanxi folk paper cutting called "Zodiac hanging curtains", the center of the figure also has such a frog pattern, the image is very similar. It can be seen that the use of the Chinese zodiac as a decorative art, has long been a universal content of the traditional culture of the Chinese people.

The folk zodiac paper cutting, many are inherited from generation to generation, not much change. In the form of composition, there is a "family portrait" type, there is a single, there are two zodiac double double into the picture, the most common is the "snake coiled rabbit", snake head rabbit head opposite, snake body around the rabbit body. Because in folklore there is "snake coiled rabbit, must be rich". In addition, there are zodiac signs and figures **** with the composition, mostly animal faces and bodies, one by one.

In the New Year's paintings, the twelve Chinese zodiac signs are also traditional subjects. Most of the New Year paintings are printed in monochrome or in sets of colors on engraved woodblocks. Hebei wuqiang qing dynasty yearbook "lotus birth", is with red, yellow, green, purple four-color overprinting, the picture two large circle accounted for most of the painting, a circle with two children's bodies surrounded by spelling four children; another circle with three children's heads and faces, five children's bodies surrounded by spelling six children, children within the circle, prone and reclining. On top of this double circle is the Chinese Zodiac, with the dragon, tiger, and rabbit in the center, the rat, sheep, ox, and horse on the right, and the snake, rooster, dog, monkey, and pig on the left. Lian Sheng Gui Zi" and the twelve Chinese zodiac signs, in order to pray for more children and more women. There are many themes in "The Mouse Marrying Her Daughter". In the Qing Dynasty of Sichuan Province, the "Rat Marrying Daughter", said that Sichuan has the reputation of being the land of Heaven, rich in produce, rice and grain silos, and thus there are also many rats. On this day, a rat marrying a daughter, from a distance, the scene is grand, full ceremonial, with lamps, flags and gongs, drummers, sedan chair, umbrella ...... a variety of deacons and sedan chairmen are played by rats, only the bridegroom and the bride painted as a human figure, very interesting. Its composition and color similar to Mianzhu New Year's paintings.

"Ancient Money Dictionary" cited "barnyard history": "life money, the face of the twelve Chinese zodiac characters. Zhang Duanmu day: 'This money was called life money, there are twelve words of the earth's branches, but also the shape of the Chinese zodiac.' Zodiac said began in the "Huainanzi", then this money does not have to be out of the recent past. Today, this money has a word, two words, four words, twelve eons of the whole, the size varies, the varieties are especially numerous." Therefore, the Chinese zodiac coin is also known as the twelve branches of the money, the life of the money, but also the Chinese zodiac modeling is quite interesting in a variety.