Paper-cut pictures of the zodiac?

The origin of the zodiac is related to animal worship. According to Qin bamboo slips unearthed in Yunmeng Sleeping Tiger Land in Hubei Province and Fangmatan in

The origin of the zodiac is related to animal worship. According to Qin bamboo slips unearthed in Yunmeng Sleeping Tiger Land in Hubei Province and Fangmatan in Tianshui, Gansu Province, a relatively complete zodiac system existed as early as the pre-Qin period. Here are the pictures of the paper-cut Chinese Zodiac that I arranged for you, hoping to help you!

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Yin-yang theory of the five elements of the zodiac

In Ming Dynasty, Ye pointed out in "Caomuzi" that twelve kinds of animals were arranged because of physical defects.

"The craftsman matches twelve Xiao with twelve Chen, and each Xiao has its own shortcomings, such as rats without teeth, cows without teeth, tigers without spleen, lips without lips, dragons without ears, snakes without feet, horses without intestines, sheep without gods, monkeys without hips, chickens without kidneys, dogs without intestines, pigs without tendons, and people without shortcomings."

However, Lang Ying, a scholar in Ming Dynasty, retorted in Seven Kinds of Revision: "Ordinary things are more than twelve incomplete people?" He put forward that "the branch of the earth goes down" depends on the number of toes rather than Yin and Yang. A mouse has four paws on its front foot, with even numbers of yin, five paws on its back foot and odd numbers of yang. The first half of the child is last night's yin, and the second half is today's yang, just using the mouse to symbolize the child. The four claws of cattle, sheep, pig's trotters and chickens, plus the four claws of rabbits and the tongue of snakes, should all be coupled and belong to Yin, accounting for six branches. Tigers have five claws, dragon five has five claws, and monkeys and dogs have five claws. Horseshoe is round but not divided, all of them are odd numbers, belonging to Yang, plus rats belonging to Yang, accounting for six branches.

It is not Lang Ying's original creation that the theory of Yin and Yang explains the arrangement of the zodiac. Hong Zao, a scholar in the Song Dynasty, had a similar view in Niangu Miscellanies. Lang Ying also combined animal temperament with the theory of Yin and Yang, and concretized the reasons for sorting:

"If the child is a cathode, hide it in the dark and match the mouse; Rats hide their tracks. Afternoon is the anode, showing vitality. Match horses; This horse runs very fast. Ugliness is yin, condescending, and matching with cattle; Cows give birth to calves. Not for yang, but for courtesy, with sheep; Sheep have kneeling breasts. Yin is three yang, yang wins violence, and the tiger matches it; Tigers are violent. Shen is three yin, yin wins, and monkeys match it; Geye. The sun is born in the east, and there is a chicken in the west. The moon is born in the west and doesn't need the east. This means yin and yang, so it is the private door of the sun and the moon. Today, the rabbit licked its male hair and got pregnant. When the chickens walked together, they couldn't see. Both of them felt it, but they didn't pay. Therefore, You Mao is a sony pictures animation. Tatsumi rises and moves in the sun. Dragons thrive, followed by snakes, so dragons and snakes are in harmony. Dragon snake, a constantly changing thing. When the sea is silent, dogs stay up all night and pigs are calm, so dogs and pigs match. Dogs and pigs are also guarded. " ?