The origin of rabbits in the zodiac

Rabbit is an important part of China traditional culture, and it ranks fourth among the 12 Zodiacs. It belongs to the "Mao" with the twelve branches, so the "

Rabbit is an important part of China traditional culture, and it ranks fourth among the 12 Zodiacs. It belongs to the "Mao" with the twelve branches, so the "Mao" at twelve o'clock in a day is from five to seven in the morning, which is also called "rabbit time". Do you know the story of the rabbit? Let me explain something to you.

The story of the origin of the zodiac

In addition, some people contact with daily life and come to the conclusion that the order of the zodiac is related to its activity time. It is midnight from eleven o'clock in the evening to one o'clock in the morning. At this time, the mouse is the most active and is called the offspring mouse. At 1 am to 3: 00 am, it is an ugly cow, and the cow is ruminating, which is called an ugly cow. From 3: 00 to 5: 00, it is Yin Shi. At this time, tigers wander around for food, which is the fiercest, so they are called silver tigers. 5: 00 to 7: 00 is the crime time. At this time, the sun has not yet risen and the moon is still hanging in the sky. At this time, Yutu is busy taking medicine. Rabbits all over the world also began to come out for food, called hairy rabbits.

From 7 am to 9 am, it is morning time, and it is a good time for dragons to rain. It is called dragons. It is the fourth time from 9: 00 to 11: 00, and the snake becomes active, which is called the fourth snake. From 1 1: 00 in the morning to 1: 00 in the afternoon, the sun is shining, and at noon, it is the time when the sky is unconstrained, which is called the afternoon horse. In the afternoon 1 until 3 o'clock, it is inappropriate. When sheep eat grass at this time, they will grow stronger, which is called sheep. From 3 pm to 5 pm, it is the application time. At this time, monkeys become active, which is called monkey application.

It is unitary from five to seven. As night falls, chickens begin to return to their nests, which is the so-called unitary chicken. From 7: 00 to 9: 00 in the evening, dogs start to keep vigil, which is called dogs. From 9 pm to 1 1, it is Shihai. At this time, all is silent, and the pig is snoring and sleeping, called the sea pig.

Legendary story statement

The mouse used the power of the cow.

Legend has it that one year, the Jade Emperor celebrated his birthday, ordered all animals to come to celebrate their birthdays on the ninth day of the first month, and decided to choose 12 kinds of animals to celebrate their birthdays in the order of reporting, as the guards in heaven, and took turns to be on duty every year.

According to legend, mice and cats were neighbors at that time, but the big cat often bullied the weak mice, and the mice dared to speak out. The cat is sleepy, so let the mouse wake him up for the jade emperor's birthday. The mouse readily agreed.

In the early morning of the ninth day of the first month, the mouse set off quietly. But when he reached the wide river facing Taotao River, he began to worry. At this time, the earliest Niu Yi walked silently to the river. At the moment the cow swam into the water, the mouse jumped into the cow's ear. Cows are usually simple and honest, so they don't care about mice's guesses.

After crossing the river, the mouse felt comfortable lying in the cow's ear and didn't mean to jump down. Near noon, the cow carried the mouse outside the Jade Emperor's mansion. When Niu Gang was about to enter the door, the mouse jumped out of the cow's ear and jumped to the jade emperor first. In this way, the mouse finally won the first place.

What is the origin of the zodiac rabbit?

Speaking of rabbit, the Chinese zodiac, there is an interesting legend of "rabbit-cow race" circulating among the people.

According to legend, rabbits and cows are neighbors. They get along well and call each other brothers. Cows live by hard work, rabbits live by cleverness and ability, and they all live well.

One day, the rabbit who is good at long-distance running shows off in front of the bull: "I am the champion of long-distance running in the animal kingdom, and no one can outrun me!" " "The bull humbly asks for the know-how of long-distance running, but the rabbit proudly shakes his head and says," Long-distance running champions can't learn by their innate qualities. "In addition, if you run lightly, you will never run fast."

Niu Xin was half cold to the rabbit, but he was not convinced. From then on, scalpers began to practice long-distance running. With the strength of an indomitable bull, the bull finally became a pair of "iron feet". I don't know how tired I am for days and nights.

On the day when the Jade Emperor ranked the zodiac, according to the rules, whoever arrived first was allowed to be the zodiac. The cow and the rabbit agreed that the rooster would get up at the first crow and go straight to the Heavenly Palace to compete for the zodiac.

When the cock crowed for the first time, when the bull got up, the rabbit had run away alone. The rabbit ran for a long time. When he looked back, he couldn't see any animals. Rabbit thought, I got up the earliest and ran the fastest today, that is, I slept. The first name of this zodiac is mine, too. So it fell asleep on the grass.

Although the bull lags behind, it is driven by its tenacious endurance and steel-like foot strength. While the rabbit was still sleeping, it ran to the heavenly palace first.

A rush of footsteps woke the rabbit. When I opened my eyes, it turned out that the tiger ran past like a gust of wind. Now the rabbit is in a hurry and rushes to catch up. It's a pity that we are a step behind the tiger. Because there is a mouse crouching between the horns of the cow, the rabbit is only ranked fourth, and the top three are mouse, cow and tiger.

Although the rabbit became a Chinese zodiac, it was shameful after all and lost to his sarcastic old cow. After he came back, he moved his family to a cave, and now the rabbit still lives in the cave. But rabbits don't learn from it. Do not believe me, today you will have another "bull-rabbit race" or "tortoise-rabbit race", and the winner will definitely be the rabbit.