A Brief Introduction to the Chinese Zodiac

A brief introduction to the Chinese Zodiac

A brief introduction to the Chinese Zodiac, one of the Chinese cultures handed down from ancient times to the present day, refers to the twelve phases of the year of birth of the people, the Chinese Zodiac consists of twelve animals and twelve earthly branches with the composition. The following is a brief introduction to the Chinese zodiac.

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The Chinese Zodiac, also known as the phases of the genus, is the Chinese and the twelve Earthly Branches to match with the twelve animals of the year of birth of the person, including the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig.

They are in order with the twelve Earthly Branches (Zi, U, Yin, Mao, Cinnabar, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Hundred Days, Ohio) to match the formation of the Zi Mouse, Ugly Ox, Yin Tiger, Mao Rabbit, Cinnabar, Si Snake, Wu Horse, Wei Sheep, Shen Monkey, You Chicken, Hundred Days Dogs, and Ohio Pigs. Chinese people often use the Lunar New Year as the new year for the Chinese zodiac, and as the year of birth of the symbolic animal for the Chinese zodiac, the cycle of once for a round.

The Chinese Zodiac is based on the year of the stem and branch, and starts with "Lichun", which is February 4 or 5 in the solar calendar. Lichun is one of the twenty-four seasons, and belongs to the solar calendar, not the lunar calendar.

However, the Chinese Zodiac to the spring as a conversion node is still controversial, because the Earth's branches are first used for the month, and the "dry dominance of the Chinese Zodiac on the chronology of the time, day and month," appeared more than the time of the "Dry Branches chronology" and "" 24 seasons ". The Chinese zodiac as a totem of the year is intended to facilitate the public to remember the use of, rather than to achieve the scientific purpose of accurate calculation.

Most of the records of the Chinese zodiac are based on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar. Ancient calendars were formulated and promulgated by the official government, with unquestionable authority, and the official calendars of the past generations have recorded the year of the stem and the Chinese zodiac, and all of them are converted from the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar to the stem and the Chinese zodiac. However, from the strict definition of numerology, should be counted from the spring.

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China has a traditional Chinese Zodiac culture, each hour belongs to a Chinese Zodiac, so the order of the twelve signs of the Chinese Zodiac is likely to be derived from the twelve hours of the day, in the son of the mouse will come out of the activity, so the mouse in the first. Cows used to eat night grass, officially at the ugly hour. Tigers attacked the animals at c time. Rabbits came out to eat grass at first light. There is fog in the morning and legend has it that a dragon will appear.

It is only at the sixth hour that snakes are excited by the rising temperature and come out to look for food. In the morning, the sun shines high and the horses run. At the ungodly hour people let their sheep graze. At Shen time, the sun is in the west and monkeys will chirp sadly. Between five and seven o'clock, chickens prepare for sleep in front of their nests. At night, dogs bark at the slightest movement and have a keen sense of hearing. By the time of Ohio, the night is deep and quiet, only the sound of the pig's arching groove, so the pig is ranked last. These twelve Chinese zodiac signs are closely related to the 12 hours of the day and life, which is the wisdom of the ancients.

The legend of the zodiac.

It is said that in the ancient times, human beings had limited knowledge, and even the calculation and differentiation of the year and the month were not known. So, the Jade Emperor, at the request of mankind, came up with the idea of using twelve animals as the names of the years, so that the general public could easily memorize them.

But the choice of what animals is not good to determine, and finally, after thinking about it, the Jade Emperor decided to run an animal river race on his birthday, taking the first twelve animals as the twelve zodiac signs, as the chronology.

After the news spread, all the animals are not riveted, eager to try, want to get a place in the twelve zodiac. Among them, the good feelings of the little mouse and kitty also want to go to the meeting, but suffering from small size and can not swim. So they ask the buffalo, who is usually an early riser and mild-tempered, to help give them a ride.

Early in the morning on the day of the Jade Emperor's birthday, the little mouse went to wake up the sleepy kitty. But the kitten can't wake up, so the buffalo tells the mouse to ignore him and get going. When they reached the finish line, the buffalo was thinking of "coming in first", but the mouse jumped in front of the cow and took the first place.

The buffalo came in second. The tiger comes in wet and gets third. The rabbit helps to cross the river through the other animals, and then jumps to the Jade Emperor quickly, and gets fourth. The dragon, who came to the meeting only after it rained because of his duty, missed the first place and only came fifth.

Next is the horse, but the snake is actually hidden underneath the horse. As soon as the snake appeared, the horse was frightened. So the snake grabbed sixth place. Then the goat, monkey and chicken sat on the raft and reached the shore. The three decided to give the eighth place to the goat. Then came the monkey and the chicken. The dog, however, was a good swimmer, but frolicked in the water too long and only snagged eleventh place. The pig in last place wins by chance.

Just as the Jade Emperor was solemnly announcing, "The twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac are ranked as follows via the results of the competition: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, and rooster ......", the kitty who had fallen into the water arrived in a state of disarray: "What about me? What about me? What place do I get?"

The Jade Emperor tells it it's too late, the race is over. At this point, the kitty was so furious that it thought the mouse had deliberately not called it, so it stretched out its sharp claws and clawed at the mouse.

Originally a good friend of the mouse, although in the twelve signs of the Zodiac came out on top, but since then it has been living in fear of the day, afraid of the cat at any time to find it revenge. So whenever you meet the cat, only deadly scurry away, and even hide in the hole in the wall or on the ceiling, do not dare to move freely around.

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The Chinese Zodiac, also known as the twelve phases of the genus, is China and the twelve earthly branches to match the year of birth of a person's twelve animals, in order, respectively, is the son of the rat, the ugly cow, c tiger, d rabbit, cinnabar, six snakes, the afternoon horse, the ungoat, the monkey, the rooster, huxu dog, the Ohio pig.

That is to say, the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, referring to the 12 animals that represent each year in order. Which year of birth is represented by which animal, then this animal is your zodiac sign, and perhaps you will also have similar personality traits with this animal.

Zodiac order of the argument

On the zodiac 'origin, there are many different opinions, here to say that individuals listen to folklore stories and animal habits as a child said:

1, write a childhood listening to the legend of the story:

Legend, the Lord for the election of the zodiac for the year, decided to carry out a campaign among the animals, and then the animals to the year, and the animals to the year, and the animals to the year. He decided to carry out a race among the animals to rank the animals in order of arrival, and took the first twelve as the ranking of the zodiac. On the day of the race, the slippery mouse hidden in the cow, near the end of the sudden sprint, got a first, the cow fell behind the rat arrived, ranked second. Followed by Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Chicken, Dog, Pig in turn arrived at the finish line, so there are twelve Zodiac ranking.

2, there are also according to the animal habits of the argument:

According to the twelve hours of the day and night and animal habits corresponding to the order

Rat (Zi 23:00-01:00) late at night, rats are the most active

Cow (Ugly 01:00-03:00) Cow ruminating and chewing at this time

Tiger (Cin 03:00-05:00) This time the day and night, the most active

Cow (Udon 01:00-03:00) Cow chewing

Tiger (Yin 03:00- 05:00) At this time the day and night. Tiger (C 03:00-05:00) This is the time when the tiger is most ferocious in daytime and nighttime

Rabbit (05:00-07:00 UT) The rabbit comes out of its nest to graze at the first light of the day

Dragon (07:00-09:00 CST) This is the time when it is prone to fog, and it is said that the dragon likes to ride on the mist and clouds

Snake (09:00-11:00 WS) The sun shines brightly, and the snake comes out of its hole to forage for food

Horse (Noon 11:00-13:00) Horses like to run around and neigh at this time

Sheep (Un 13:00-15:00) It is a good time to watch the sheep, and the sheep come out to eat grass

Monkey (Shen 15:00-17:00) The sun is in the west, and the monkeys like to come out to move around at this time

Chicken (You 17:00-19:00) The sun sets, and the chickens go back to their nests

Chicken (You 17:00-19:00) The sun sets, and the chickens go back to their nests

The snake is a very good bird.

Dog (H11 19:00-21:00) When it is dark, the dog looks after the house and guards the yard

Pig (H12 21:00-23:00) Late at night, you hear the sound of a pig arching in the trough

Why is there no cat among the twelve animals?

According to records, the domestic cat was introduced to China through Buddhist exchanges from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, and it was not until the Tang and Song dynasties that folk began to raise domestic cats on a large scale.

Also according to the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Chong's "Lun Heng" literature examination, the twelve zodiac signs have been recorded. The Eastern Han Dynasty is 25 years to 220 years, the Tang and Song Dynasty is 618 years -907 years, from the time difference, the cat is too late to catch the "draft".

However, the tiger in the Chinese Zodiac on the "draft list", the tiger belongs to the feline family, as the "big cat" also on the list hahaha.

Vietnam's zodiac, cat without rabbit, because there are twelve zodiac, the rabbit has not yet been introduced, so the "rabbit" became "cat". Vietnam's zodiac for the rat, ox, tiger, cat, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig. In China, the person who belongs to the "rabbit", to Vietnam will become the person who belongs to the "cat"

India's twelve Chinese zodiac signs, no tigers and lions, no chickens and golden-winged bird. The Indian zodiac is Rat, Ox, Lion, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Goldfinch, Dog and Pig, which is roughly the same as the Chinese.