Why do Iranians use Chinese zodiac animals like leopards and whales?

Let's talk about the Chinese zodiac in Iran, which are rat, ox, leopard, rabbit, whale, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig. From them, we can see that their zodiac signs are very similar to those of our country, except that tigers are replaced by leopards, whales and dragons. Tigers may be replaced by leopards, because Iran believes in leopards more, and dragons should be easily replaced, because they should only be in our country and some neighboring countries.

First, the appearance of whales, so the dragons in the west are mostly to set off the greatness of dragon slayers, so Iranians naturally won't let dragons become their zodiac. Whales are different. In ancient times, whales were very rare for Iranians, and they especially liked Long Xianxiang. In fact, the price in Long Xianxiang is now comparable to that in gold. The Iranian Zodiac originated from the Persian Translation of Hui Guan, and they got the concept of the Zodiac because of the spread of this book.

Second, the distribution of the zodiac In addition to the above reasons, the spread of the zodiac is influenced by China. Many Asian countries use the zodiac system, including Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, Myanmar and India. Among them, the zodiac systems in Thailand, South Korea and Japan are the same as those in China, while others have changed.

Third, the new zodiac Vietnam let the cat be selected for the zodiac and kicked the rabbit out. There are only eight zodiac signs in Myanmar, and due to repetition, there are only several animals, such as tiger, lion, elephant, mouse, dragon and bird. In India, the Chinese zodiac tiger in China became a lion, and the dragon and snake became Moby Rocha and Naga. As mentioned above, some Asian countries actually have zodiac signs in Greece in Europe. The Greek zodiac signs are ox, sheep, monkey, donkey, crab, snake, dog, cat, crocodile, crane, lion and eagle. In fact, when it comes to the current Tiangong map, it is also another form of the zodiac, but the types and use times of the Tiangong map and the zodiac are different.