Reflections on Introduction to China Zodiac

Today, I read the story of the zodiac and learned that the ranking of the zodiac is: rat, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, pig and dog.

The Zodiac, also known as the Zodiac, is twelve kinds of animals in China that match the twelve earthly branches according to the year of birth, including rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

The origin of the zodiac is related to animal worship. According to the Qin bamboo slips unearthed in Yunmeng Shuihudi, Hubei Province and Fangmatan, Tianshui, Gansu Province, there was a relatively complete zodiac system in the pre-Qin period. The earliest handed down document that recorded the same Chinese zodiac as the modern one was Lun Heng written by Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The zodiac is an intuitive representation of the twelve earthly branches, namely, Zi (mouse), Ugly (ox), Yin (tiger), Mao (rabbit), Chen (dragon), Si (snake), Wu (horse), Wei (sheep), Shen (monkey), You (chicken) and Xu (chicken). In modern times, more people regard the zodiac as the mascot of the Spring Festival and become a symbol of entertainment and cultural activities.

As a long-standing symbol of folk culture, the zodiac has left a lot of poems, Spring Festival couplets, paintings, calligraphy and paintings and folk arts and crafts that depict the image and symbolic meaning of the zodiac. Apart from China, many countries in the world issue stamps of the zodiac during the Spring Festival to express their wishes for the New Year in China. The jade emperor wants to grade small animals. They made a lot of efforts to win the first place. The animals all want to win the first prize the next day. The cat asked the mouse to call it in the morning, but the mouse ran away. When the mouse saw the honest old cow earlier than himself, the clever mouse jumped into the corner of the old cow and grabbed the first place. From then on, cats will catch mice that are not trustworthy and get rid of the habit of sleeping.

This story tells people that a person should keep his word, otherwise he will be retaliated by others and will have no peace in his life.

I will be honest and aboveboard in the future, and I will keep my promise. From tomorrow on, I will never break my word like a mouse.