Is there a saying about the zodiac abroad?

Zodiac is a common cultural phenomenon in many countries and regions in the world. Its essence is the visualization of astronomical calendar, that is, replacing the years or months on the calendar with concrete animals and plants or other common things. For example, in China, heavenly stems and earthly branches has a history of more than 4,000 years, and the literature uses the name of "old Yang and old Yin" to represent the main branch. Japanese books unearthed during the Warring States period have replaced earthly branches with concrete animals, that is, the names of lunar years.

Zodiac in Early Literature

As can be seen, the zodiac replaces the original earthly or lunar branch names with animal names, which is easy to remember.

Zodiac is generally calculated on an annual basis, like the China Zodiac, which has one zodiac every year and a cycle of twelve years. The ethnic groups in China and the surrounding ethnic groups are generally similar to the zodiac. All ethnic groups in Siberia, India, Egypt, Greece and Babylon are also zodiac signs, which are counted according to the year.

Korean/Korean and Japanese zodiac signs are the same as those in China. Japanese sheep are sheep and pigs are wild boars.

Vietnam: rats, cows, tigers, cats, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. Cows are buffaloes.

Thailand: snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs, pigs, rats, cows, tigers, rabbits and dragons. Snakes come first. The dragon is the naga of India.

Cambodia: cattle, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs, pigs and rats. Cows come first.

India: mice, cows, lions, rabbits, dragons, horses, sheep, snakes, monkeys, birds, dogs and pigs.

Egypt: bulls, goats, lions, donkeys, crabs, snakes, dogs, cats, crocodiles, flamingos, apes and eagles.

Greece: Bull, goat, lion, donkey, crab, snake, dog, mouse, crocodile, flamingo, ape, eagle.

Babylon: cats, dogs, snakes, dung beetles, donkeys, lions, rams, bulls, falcons, monkeys, flamingos and crocodiles.

Myanmar's zodiac is counted by the week, and Wednesday is subdivided into morning and afternoon. The Chinese zodiac signs of Burmese people are tiger, lion, toothless elephant, toothless elephant, mouse, guinea pig, dragon and wonderful winged bird.

The twelve constellations in Europe can also be regarded as the zodiac, which is calculated according to the calendar month. For example, the twelve constellations in France are Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Lion, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius. The Celtic zodiac are all animals, and their dates are different from those of the twelve constellations.

Tiger? 12.24- 1.20

Cat? 1.2 1-2. 17

Snakes? 2. 18-3. 17

Fox? 3. 18-4. 14

Cattle? 4. 15-5. 12

Hippocampus? 5. 13-6.9

Hey? 6. 10-7.7

Horse 7.8-8.4

Salmon? 8.5-9. 1

Swan? 9.2-9.29

Butterfly? 9.30- 10.27

Wolf? 10.28- 1 1.27

Eagle? 1 1.25- 12.23

The zodiac signs of some American Indians are also of this type, each month corresponds to an animal, and the corresponding Gregorian calendar date is close to the twelve constellations. Each constellation corresponds to color, orientation, elements, minerals, etc. , very close to China culture.

Just Mexico.

The Mayans had various chronologies. The Zokin calendar divides a year into 13 months, 20 days each month, and there are corresponding animals every month. People born in the corresponding month are protected by the animal god of this month. The 13 animals are lizards, gorillas, falcons, leopards, foxes, snakes, squirrels, turtles, bats, scorpions, deer, owls and peacocks. In other words, the Mayan zodiac is calculated on a monthly basis. 1 year is 13 months, and every month has a zodiac sign.

The Aztec calendar is divided into 12 months, and each month has a zodiac sign, namely crocodile, family, flower, snake, deer, jaguar, sugarcane, rabbit, eagle, monkey, flint and dog.

Like China, the China Zodiac in modern Mexico is also counted by year. They are tigers, rabbits, dragons, monkeys, dogs, pigs, squirrels, orangutans, deer, lizards, leopards and peacocks.