What is the zodiac year after the Year of the Ox?

The year of the ox is followed by the year of the tiger, which is sorted according to the zodiac. The zodiac, also known as the "Zodiac", includes rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. They have a long history, as early as the pre-Qin period, there are related records in ancient books.

Zodiac originated from animal worship. In primitive society, human productivity is very poor, and livestock such as pigs, cows and sheep are closely related to farming activities. Animals such as tigers and snakes may threaten people's own safety and people will feel afraid. All these reasons eventually led to the formation of the zodiac.

Other knowledge about the zodiac.

Ancient Chinese scholars once explained it from the perspective of twelve o'clock a day and night. When there was chaos between heaven and earth, the mouse just came out in the middle of the night and bit out a gap between heaven and earth, that is, "the mouse bit the sky", so it belonged to the mouse; After the beginning of the world, people had to farm for a living, and cows were the main force of farming at that time, so ugliness corresponded to cows and so on.

People in China thought that mice had strong reproductive ability, and the ancients expected life to multiply and large families to prosper, so they came up with the concept of having more children and more happiness. In the Atlas of the Twelve Zodiacs by Yu Ren in the late Qing Dynasty, five mice were grabbing melon seeds in a jar. "Seed" is homophonic with "Zi" and also stands for "Duozi".

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