Yi people have twelve zodiac signs.

Hei Hu, 65438+ Yi Zodiac in October, has the temperament of a king and works calmly and methodically.

February otter: gentle as water, can perceive mysterious power.

Crocodiles in March: empathy, decency and impulsiveness.

April Python: Pay attention to food storage and love to accumulate wealth.

Pangolin in May: Sensitive intuition and strong sense of self-protection.

June Luzi: I like being quiet and staying in a comfortable and warm environment for a long time.

July Rock Sheep: Hard-working and adaptable.

Apes in August have a good sense of balance and coordinated limbs, and often think because of their high wisdom.

Panther in September: quick action, quick response, strong revenge, strong revenge.

10 four-legged snake: kind, enthusiastic and harmless.

This is based on the information in the daily newspaper. I don't know if it is accurate. . .

Which of the Yi people's ten zodiac signs is definitely a dragon?

The emperor rules the world.

A real dragon

Other zodiac signs are not so bold.

I can't afford it either.

What are the zodiac signs of all ethnic groups in China? (1) Liangshan Yi's Zodiac Yi's Universal Zodiac Calendar, also known as Zodiac Calendar. There is a legend about the origin of the Yi's Zodiac Calendar in the ancient epic Le Aoteyi of Yi and Yi. Zw (see Wang Changfu's Liangshan Yi People's Custom (Zw)) The Yi people living in Liangshan, Sichuan are marked by rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. The name of each animal has a one-year cycle, with 12 rounds. There is a convenient formula for calculating age: "One round of thirteen, two rounds of twenty-five, three rounds of thirty-seven, four rounds of forty-nine, five rounds of sixty-one, six rounds of seventy-three ..." and so on. The calendar of Liangshan Yi people also adopts the twelve zodiac signs, namely, rat month, ox month, tiger month, rabbit month, dragon month, snake month, horse month, sheep month, monkey month, chicken month, dog month and pig month. Every month, there are 30 days in the big month and 29 days in the small month. The big moon and the small moon are determined according to whether the moon was 15 or 16 last month. Xiaoyue 15 circle is 29 days, and Dayue 16 circle is 30 days. However, the first month used in different places is different. In some places, horse month is the first month, in some places, sheep month is the first month, and in some places, monkey month is the first month. The method of marking the date also adopts the Chinese zodiac, and the twelfth day is a round, which is not limited by the year and month (including leap month) and can be pushed back indefinitely and never terminated. Yi people's zodiac calendar has also been applied to folk witchcraft. Liangshan Yi people believe that people are closely related to the five elements of wood, fire, earth, iron and water, and people can only live in harmony with them, which is a natural destiny. Man's destiny lies in the harmony among ten fates formed by the combination of the five elements with men and women, namely, Mugong, Mu Mu, Huogong, Tugong, Tiemu, Shuigong and Jellyfish. In addition, ten kinds of destinies are matched with twelve genera to form a "chronology", and the 60-year chronology is used to count people's destinies. The Chinese zodiac of the Yi people is also used for marriage. When choosing a spouse and getting engaged, the Yi people attach great importance to the conditions such as nationality and rank. In addition, it is also important whether the birthdays of men and women coincide. The folk formula is: "Rabbits, pigs and sheep follow, cows, snakes and chickens follow, dogs are sloppy, and monkeys, dragons and rats are in harmony." Everything that conforms to the above formula is consistent, but it is not very strict. People who belong to tigers are most afraid of people who belong to chickens and sheep, fearing that "tigers eat chickens and eat sheep." (2) According to Mr. Zhang, the timing method of the Han nationality was gradually introduced into the Dai area in the Han Dynasty, and it has been used ever since (see Zhang Zhu's Dai Culture, published by Jilin Education Press 1986). ) is still an important part of the Dai calendar. The method is the same as the lunar calendar, that is, the ten-day trunk and the twelve earthly branches cooperate with each other to get sixty jiazi, and sixty numbers are used to mark the year and day, while the twelve earthly branches are used to mark the month separately. Shortly after the trunk branches were introduced into the Dai area, the Chinese zodiac of the Han nationality was introduced. The China Zodiac in Dai areas is slightly different. Dehong area is exactly the same as the Han nationality, but Xishuangbanna renamed the pig as the elephant and the dragon as the snake or jiaozi, which is slightly different. The twelve zodiac signs used by Dai people are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, snake, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and elephant. In Xishuangbanna and other places, the zodiac signs are matched with earthly branches, which are used not only to record years, but also to record months and days. For example, in the Dai calendar, "bone" is the year, "blood" is the month, and "skin" is the day. 〕 ZW 〕, ugly year ox bone, cloudy year tiger bone; April rabbit blood, June snake blood, July horse blood; Monkey skin, chicken skin and so on. It can be seen that after being absorbed into the Dai calendar, the zodiac is more widely used in the Han calendar than in the lunar calendar. (3) According to the traditional concept of Tibetan zodiac, the chronology of Tibetan zodiac was brought by Songzan Gambu, who was married by Princess Tang Wencheng in the 7th century. The Tibetan zodiac is 60 years old, and it is called "Deng Hui" in Tibetan, which means wooden mouse. The Tibetan 60-year-old starts from the year of the wooden mouse, which is equivalent to the year of Jiazi of the Han nationality. The Tibetan zodiac is characterized by the combination of yin and yang and the five elements of Xiao and beast, so it is called the Year of the Rabbit with Yin Fire, the Year of the Monkey with Yang Soil and the Year of the Monkey with Yang Gold. There is a corresponding relationship between the chronology of the zodiac in Tibetan calendar and the five elements of Yin and Yang: A and B are wood, Ding is fire, Wuji is earth, Geng Xin is gold, and Gui Ren is water. In each of the above five pairs, the former is Yang and the latter is Yin. Although heavenly stems and earthly branches is not clearly marked in Tibetan calendar years ... >>

What are the 30-minute zodiac signs? They are made up of eleven kinds of animals from nature, namely rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs, pigs and legendary dragons. They are arranged in the order of mouse, ugly cow, silver tiger, hairy rabbit, Chen Long, snake, afternoon horse, sheep, monkey and unitary. It is widely used in many countries and nationalities. Many poets have written poems describing the zodiac. At the same time, the zodiac is also used for Chinese medicine and animation names.

12 What is the origin of the zodiac?

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As an ancient folk cultural phenomenon, scholars have different opinions about the origin of the zodiac. Some people think that the zodiac and earthly branches are homologous and can be traced back to prehistoric legend times. In Historical Records, the Yellow Emperor's statements of "building Jiazi for life" and "making every effort to cure Jiazi" are the embodiment of this statement, and scholars believe that Jiazi here refers to the zodiac. Zhao Yi, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, believed that the zodiac originated from nomadic people in northern China. He said in "An Examination of Jade Congkao": "At first, there was no such thing as ugliness on the 12th day, but in the next year, it spread to China, and it was worthy of your ears." (see Qing? Zhao Yi's Language Congkao). Some scholars even think that the zodiac was introduced to China from Babylon. The representative of this view is Guo Moruo, who wrote in The Study of Oracle Characters? Shi Zhigan said, "Twelve statues are found in Babylon, Egypt and India, but they are not very old, nor are they more than 100 years after the Western Dynasty. The original intention is that this was made in the Western countries during the Han Dynasty, imitating the Babylonian zodiac and then spreading to the surrounding areas. " It is believed that the Chinese Zodiac was formulated by Middle Eastern residents imitating the Babylonian Zodiac, and was introduced to China when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty communicated with the western regions. The above viewpoints are different, so I dare not judge right or wrong subjectively. However, it is proved by a large number of documents that the Chinese zodiac really originated in China, and it is the crystallization of animal worship, totem worship and early astronomy of China ancestors.

The Book of Songs is the earliest record of the zodiac in the existing literature. The Book of Songs? Xiaoya? There are eight words for "auspicious day", which means auspicious day, and it is a good day for prancing hunting. This is an example of a horse in the afternoon. It can be seen that the corresponding relationship between earthly branches and twelve kinds of animals has been established and spread around the Spring and Autumn Period. The bamboo slips 1975 unearthed from tomb1in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County, Hubei Province, further proved that the zodiac had existed before and after the Spring and Autumn Period. There is a chapter on "Thief" in the bamboo slips unearthed in Japan, which talks about the appearance characteristics of thieves, and records: "Son, mouse, thief wants his mouth, ... ugly, cow, thief with big nose and long neck, ... yin, tiger, thief, if he wants his beard, his face is black." Hair, rabbits, thieves are big. Chen, [original leak] The thief is a man, green and red ... Third, the worm is also black. At noon, the deer is also a thief with a long neck and a small Q, and his body is incomplete. ..... No, horse, thieves have ears. ",ring also, thief round face ..."

It says no, ma ye, thieves must have ears, is that wrong? According to the order of earthly branch and zodiac, shouldn't it correspond to sheep?

The zodiac recorded in Japanese books is roughly the same as the popular saying now. According to textual research, the tomb of Shuihudi 1 1 was in the 30th year of Qin Shihuang (2 17 BC), so the appearance of the zodiac can be traced back to at least the Spring and Autumn Period before Qin Dynasty. Scholars believe that this is the earliest and most systematic record of the zodiac found in China so far.

Exactly the same as today's popular zodiac is the record of Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Wang Chong's On Balance? "Things" contains: "Yin, wood, its birds, tigers. Soil, its birds and dogs are also. ..... At noon, the horse also arrived. Son, mouse, unitary, chicken. Hair, rabbits, too. ..... hey, tapir. No, so are sheep. Ugly, cattle also. ..... Third, snakes are also. Shen, Qitian also. "

In the above text, there are eleven kinds of animals in the zodiac, but the dragon is gone. The book "Poisonous Words" says: "Chen is a dragon, and he has become a snake. Chen and Yu are in the southeast. "

In this way, the zodiac is complete, exactly the same as the popular zodiac. This is indeed the earliest and most complete record of the zodiac in ancient literature.

By the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the zodiac had been widely used. There have been specific records in the Five Elements Annals. According to the year of birth, people belong to an animal. Southern dynasties? Chen? The poet Shen Jiong once wrote a poem about the zodiac, which said:

"In the case of mice and dust, cattle and sheep fall at dusk.

Tigers sit in empty valleys for food, and rabbits open windows to the moon.

The dragon ridge is far green, and the snake willow lingers near.

Ma Lanfang is far away and breeds sheep in spring.

The monkey chestnut shames the fragrant fruit, and the chicken anvil leads to a clear cup.

A dog cares about things, but a pig is carefree. "

This poem of the zodiac is obviously written in the order of animals assigned by the twelve branches, which shows that people at that time were already very familiar with the zodiac.

It is clear from the above documents that the origin of Zodiac culture is in China. According to the foreign zodiac, the Chinese zodiac originated in the Middle East >>

As an ancient folk cultural phenomenon, there are several kinds of animals, and scholars in past dynasties have different opinions on the origin of the zodiac. Some people think that the zodiac and earthly branches are homologous and can be traced back to prehistoric legend times. In Historical Records, the Yellow Emperor's statements of "building Jiazi for life" and "making every effort to cure Jiazi" are the embodiment of this statement, and scholars believe that Jiazi here refers to the zodiac. Zhao Yi, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, believed that the zodiac originated from nomadic people in northern China. He said in "An Examination of Jade Congkao": "At first, there was no such thing as ugliness on the 12th day, but in the next year, it spread to China, and it was worthy of your ears." (see Qing? Zhao Yi's Language Congkao). Some scholars even think that the zodiac was introduced to China from Babylon. The representative of this view is Guo Moruo, who wrote in The Study of Oracle Characters? Shi Zhigan said: "Twelve Xiaoxiangs are found in Babylon, Egypt and India, but they are not very old, and they did not come from the Western Dynasty 100 years ago. The original intention is that this was made in the Western countries during the Han Dynasty, imitating the Babylonian zodiac and then spreading to the surrounding areas. " It is believed that the Chinese Zodiac was formulated by Middle Eastern residents imitating the Babylonian Zodiac, and was introduced to China when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty communicated with the western regions. The above viewpoints are different, so I dare not judge right or wrong subjectively. However, it is proved by a large number of documents that the Chinese zodiac really originated in China, and it is the crystallization of animal worship, totem worship and early astronomy of China ancestors.

The Book of Songs is the earliest record of the zodiac in the existing literature. The Book of Songs? Xiaoya? There are eight words for "auspicious day", which means auspicious day, and it is a good day for prancing hunting. This is an example of a horse in the afternoon. It can be seen that the corresponding relationship between earthly branches and twelve kinds of animals has been established and spread around the Spring and Autumn Period. The bamboo slips 1975 unearthed from tomb1in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County, Hubei Province, further proved that the zodiac had existed before and after the Spring and Autumn Period. There is a chapter on "Thief" in the bamboo slips unearthed in Japan, which talks about the appearance characteristics of thieves, and records: "Son, mouse, thief wants his mouth, ... ugly, cow, thief with big nose and long neck, ... yin, tiger, thief, if he wants his beard, his face is black." Hair, rabbits, thieves are big. Chen, [the original leaked] the thief is a man, green and red ... already, insects are also, thieves grow black. At noon, the deer is also a thief with a long neck and a small Q, and his body is incomplete. ..... No, horse, thieves have ears. ",ring also, thief round face ..."

The zodiac recorded in Japanese books is roughly the same as the popular saying now. According to textual research, the tomb of Shuihudi 1 1 was in the 30th year of Qin Shihuang (2 17 BC), so the appearance of the zodiac can be traced back to at least the Spring and Autumn Period before Qin Dynasty. Scholars believe that this is the earliest and most systematic record of the zodiac found in China so far.

Exactly the same as today's popular zodiac is the record of Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Wang Chong's On Balance? Material potential "includes:

"Yin, wood, its bird, tiger. Soil, its birds and dogs are also. ..... At noon, the horse also arrived. Son, mouse, unitary, chicken. Hair, rabbits, too. ..... hey, tapir. No, so are sheep. Ugly, cattle also. ..... already, the snake also. Shen, Qitian also. "

In the above text, there are eleven kinds of animals in the zodiac, but the dragon is gone. The book Poison says:

"Chen is a dragon, a snake. Chen and Ji are in the southeast. "

In this way, the zodiac is complete, exactly the same as the popular zodiac. This is indeed the earliest and most complete record of the zodiac in ancient literature. .

By the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the zodiac had been widely used. There have been specific records in the Five Elements Annals. According to the year of birth, people belong to an animal. Southern dynasties? Chen? The poet Shen Jiong once wrote a poem about the zodiac, which said:

"In the case of mice and dust, cattle and sheep fall at dusk.

Tigers sit in empty valleys for food, and rabbits open windows to the moon.

The dragon ridge is far green, and the snake willow lingers near.

Ma Lanfang is far away and breeds sheep in spring.

The monkey chestnut shames the fragrant fruit, and the chicken anvil leads to a clear cup.

A dog cares about things, but a pig is carefree. "

This poem of the zodiac is obviously written in the order of animals assigned by the twelve branches, which shows that people at that time were already very familiar with the zodiac.

It is clear from the above documents that the origin of Zodiac culture is in China. According to the foreign zodiac, the zodiac was introduced to China from the Middle East in the Han Dynasty, which is similar to the introduction of Buddhism. From the above documents, we prove that there were records about the zodiac in China as early as the Spring and Autumn Period (The Book of Heaven and the Book of Songs), indicating that the birth of the zodiac and the collocation of the zodiac and the earthly branches had been produced as early as the Han Dynasty, so it is certain that the zodiac was born in China ... > >

What does the zodiac have to do with this? Zodiac is a sign of a person's birth year, also known as the zodiac. When it is used to mark years, months, days or hours, it is called the zodiac calendar. Zodiac (animal calendar) is widely popular in Asian countries and some countries in Eastern Europe and North Africa, and it is almost a worldwide folk phenomenon.

The composition and order of the zodiac (animal calendar) vary from country to country. At present, the animal calendars of Hui, Tibetan, Hani, She, Lahu, Naxi, Altai, North Korea, South Korea and Japan in China are identical in composition and arrangement: mouse, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig. Some ethnic groups have different zodiac signs due to different regions. For example, the zodiac (animal calendar) in most areas of the Li nationality is the same as before, while the Maodao Li nationality changed tigers into insects, rabbits into cats, snakes into fish, horses into meat and horses into meat. The animal calendar of the Yi people in most areas is the same as before, while the names and order of the animal calendar of the Yi people in Ailaoshan, Yunnan are: tiger, rabbit, pangolin (dragon), snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig, mouse and cow. Except for one difference (there is also a saying that "dragon" replaces "pangolin"), the ranking is different from before. The reason why the Yi people in Ailaoshan put "tiger" in the first place is said to be because they think they are descendants of tigers, and respecting the mother tiger is their original appearance. Sacrificial ceremonies held every three years should be held in the first year of the tiger (the first month) of the lunar calendar in the Year of the Tiger, at the local Mother Tiger Temple. Every door should be painted in the shape of a tiger to show respect for the tiger. For this reason, there is such a sort. If you move forward or backward in order, it will be the same as before. The zodiac (animal calendar) of the Yi people in western Guangxi is: dragon, phoenix, horse, ant, human, chicken, dog, pig, sparrow, cow, tiger and snake; The Dai zodiac (animal calendar) in Dehong is the same as before. The Dai people in Xishuangbanna have changed pigs into elephants, dragons into dumplings or snakes, and sheep into ants.

In addition, the names of the zodiac (animal calendar) in some countries are quite different from those before, such as Vietnam replacing "rabbit" with "cat"; In India, rats, cows, lions, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, goldfinches, dogs and pigs; The ancient Babylonians were bulls, goats, lions, donkeys, dung beetles, snakes, dogs, cats, crocodiles, flamingos, apes and eagles; Egyptian and Greek ones are basically the same as those of ancient Babylon, except that "dung beetles" is replaced by "crab" [1]. The order of "lion" and "snake" is the same as that of India, and "golden winged bird" is replaced by "flamingo" [2]. The zodiac (animal calendar) of other nationalities or countries is the tiger in the order of lion and the chicken in the order of flamingo. In other words, the animals in the previous stage are all beasts, and the birds in the latter stage are all birds. It can be inferred from this that the world's zodiac (animal calendar) should be homologous.

China's zodiac originated from the zodiac and has a long history. Geographically, Egypt, Babylonia, India and China, four ancient civilizations in Asia and Africa, are just within their popular range. Although it is widely spread in Asia, Europe and Africa, it is mainly concentrated in Asia. From this, we have reason to infer that this culture originated from a certain ethnic group in Asia, and then gradually spread and was accepted by many ethnic groups in this vast area. However, it is still a mystery which nation originally created it.

What are the zodiac signs? 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. [ 1]

The origin of the zodiac is related to animal worship. According to Qin bamboo slips unearthed in Yunmeng Sleeping Tiger Land in Hubei Province and Fangmatan in Tianshui, Gansu Province, a relatively complete zodiac system existed as early as the pre-Qin period. The earliest handed down document that recorded the same Chinese zodiac as today was Lun Heng written by Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty. [ 1]

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 symbol of folk culture with a long history, the zodiac has left a large number of poems, Spring Festival couplets, paintings, calligraphy and paintings and folk arts and crafts depicting the image and symbolic significance of the zodiac throughout the ages. 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.

19751February, two batches of Qin bamboo slips were unearthed in Yunmeng Sleeping Tiger Land, Hubei Province, among which the contents about "thieves" are: [2]

"Son, mouse, thief's pointed mouth, sparse beard, ... ugly, cow, thief with big nose and long neck, ... yin, tiger, thief, beard and black face. Hair, rabbits, thieves are big. Chen, the thief is a man, green and red ... Third, the worm is also black. At noon, the deer is also a thief with a long neck and a small Q, and his body is incomplete. ..... No, horse, thieves have ears. Shen, Huan, thief circle ... you, water is ... hey, old sheep is ... sea, hey. " [3]

The above is basically the same as today's zodiac, except that Chen did not write the zodiac; Deer at noon; Not suitable for horses; Yes, old sheep. [2]

Double happiness picture of the zodiac

Double happiness picture of the zodiac

1In April, 986, two kinds of Japanese bamboo slips, A and B, were unearthed from Qin Tomb in Fangmatan, Tianshui, Gansu Province, which were similar in age to Qin bamboo slips in Sleeping Tiger Land. There are also records of thieves on Class A bamboo slips: [2]

Son, mouse. Ugly, awesome. Yin and tiger. Mao, rabbit. Chen, an insect. Third, the chicken is gone. At noon, the horse disappeared. No, sheep. Shen, monkey. You, coward. Hey, dog. Oh, my God. [3]

Compared with modern times, except Four Chapters of Chen Chong, the corresponding relationship between the zodiac and earthly branches in this record is exactly the same. [2]

The Book of Songs? "Xiaoya" contains "auspicious day, Geng Wu, that is, poor horse", reflecting the relative afternoon horse. However, scholars pointed out that Qin bamboo slips correspond to deer rather than horse at noon, and the horse at noon is just a coincidence.

Like today, the earliest complete record of the zodiac is Wang Chong's Lun Heng in the Eastern Han Dynasty. "On Balance" Volume III "Material Potential": [2]

Li Youjun, a zodiac animal.

Li Youjun, a zodiac animal.

"Yin wood also, its bird tiger also; It is also soil, and its birds and dogs are also; Ugliness is dirt, ugly birds and cows, no birds and sheep. Wood beats earth, so dogs, cattle and sheep are served by tigers. Hai Shui also, its bird also; Where there is fire, its birds and snakes are also; Children are water, so are their birds and mice; It is also a fire at noon, and its birds and horses are also ... horses, rats, chickens and rabbits at noon. Water is better than fire. Why don't mice chase horses? Jin Shengmu, why don't chickens peck rabbits? Hai Jian, no sheep, ugly cow. Soil is better than water, why don't cattle and sheep kill jackals? The fourth snake is also a monkey. Fire wins gold, why don't snakes eat macaques? "

With the book "poison" volume 23 has a cloud:

"Chen is a dragon, the third is a snake, in the southeast. Dragons are poisonous and snakes sting people, so snakes have good teeth and dragons have scales. Wood makes a fire, and fire is poison, so the beast of the black dragon contains Mars. "

It can be seen that at the latest, the twelve zodiac signs of the Eastern Han Dynasty have all been finalized. [2] Liang Zhanggang in the Qing Dynasty in the Wandering Series? The sequel also relayed the records of Lun Heng. [2]

"Northern history? Biography of Yuwen Hu describes Yuwen Hu's mother's letter in Qi for the next week: "Your brother was born in Wuchuan Town. The first one is a mouse, the second one is a rabbit, and you are a snake. "This is an earlier record in the official history. The zodiac is related to the year of birth. Constellation theory

Zodiac Wutai

Zodiac Wutai

The ancients divided the stars near the ecliptic and equator into "28 stars". Twenty-eight nights also represent an animal In ancient times, Sunday was divided into twelve parts, represented by twelve branches. Twelve branches belonged to the zodiac, and the zodiac had a corresponding relationship with twenty-eight stars. [5] Wang Hao, a great scholar in the Ming Dynasty, thought that 28 species of animals belonged to 28 stars, which was a "unity of seven evils" and became >>

What is the legend of the zodiac of ethnic minorities? In China, a multi-ethnic country, the zodiac is not a patent of the Han nationality, and many ethnic minorities use the zodiac calendar. First of all, let's take a look at the comparison table of zodiac signs of various ethnic groups.

Cross-reference table of Chinese zodiac of all ethnic groups

Yi nationality in western Guangxi

Zodiac: dragon, phoenix, horse, ant, human, chicken, dog, pig, sparrow, cow, tiger and snake.

Ailaoshan Yi nationality

Twelve kinds of animals: tiger, rabbit, pangolin, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig, mouse and cow.

Yi people in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou

Twelve kinds of animals: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

Hainan Li nationality

Twelve kinds of animals: chickens, dogs, pigs, rats, cows, insects, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep and monkeys.

Yunnan Dai nationality

Twelve kinds of animals: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, snakes, snakes, horses, goats, monkeys, chickens, dogs and elephants.

Guangxi Zhuang nationality

Twelve kinds of animals: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

the Mongol nationality

Twelve kinds of animals: tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig, mouse and cow.

* * * The Er nationality in Xinjiang

Twelve kinds of animals: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, fish, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

Kyrgyz

Twelve kinds of animals: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, fish, snakes, horses, sheep, foxes, chickens, dogs and pigs.

As can be seen from the above table, many ethnic minorities in China, such as Mongolian, Zhuang and some Yi people, are all influenced by the Han nationality, basically the same as the Han nationality. However, some ethnic groups have undergone some variations while accepting the China Zodiac culture. In the Zodiac series, Yi compatriots in Ailao Mountain occupy the dragon position with pangolins. In Xinjiang Kirgiz Zodiac, fish On Behalf Oflong and fox are used instead of monkeys. Compatriots of Li nationality in Hainan mark the date with the zodiac, starting with the chicken and ending with the monkey. Dai people living in Xishuangbanna use yellow cattle instead of yellow cattle and goats instead of sheep. The sea is not a pig, but an elephant. From the above changes, it can be seen that when choosing zodiac animals, due to different living environments and different species, all ethnic groups choose the closest animal as the zodiac animal, which brings certain differences to the zodiac culture. In addition to the variation in the selection of animals in the zodiac, ethnic minorities have also formed their own different methods of marking the year, month and day, and there have also been many folk customs related to the zodiac.

(1) Liangshan Yi zodiac

Yi people generally use the zodiac calendar, also known as the zodiac calendar. Both the ancient epic Le Aoteyi and the Yi people have legends about the origin of the Yi zodiac (see Wang Changfu's Liangshan Yi Customs). The Yi people living in Liangshan, Sichuan are marked by rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. The name of each animal has a one-year cycle, with 12 rounds. There is a convenient formula for calculating age: "One round of thirteen, two rounds of twenty-five, three rounds of thirty-seven, four rounds of forty-nine, five rounds of sixty-one, six rounds of seventy-three ..." and so on. The calendar of Liangshan Yi people also adopts the twelve zodiac signs, namely, rat month, ox month, tiger month, rabbit month, dragon month, snake month, horse month, sheep month, monkey month, chicken month, dog month and pig month. Every month, there are 30 days in the big month and 29 days in the small month. The big moon and the small moon are determined according to whether the moon was 15 or 16 last month. Xiaoyue 15 circle is 29 days, and Dayue 16 circle is 30 days. However, the first month used in different places is different. In some places, horse month is the first month, in some places, sheep month is the first month, and in some places, monkey month is the first month. The method of marking the date also adopts the Chinese zodiac, and the twelfth day is a round, which is not limited by the year and month (including leap month) and can be pushed back indefinitely and never terminated.

Yi people's zodiac calendar has also been applied to folk witchcraft. Liangshan Yi people believe that people are closely related to the five elements of wood, fire, earth, iron and water, and people can only live in harmony with them, which is a natural destiny. Man's destiny lies in the harmony among ten fates formed by the combination of the five elements with men and women, namely, Mugong, Mu Mu, Huogong, Tugong, Tiemu, Shuigong and Jellyfish. In addition, ten kinds of destinies are matched with twelve genera to form a "chronology", and the 60-year chronology is used to count people's destinies.

The Chinese zodiac of the Yi people is also used for marriage. When choosing a spouse and getting engaged, the Yi people attach great importance to the conditions such as nationality and rank. In addition, it is also important whether the birthdays of men and women coincide. The folk formula is: "Rabbits, pigs and sheep follow, cows, snakes and chickens follow ... >>"

Which zodiac does Xiao belong to? As far as I know, it should be the fifth of the twelve beasts of the Yi people in western Guangxi: man.

Zodiac is twelve animals used by some ethnic groups in China and East Asia to indicate the year, namely, rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. Used to record the year, the twelve earthly branches (Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai) are matched in turn to form rats, ugly cows, Yin tigers, Mao rabbits, Chen dragons, Si snakes, Wu horses, Weiyang, Shen monkeys and You chickens. Everyone takes the symbolic animal of his birth year as the zodiac, so people in China often use the zodiac to calculate their age. Cycle once for a round.

In China, a multi-ethnic country, the zodiac is not a patent of the Han nationality, and many ethnic minorities use the zodiac calendar. First of all, let's take a look at the comparison table of zodiac signs of various ethnic groups.

Zodiac of all ethnic groups

Yi nationality in western Guangxi

Zodiac: dragon, phoenix, horse, ant, human, chicken, dog, pig, sparrow, cow, tiger and snake.

Ailaoshan Yi nationality

Twelve kinds of animals: tiger, rabbit, pangolin, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig, mouse and cow.

Yi people in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou

Twelve kinds of animals: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

Hainan Li nationality

Twelve kinds of animals: chickens, dogs, pigs, rats, cows, insects, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep and monkeys.

Yunnan Dai nationality

Twelve kinds of animals: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, snakes, snakes, horses, goats, monkeys, chickens, dogs and elephants.

Guangxi Zhuang nationality

Twelve kinds of animals: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

the Mongol nationality

Twelve kinds of animals: tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig, mouse and cow.

* * * The Er nationality in Xinjiang

Twelve kinds of animals: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, fish, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

Kyrgyz

Twelve kinds of animals: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, fish, snakes, horses, sheep, foxes, chickens, dogs and pigs.