What does fate mean in fortune telling?

Zhu maotu

Mao, a first-class Chinese character, pronounced Mo, was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Its original meaning is subdivision, which refers to one of the sacrificial methods used in Shang dynasty, and also refers to the tenon hole in wood, which is also the fourth of the twelve branches. It also refers to the "rabbit" in the zodiac, the "wood" in the five elements, and the names of activities such as the roll call when the old yamen started working. Shuo Wen Jie Zi is considered as Ye Mao.

Brief introduction of the zodiac

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 this way, a concept interpretation system has been formed, which has become an image philosophy in folk culture, such as the zodiac in marriage, the blessing in temple fairs, the animal year and so on. 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.

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