The best zodiac sign for nesting, the two-part allegorical saying of the zodiac.

Speaking of the best zodiac, we all know that someone asked 12 what is the zodiac. In addition, someone wants to ask about the order of the zodiac. What do you think this is? In fact, what is the zodiac? Let's take a look at the two-part allegorical sayings of the zodiac, hoping to help everyone!

The most suitable zodiac for nesting is the dragon-how awesome!

Monkeys eat Chili peppers-scratching their ears and cheeks

The snake in the hole-I don't know how long it is.

Chicken pays New Year greetings to weasel-please die

The rabbit pulled the cart-jumping and jumping.

Two-part allegorical saying of Chinese zodiac

Tiger? Can't touch the rabbit to pull the cart? Full of energy.

Monkeys move? The snake in the nest? I don't know the length

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. The origin of the zodiac is related to animal worship.

There are many sayings about the zodiac all over the country. You can ask the elderly, and you can usually say a lot.

The Best Zodiac for Nesting: 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 times. In Historical Records, the Yellow Emperor's statements of "building Jiazi to live a long life" and "making every effort to cure Jiazi" reflect this statement. Scholars believe that Jiazi here refers to the Chinese 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 Cong": "At the beginning of the custom of covering the north, there was no ugliness on the 12th, but in the next year, it spread to China, and it was worthy of your ears." (See Zhao Yi's Textual Research on Jade Cong in Qing Dynasty). Some scholars even think that the zodiac was introduced to China from Babylon. The representative of this view is Guo Moruo, who said in Oracle Bone Inscriptions Studies, "There are twelve statues in Babylon and Egypt, but they are not very old, nor are they more than 100 years after the Western Dynasty." The original intention is that it was made in the western countries in the Han Dynasty, imitating the twelve zodiac signs of Babylon, and then spread to the surrounding areas. "It is believed that the Zodiac was formulated by Middle Eastern residents imitating the Babylonian Zodiac, and was introduced to China when Emperor Wu 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 ancestor's animal worship, totem worship and early astronomy.

The Book of Songs is the earliest record of the zodiac in the existing literature. There are eight words in The Book of Songs Xiaoya Jiri: "Jiri Wugeng means poor horse", which means it is a good day to ride a prancing horse and go 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. Bamboo slips unearthed from tomb 1 1 in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County, Hubei Province in, further proved that the twelve zodiac animals 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 cut. ..... No, horse, thieves have ears. ",ring also, thief round face ..."

It says. No, even a horse has ears, okay? , is there a mistake? 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 (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 the popular view of the zodiac today is the record of Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Wang Chong's "On the Balance of Things" contains: "Yin, wood, birds and 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 Yan Pian says, "Chen Weilong turned into 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, and it was clearly recorded in the Southern Dynasties' Five Elements Records of South Shu Qi that the zodiac was divided according to the year of birth. Shen Jiong, a poet in the Southern Dynasties, 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.

Dogs are proud of owning, but pigs are 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.

What is 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 was about the same as the introduction time. We prove from the above-mentioned documents 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 matching between the zodiac and the earthly branches had already occurred as early as the Han Dynasty, so we can be sure that the zodiac is an ancient culture that originated in China. So what is the origin of the zodiac? Why did the ancients choose these twelve animals? Scholars have been paying attention to this problem and making various explanations.

Some scholars believe that the zodiac originated from animal worship in primitive times, and Mr. Zhang Binglun of China University of Science and Technology holds this view. He believes that in the case of low primitive productivity and extremely limited ability to understand nature, he has a sense of dependence on animals closely related to his life (such as horses, sheep, cows, chickens, dogs, etc.). ), fear of animals that endanger their own safety (such as tigers and snakes), and reverence for animals that are beyond human functions (such as dogs' sense of smell). ), which leads to the worship of animals. Under the primitive influence of animal worship, the zodiac is an animal calendar used by people to record the years and months.

The animal worship of primitive people is also manifested in primitive dances such as Nuo dance, which was produced around the Zhou Dynasty, and the protagonist in Nuo instrument is Fang and twelve beasts. Twelve kinds of animals are selected in Exorcism Dance, which is a manifestation of primitive people's reverence for animals. The twelve beasts (or twelve gods) selected at the ceremony are to look after twelve months of the year, to drive away four disasters and look after twelve directions for the safety of each month. Of course, the care of the twelve directions involves twelve branches, so it is linked with the zodiac, and the zodiac has been well used in the exorcism ceremony. It can be seen that the twelve animals and the zodiac are in the same strain, and their common source is primitive animal worship.

Liu Yaohan, a scientist, believes that the date of the zodiac and the "Zodiac" is related to the Yi people's "October calendar" method. Yi people living in Daliangshan area of Sichuan have a calendar with twelve kinds of animals as the date of the year. They use twelve kinds of animals as the date of the year. Today is the Year of the Rat and tomorrow is the Year of the Ox. By analogy, three rounds is a month, 36 days, a month is 36 days, and a year is ten months. This is the later "October calendar" method. Mr. Liu Yaohan believes that the October calendar marked with the zodiac dates came into being in the Xia and Yu period (see Liu Yaohan's Collection of Yi People's Historical Investigation and Research), which is related to the primitive totem worship. The zodiac was influenced by the October calendar, and the Yi zodiac later developed into the zodiac.

The first is the arrangement of the zodiac in the story.

The story of the Han nationality goes like this: In those days, Huangdi in Xuanyuan wanted to choose twelve beasts as court guards. The cat asked the mouse to sign up, but the mouse forgot. As a result, the cat didn't choose it, and since then, it has made enemies with the mouse. The elephant also came to the competition, and the mouse got into its nose and drove it away. The rest of the animals, originally headed by cows, were rushed to the backs of cows, and pigs were also booed, so rats ranked first and pork chops ranked last. The tiger and the dragon refused to accept it, and were named king of the mountain and king of the sea, ranking behind the mouse and the cow. The rabbit refused to accept it again, raced with the dragon and finally reached the dragon. The dog was unfair and bit the rabbit in a rage, so he was punished from the bottom. Snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys and chickens have also gone through some contests and arranged their positions one by one. Finally, the order of rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs was formed. Although this story is not a scientific explanation of the problem, it embodies people's explanation of the choice of the zodiac.

Secondly, Chinese ancient scholars explained the relationship between earthly branches and Xiao beasts from the perspective of twelve o'clock in ancient times.

There is a mouse in the dark, which comes out in the middle of the night and bites out the state between heaven and earth from the gap. "The mouse bites the sky", so it belongs to the mouse. When the sky opens, the land will be reclaimed. "This land will be saved from ugliness." Cows have to plow fields, so ugliness belongs to cows. Yin Shi is the time when a person is born. If he lives, he must die. Nothing can kill people more than a tiger. Yin has awe, so Yin belongs to a tiger. Shi Mao is like the sunrise. The sun should be separated from divination, which is like fire, and the yin contained in it is the essence of the moon, so Shi Mao belongs to the rabbit. March is the rainy season. Chen Ziran belongs to the dragon. In April, at this moment, spring grass is a good day for snakes, just like fish get water. Besides, it's morning, and the snake is returning to the cave, so it belongs to the snake. In the afternoon, the spirit of the sun reached its acme and was budding. A horse, an animal, gallops and flies with its hooves, but it tramples on the ground from time to time. The sky is sunny, the ground is cloudy, and the horse jumps between them, so it becomes the zodiac at noon. Sheep, grazing in the afternoon is the best time, and it is easy to gain weight. This time is not timely, so it is not a sheep. Not after dressing, but when the monkey is crying near the western hills, and the monkey likes to stretch his arms and jump at this time, so the monkey is worth dressing. When the moon appears, it belongs to water, so it should be divination. The hexagram is the hexagram, and the middle hexagram represents the sun and the essence of the sun. So, you are a chicken. When night falls, it's time. Dogs are vigil animals, and when they are with them, they become dogs. Then when the sea comes, heaven and earth are immersed in a state again, just like the fruit wrapped in stones, and everything in the world is covered at night. Pigs are chaotic creatures that only know how to eat, so pigs have become the zodiac of Hai. Zhu, a famous Neo-Confucianist in Song Dynasty, holds this view.

Thirdly, according to the belief of China people, twelve kinds of animals are divided into two categories, and the yin and yang of animals are arranged according to the odd-even difference of toes.

Animals generally have the same number of toes in front, back, left and right. Only mice have four feet in front and five feet in the back, even and odd. Things are rare, of course, they rank first, followed by cattle and four toes (even number); Tiger, five toes (odd number); Rabbit, four toes (even number); Dragon, five toes (odd number); Snakes, no toes (occasionally); Horse, one toe (odd number); Sheep, four toes (even number); Monkey, five toes (odd number); Chicken, four toes (even number); Dog, five toes (odd number); Pig, four toes (even number). Hong Xun, a scholar in the Song Dynasty, and Lang Ying, a contemporary scholar, classified according to this statement, and put forward that "the ground is at the bottom" in their book "Seven Revision of the Zodiac", so don't look at the number of toes. The mouse has four claws in front, even number is yin, hind foot is five claws, and odd number is yang. The first half of the child is the yin of last night, and the second half is the yang of today, just using mice to symbolize the child. The four claws of cattle, sheep, pig's trotters and chickens, plus the four claws of rabbits lacking lips and the tongue of snakes, should all be even, belonging to Yin, accounting for six. Tigers have five claws, monkeys and dogs have five claws, and horseshoes are round and undivided. All six are odd numbers, belonging to Yang, and together with the mice belonging to Yang, they account for the other six branches. Lang Ying's classification is the flood borrowing classification, and the two are similar.

The above three explanations explain the arrangement of the zodiac from different angles, and the stories about the arrangement of animals in the zodiac are very rich. On the one hand, the spread of these stories enriches the content of the zodiac, on the other hand, it also promotes the inheritance and development of the zodiac culture. Zodiac is divided into two categories, which are incorporated into the five elements concept of China people. The purpose is to link the zodiac with the life ceremony, and to correspond the five elements with the zodiac, thus explaining other related life and cultural phenomena.

China people's zodiac signs.

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The zodiac was originally a set of numbers used in chronology, which was a part of the ancient astronomical calendar, and later became a widely recognized zodiac calendar. China's ancient philosophy is "the unity of man and nature" and "the foundation of the five elements of the universe", which holds that the five elements determine the survival and development of all things in the world. They believe that the sun, moon, sun, sun, water, fire and earth are the foundation of all things, and when the sun, moon, gold, wood, water and fire are combined into seven obsidian, they are called obsidian. It dominates everything, and the zodiac is located in the sky, and it stays for seven nights on the twelfth day of the year, so the zodiac is influenced by the five elements and becomes a part of it.

Since the concept of zodiac appeared, with the popularity of fortune telling, it has been circulating. It is believed that each element in the five elements is mutually restrictive and will have a great influence on people's life. People can use different five elements to coordinate, so that their life and work can be satisfactory. Zodiac animals are divided into two categories, corresponding to the five elements, thus producing a set of fortune-telling skills that determine the fate of the zodiac. At the same time, it is also believed that the zodiac has a certain relationship with people's personality. Even people with the same zodiac sign have different personalities and fates because of their different birth times.

The above is a two-part allegorical saying about the zodiac, which is a sharing of what 12 is. After reading the best zodiac, I hope this will help everyone!