After the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou, he was awarded the zodiac. Why did he forget the cat?

The zodiac is a very special part of our traditional culture in China. Each of us has our own zodiac sign, from which we can calculate your birth year. Many people only know what the zodiac is, but they don't know how the zodiac came from, which is related to the Yellow Emperor.

According to legend, in ancient times, Cang Xie created Chinese characters and Huangdi invented the heavenly stems and earthly branches calendar. But this method of calculating time is really complicated and hard to remember. So the Yellow Emperor decided to choose twelve kinds of animals to match the twelve earthly branches. He made an imperial edict that all animals in the world should come to the palace gate to wait for their choice, and whoever came would choose.

On the selection day, Niu Lao felt that his legs and feet were slow, so he set off early. Arriving at the palace gate in the middle of the night ranks first, followed by rabbits, dragons, green snakes, horses, goats, monkeys, cocks, black dogs, pigs and cats. The mouse is lazy and sleepy, and comes at the latest. With its flexible and compact figure, it climbed onto the cow and hid. When the Yellow Emperor came to choose, he jumped off the cow and became the first one, squeezing out the last cat. So cats hate mice and chase them as soon as they see them. 12 The specific ranking of the zodiac is: rat, ugly cow, silver tiger, hairy soil, Chen Long, four shots, five horses, weiyang, monkey, youyou chicken, dog and sea pig.

However, this statement is only a myth and legend, and its credibility is not high. The real reason is that the zodiac was established as early as the Xia Dynasty, and cats originated in Egypt and were introduced to China around the Han Dynasty, so it is normal that there are no cats in the zodiac.