Zodiac classification stories

Want to know the story of 12 zodiac order. For a long time, the sky is pure blue, the green hills are green, rivers flow day and night, and human beings continue to multiply. ...

One morning, the Jade Emperor was sitting in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, and in the early morning, he called a hundred civil and military officials. Before the ceremony was over, he saw Taibai Venus hurrying to the overture table: Long live, I came down to inspect, the world is peaceful and prosperous. However, without time control, human beings can't distinguish between seasonal cycles and young people. One day in the sky, one year underground, in the long run, there are many grievances in the world and the world is unstable. For this reason, the old priest thought it was time to educate the paradise on earth; Set a time for the mortal world and give mankind a place to belong.

Hearing this, the Jade Emperor was shocked: Well, that makes sense, but does Ai Qing have any ideas on how to remember the time and year of the earth and how to belong to mankind? Taibai Venus came forward and said: I think we should recruit twelve kinds of animals from the mortal world to the heaven, and take them as the genus and earthly branch, and record the time and year with the existing ten-day trunk; Then give the zodiac as the zodiac sign to human beings. Isn't it killing two birds with one stone?

The voice of Taibai Venus just fell, and the gods in front of the temple nodded in praise. The Jade Emperor was overjoyed. He called his valet and sent a message: I asked you to be a Zodiac official, and immediately came down to earth with a message to strictly select and inspect all the animals in the world, and selected 12 animals as the Zodiac. Whoever reports to heaven first will be named the' Zodiac King'.

Being an official, I didn't dare to neglect, and I drove the colorful clouds in a hurry and flew to the world.

Our story begins here-

On this day, the greedy cat came to the river to fish. After a while, he began to yawn and kept stretching his arms and twisting his waist. The greedy cat put the fishing rod underground and dozed off by the river. The greedy cat's tail accidentally fell into the water, but a big fish thought it was something delicious and kept biting its tail.

The greedy cat jumped up in pain, sighed and brought the fish up. It was ecstatic when it found that a big fish was biting its tail.

The greedy cat is carrying a fish basket, a fishing rod and humming a tune, feeling smug about today's unexpected harvest.

At this time, a little magpie flew over the greedy cat's head and shouted: Be an animal sign and become a fairy! Become an animal symbol, become an immortal ...

The greedy cat waved to the little magpie and asked, what animal's constellation is it? Can being a zodiac become a fairy?

The little magpie replied: The Jade Emperor wants to gather all the animals in the world and choose twelve kinds of animals as the genus of human beings. All the animals chosen as animals are named immortals. ...

Hearing this, the greedy cat's eyes turned green. He quickly asked, Where should I go? Little Magpie A: Go to Temple Street and sign up!

Hearing this, the greedy cat ran home without even saying thank you.

In the yard, mouse, the servant of the greedy cat, is chopping wood with an axe.

The greedy cat shouted, Mouse! Rats! Go to Temple Street and sign me up. I want to be a Zodiac and become an immortal!

The mouse picked up another piece of wood and said timidly, "Let's go again when I've chopped the wood."

The greedy cat aimed at the mouse and kicked it, no! We have to go now. Let's go He kicked the mouse out of the yard.

The mouse absently ran to Temple Street and looked around, not knowing where to register. Temple street, which is usually deserted, has become lively because of the selection of animal signs. General summoning orders are posted everywhere in the streets, and all kinds of birds and girls are flying and shouting in the blue sky. ...

At this time, the mouse saw the monkey from a distance. This monkey is in the spring breeze because he has registered and whistled. The mouse quickly stepped forward and bowed: Brother Monkey, where should I apply for the zodiac?

How come? Do you want to report to the zodiac, too? Don't go! Don't go! The team that signed up can't see the end, and it's not your turn long ago! The monkeys coaxed each other.

The mouse stamped its foot anxiously: But … But I … I must go!

Are you really going? ! The monkey scratched his forehead and went to Xiande Temple. Say ... >>

How did the order of the zodiac come from? It is said that there is a story? The origin of the zodiac

It is said that one day, the Jade Emperor called all the heavenly soldiers, generals and ministers of civil and military affairs to a meeting.

The Jade Emperor said: I want to divide time into twelve-year cycles. what do you think?

Ministers replied: Your Majesty is wise.

Then the jade emperor said, but I have a question. I'm going to use animals to distinguish these twelve years and divide them into twelve zodiac signs, but I don't know what animals to use, so I want to listen to your family's opinions. I wonder which one has a good proposal.

After a silence, Prince Taibai spoke: The holy family does not hold animal races. It is a great honor to stipulate that 12 people who first arrived in Kunlun Mountain can be listed as the zodiac. I believe many animals will participate.

Hearing this, the Jade Emperor thought the suggestion was very good and decided to adopt it. Then the jade emperor immediately asked the messenger to convey the news of the game to all the animals on the earth.

When the cat and the mouse got the news, they set off for the competition together (at this time, the cat and the mouse are very good friends). But on the morning of the game, the mouse had a bad heart. He added sleeping pills to the milk for the cat. The cat fell asleep after drinking, and the mouse set off alone. The mouse thought, I started so early and the cat fell asleep again. Then the champion must be mine.

The mouse thought and ran, and suddenly found the cow in front. It turns out that cows are also very diligent animals, so they set off early in the morning. The mouse wants to say: anyway, the cow is so big that he won't find me hiding on him, so I can easily reach the finish line.

So the mouse hid on the cow. After a while, I finally arrived at Kunlun Mountain. Before I reached the finish line, the mouse saw the opportunity, so I jumped forward and reached the finish line first, winning the first place, and the cow won the second place.

However, after this incident, cats and mice became sworn enemies. Every time a cat sees a mouse, it will catch up and take revenge. The mouse often hides in the dark, fearing that the cat will find him.

Next, I will talk about why the tiger won the third place. Because the cat and the tiger are relatives, after the cat was cheated, he was very angry and went to the tiger, hoping that the tiger could avenge him. Tiger is a loyal person. As soon as he heard the cat's request, he agreed, and he flew like a kite. He rushed to Kunlun Mountain to avenge the cat.

Because the tiger ran very fast, he reached Kunlun Mountain before other animals arrived, so the jade emperor awarded him the third place, but the tiger didn't come for a purpose. He looked for the whereabouts of the mouse everywhere on the mountain, but he couldn't find it, so the tiger said to everyone, whoever meets the mouse in the future will give him a hit.

Because the tiger is too fierce, no one dares to go against his words, so from now on, as long as anyone sees the mouse, they will chase it. This is the origin of the mouse crossing the street and everyone shouting.

Then the rabbit. Before taking part in this competition, the rabbit took part in a tortoise-hare race, which delayed a little time and lost. When he reached the finish line at a fast speed, he asked the Jade Emperor: Am I the first one? But the jade emperor said, no, the mouse comes first. The rabbit cried and said sadly, I didn't expect to run so hard and only ran second. The Jade Emperor said again: No, cows are second. The rabbit cried again and said, why did I win the third place? I'm really unwilling. The Jade Emperor said: No, you came fourth, and the tiger came third. The rabbit can't help crying again, which is why the rabbit's eyes are always red. And the origin of the idiom "a sly rabbit cries three times".

Then there are dragons and snakes. Because they are very similar, they became sworn brothers and participated in the competition together, and they reached the finish line almost at the same time. However, due to the large size of the dragon, they blocked the small snake, so the jade emperor saw the dragon first and then the snake, so he decided that the dragon was the fifth and the snake was the sixth.

Just after they crossed the finish line, the dragon accidentally slipped and hit the snake, so they got entangled and rolled down the hillside. Because of their tangled appearance, they look messy. > & gt

The Classification and Origin of the Zodiac Legend of the Origin of the Zodiac

There is a myth and legend: In those days, Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan wanted to choose twelve kinds of animals 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 also booed, so rats ranked first and pork chops ranked last. The tiger and the dragon refused to obey, and were named the king of the mountain and the king of the sea, ranking behind the mouse and hunger. 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.

The story of the ranking of the zodiac The guy in charge of the ranking of the zodiac is a corrupt official, taking bribes and perverting the law. He accepted the great benefits of mice, made a power and money transaction, and put the first gold crown on the head of a little mouse without virtue and talent. This is of course just a far-fetched joke. But it is true that human beings have never found a convincing explanation for this. However, human beings are, after all, the smartest advanced animals among animals. Many years after the zodiac was confirmed, people finally made up a folk story that may be self-deceiving and self-explanatory, so as to explain why rats rank first in the zodiac. This story, called "the first mouse", is circulated in Hunan and Hubei in the Central Plains:

After the mouse, cow, horse and sheep were elected as the zodiac, the mouse said: I should be in the first place. Cattle, horses and sheep said unconvinced, why do you rank first? The mouse said: I am old, so I want to be the first. Niu Ma and others couldn't help laughing: Are you as old as us? The mouse said, we don't count when we argue. Let others speak. Cattle, horses, sheep, etc. Everyone agrees to let people comment. So they discussed ways: led by cows, horses, sheep and mice, they walked through the streets one by one to see what people said.

In the street, a cow came and people said that this cow is very strong. The horse is coming, people say, this horse is really tall. Here comes the sheep. People say that this sheep is very fat. Finally, the mouse swaggered over. People saw a big mouse suddenly appearing in the street, and everyone chased it and shouted, What a big mouse! What a big mouse! In this way, cows, horses and sheep have nothing to say, and mice rank first.

In addition, there is a similar story about the ranking of the twelve genera among the people.

There is an interesting story about how the zodiac is arranged:

At the beginning of chaos, just after heavenly stems and earthly branches timed it, the Jade Emperor ordered the gathering of all the animals in the world, and selected the twelve zodiac signs according to the twelve branches: Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai.

After the news came out, it alarmed two good friends, Flower Cat and Mouse. The cat said to the mouse, I'm going to heaven at five o'clock tomorrow. I have a problem with sleepiness. You should call me! The mouse repeatedly said, OK, OK!

But the next morning, the dishonest mouse got up secretly and left without saying goodbye.

On this day, Yunnan, the beast in Lingxiao Hall, began to be selected. According to the difference between heaven and earth, the Jade Emperor selected twelve kinds of land and water animals, including dragon, tiger, ox, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig, rabbit, snake and mouse, as the zodiac. The rooster had two beautiful horns at that time and was also included in the beast.

The Jade Emperor was about to arrange their seats when the black raccoon pig flashed out. Although it is stupid, it only likes to make trouble. It says: Now that the Jade Emperor has chosen a leader, I am willing to share your worries, be a fair man and arrange my brothers in turn. The Jade Emperor was overjoyed. He told the pig to be selfless and cut off contacts, so he retired from the DPRK.

As soon as the Jade Emperor left, the zodiac became a pot of porridge.

At the beginning, everyone unanimously elected a gentle and generous workhorse to sit in the first place. Even the mighty tiger and black dragon respected it and agreed. However, the mouse in the corner appeared and proposed * * *. It said: in terms of numbers, I am big. If you don't believe me, let's have a game on earth and listen to people's comments. So, the cow and the mouse came to the street in the city center.

When the cow passed through the crowd, people didn't respond. At this time, the mouse suddenly climbed onto the cow's back and set up a pile. People in the street shouted: What a big mouse! By the time people took out sticks to hit them, the mouse had run away.

When the mouse came back to brag, all the animals were keen on cows. Only the black pig is secretly happy. It feels that only in this way, no matter how big or small, it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad, so it may be an impostor and it also benefits from it. So, with a stroke of a pen, it picked the mouse first and put the old cow behind.

This annoyed the tiger and the black dragon. They shouted loudly and made all the animals tremble. All the animals are busy worshipping dragons and tigers, unanimously electing tigers as mountain kings and black dragons as fish kings to rule the world. The monkey wrote a gold plaque with the words King on it for the tiger and hung it on the old man's body ... >>

Children's story about the zodiac Long ago, one day, people said, "We will choose twelve animals as the human zodiac, one animal a year." How many kinds of animals are there in the world? How to choose? Tell you what, set a date. On this day, when animals come to sign up, they will choose the first twelve animals as the zodiac.

Cats and mice are neighbors and good friends. They both want to go to Gong Ming. The cat said, "we have to get up early to register, but I like to sleep late." What should I do? " The mouse said, "Don't worry, don't worry. You can sleep deeply. I'll call you as soon as I wake up. Let's go together. " The cat was very happy and said, "You are really my good friend, thank you."

By the morning of registration, the mouse was awake, but it only thought about its own business and forgot its good friend's cat. I signed up myself.

As a result, I chose the mouse. Where is the cat? The cat got up too late because it went to bed late. When it arrived, twelve animals had been selected.

If the cat is not selected, it will be angry with the mouse, blaming the mouse for not calling it. Since then, cats will eat mice when they see them, and the mice have to run away desperately.

It's still like this.

Do you know which constellation?

They are rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

How to make the mouse rank first? Here's another story.

On the day of registration, the mouse got up early and the cow got up early. They met on the road. Cows take big strides, mice take small steps. The mouse was out of breath and barely kept up with the cow. The mouse thought, the road is still far, and I can't run fast. what can I do? He used his head and came up with an idea. He said to the cow, "Niu Ge, I'll sing you a song." The cow said, "OK, you sing-hey, why don't you sing?" The mouse said, "I am singing." Why didn't you hear me? " Oh, my voice was too low for you to hear. Tell you what, let me ride around your neck and sing, and you will hear me. "The cow said," good, good! "The mouse climbed up the cow's neck along the cow's leg, so the cow was comfortable carrying it. It bobbed to sing:

Niu Ge, Niu Ge, cross the river, climb the hillside, drive, drive, hurry up! Niu Yi was very happy to hear that. He spread his legs and ran as fast as he could. He ran to the registration place and saw that no one had come. He wept with joy: "I am the first, I am the first!" " Before the cow finished speaking, the mouse jumped down from the cow's neck, jumped to the ground and squeaked in front of the cow. As a result, the mouse won the first place and the cow won the second place. So in the zodiac, the little mouse ranks first.

The Story of the Zodiac II

How to choose the zodiac is a topic handed down from ancient times. Legend has it that one year, when the Jade Emperor celebrated his birthday, he ordered all the animals to come to celebrate his birthday on the ninth day of the first month, and decided to choose 12 kinds of animals to celebrate his birthday in the order of reporting, as the guards in heaven, and take turns to be on duty every year.

According to legend, mice and cats were neighbors at that time, but big cats often bullied weak mice, and mice often just got angry with cats and dared not speak. This cat has a problem with sleepiness. After receiving the jade emperor's order, the mouse secretly rejoiced that the opportunity to retaliate against the cat had finally come. Sure enough, the cat knocked on the door of the mouse's house and asked the mouse to wake him up for the jade emperor's birthday. The mouse readily agreed. In order to get back at the cat, the mouse set off quietly in the early morning of the ninth day of the first month.

Although the mouse got up early and ran fast, it was worried when it reached the wide river facing Taotao River, so it had to sit by the river and wait for other animals to cross the river, jump on their backs and cross the river with their help. After waiting for a long time, the earliest Niu Yi walked silently to the river. At the moment the cow swam into the water, the mouse jumped into the cow's ear. Cows are usually known for their simplicity and helpfulness, so they don't care about mice's guesses. After crossing the river, the mouse felt comfortable and labor-saving lying in the cow's ear. It didn't mean to jump. Near noon, the cow carried the mouse outside the Jade Emperor's mansion.

When Niu Gang wanted to enter the door, the mouse jumped out of the cow's ear and jumped to the jade emperor first. In this way, the mouse finally won the first place. And the cow that carried it all the way won the second place. Later, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens and dogs also came one after another. Although the pig is stupid, it still arrived on time, ranking twelfth. The jade emperor awarded them as annual rotation students in the order of their registration and the order of the zodiac ... >>

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12 the story of the zodiac there is a myth about the origin of the zodiac: the jade emperor wanted to choose 12 animals as representatives, and then he sent a fairy to tell the animals about it, and set a time to come to the Tiangong Maori election in the year of Taizu. The sooner he came, the more he swallowed it, and the later one could not. At that time, cats and mice were still good friends. The cat loves to sleep, but he also wants to be chosen, so he asks the mouse to call him. But the mouse forgot as soon as it turned its head. The mouse went to the old cow and said that he got up early and ran fast, so the cow could take him. The old cow agreed at that time. The dragon has no horns and the chicken has horns. The dragon told the chicken that the chicken was already very beautiful and didn't need horns, so he let the chicken lend it to him. The chicken was very happy when he heard the flattery of the dragon, so he lent his horn to the dragon and told him to pay back the money on time after the election. Long readily agreed. In the year of Mao Mao, Uzuki, when the cat was still sleeping, many animals rushed to the Heavenly Palace. The mouse sits on the cow's back. After reaching heaven, the mouse jumped up. The Jade Emperor said that the mice arrived first, which made them the first. Old steak is second; The tiger also arrived late, ranking third; The rabbit also arrived, ranking fourth; The dragon came late, but he was very big. The Jade Emperor saw him at a glance. Seeing that he was so beautiful, he ranked fifth. He also said that his son ranked sixth, but Long was disappointed because his son didn't come today. At this time, the snake at the back ran over and said, "He * * * Dad, I'm in the sixth place! I am ranked sixth! " Snakes rank sixth; Horses and sheep have arrived, too. They asked me to ask you: Brother Ma first, Brother Yang first, and they pushed them around. Seeing that they were so polite, the Jade Emperor let them rank seventh and eighth. The monkey was in his thirties, but he jumped ahead with the clouds in the sky because he could jump, ranking ninth; Then chickens, dogs and pigs were also selected. The cat didn't wake up until the end of the game, and the mouse was chased all over the world as soon as he got home ... After the game, the dragon came to the seaside and saw that he had much more beautiful horns, so he didn't want to return the chicken. In order to avoid the chicken, he disappeared from the world. The chicken was very angry, so he got up early every morning and shouted at the sea: Give it back quickly! Give it back! The hen shouted, give him back quickly! Give him back to me! The chicken also crows: Come back! And! With regard to the origin of the zodiac, historical records show that China began to use the "chronology of branches and leaves" which combines the ten heavenly stems with the twelve earthly branches from the Shun Di era. The method of zoological chronology originated from nomadic people in the west and north of ancient China. The Book of the Tang Dynasty records: "The Year of the Tiger is bounded by twelve events. If the year is cloudy, it is called the year of the tiger. " Zhao Yi, a famous textual research scholar in the Qing Dynasty, made a textual research in Yu Yu Congkao: "In the early days, the custom of benefiting the north was childless, ugly, yin and hairy, but when rats, cows, tigers and rabbits were divided into years, by the end of the Han Dynasty, it was said that (Khan) money lived in Wuyuan, mixed with Qi people, and spread in China, so it was not abandoned. The zodiac was first seen in The Book of Songs, the world's first collection of poems. The Book of Songs? Xiaoya? "Car Attack" said: "Today is auspicious day and noon, so I am short of horses." See the Book of Rites again? Monthly order? Ji Dong: "Digging cows to send cold." When did the zodiac theory come into being? There is a historical cloud: it should be formed in the Han Dynasty at the latest. Is it based on Wang Chong's Lun Heng? The article "Things Potential" says: "Yin, wood, birds and tigers. Hey, Tuye, its birds and dogs are also. " Another cloud said, "Good afternoon, Ma Ye. Son, mouse also. Unitary, chicken also. ..... Shen, Qitian also. " * * * Put forward the names of the zodiac. In addition, in Zhao Ye's "Wu Yue Chun Qiu" in the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Wu Zaichen is a dragon." Just added "Chen Long" to complete the zodiac. It can be seen that the twelve zodiac signs were formed in the Eastern Han Dynasty. As for the use of the Chinese zodiac, it appeared at least in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The Biography of Northern History Yuwen Hu records a letter written by Yuwen Hu's mother, which reads: "Your brother was born in Wuchuan Town, the eldest is a mouse, the second is a rabbit, and you are a snake." It can be seen that the Chinese zodiac was widely used by the people at that time to record the date of birth. However, in the mid-1970s, from 1975 to 12, thousands of bamboo slips were found in the cultural relics unearthed from Qin TombNo. 1 1 in Yunmeng, Hubei Province. Among them, sunrise? The thief clearly recorded the words used to predict the thief's appearance characteristics in the zodiac. The appearance of this miracle proves that the Chinese zodiac has been used in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Because Qin Tomb No.11 was built in the thirty years of the first emperor, that is, 2 17 BC. Some people say that long before Qin Shihuang proclaimed himself emperor, our ancestors used the zodiac to record the year, and especially pointed out that "it began in summer and spread in Shang and Zhou Dynasties." However, how to quote it remains to be further explored by historians and cultural relics scholars. I >>

The zodiac consists of eleven kinds of animals from nature, namely, rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs, pigs and legendary dragons. Used to record the year, the order is mouse, ugly cow, silver tiger, hairy rabbit, Chen Long, snake, afternoon horse, sheep, monkey and you.

Zodiac order:

According to legend, mice and cats were neighbors at that time, but big cats often bullied weak mice, and mice often just got angry with cats and dared not speak. This cat has a problem with sleepiness. After receiving the jade emperor's order, the mouse secretly rejoiced that the opportunity to retaliate against the cat had finally come. Sure enough, the cat knocked on the door of the mouse's house and asked the mouse to wake him up for the jade emperor's birthday. The mouse readily agreed. In order to get back at the cat, the mouse set off quietly in the early morning of the ninth day of the first month. Although the mouse got up early and ran fast, it was worried when it reached the wide river facing Taotao River, so it had to sit by the river and wait for other animals to cross the river, jump on their backs and cross the river with their help. After waiting for a long time, the earliest Niu Yi walked silently to the river. At the moment the cow swam into the water, the mouse jumped into the cow's ear. Cows are usually known for their simplicity and helpfulness, so they don't care about mice's guesses. After crossing the river, the mouse felt comfortable and labor-saving lying in the cow's ear, and didn't mean to jump down. Near noon, the cow carried the mouse outside the Jade Emperor's mansion. When Niu Gang was about to enter the door, the mouse jumped out of the cow's ear and jumped to the jade emperor first. In this way, the mouse finally won the first place. And the cow that carried it all the way won the second place. Later, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens and dogs also came one after another. Although the pig is stupid, it still arrived on time, ranking twelfth. The Jade Emperor awarded them as annual rotation students in the order of their registration, and the order of the zodiac was thus determined.

Han folktale says: In those days, Huangdi in Xuanyuan wanted to choose twelve kinds of animals as court guards, and 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 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 the legendary story is not a scientific explanation of the problem, it embodies people's explanation of the choice of the zodiac. Of course, this is also a joke. . .

The order of the zodiac? Son (mouse) ugly (cow) yin (tiger) Mao (rabbit) Chen (dragon) Si (snake) Wu (horse) Wei (sheep) Shen (monkey) You (chicken) Xu (dog) Hai (pig)

It is difficult to study the origin of the zodiac. For a long time, many people regard Lun Heng as the earliest document that records the zodiac. Lun Heng is the representative work of Wang Chong, a materialist thinker in the Eastern Han Dynasty. "On the whole?" "Things" contains: "Yin, wood, its birds, tigers. Soil, its birds and dogs are also. ..... At noon, the horse also arrived. Son, mouse knife. Unitary, chicken also. Hair, rabbits, too. ..... hey, tapir. No, so are sheep. Ugly, cattle are also. ..... Third, snakes are also. Shen, Qi Tian also. "There are only eleven zodiac signs in the above quotation, and what is missing is the dragon. The book "Poisonous Words" also said: "Chen Weilong, Si is a snake, and Chen and Si are in the southeast. In this way, the zodiac is complete, and the subordinate relationship between the twelve earthly branches and the zodiac is also so complete, just like today.

Why do the zodiac need twelve?

"Zhou Li? Guan Chun? " Feng Shixiang wrote: "Ten palms are two years old, ten palms are in February, two palms are in the position of two stars, and twenty-eight palms are in the position of twenty-eight. Its narrative can distinguish the position of heaven. "The division of time is gradual, with twelve years, twelve months a year and twelve o'clock a day." Mandarin? "Yu Jin Si" contains: "The Yellow Emperor has twenty-five sons, and fourteen sons have surnames, which are twelve surnames." Even the wives and concubines of the son of heaven have the saying of "twelve women". Xun Shuang biography: "Therefore, the son of heaven married twelve women, and the number of days was also; There is an equal difference below the princes, and things have fallen. "

In recent years, the creation epic Dark Biography of the Han nationality has been discovered in Shennongjia area. There is a story about the origin of Ganzhi: "At the beginning of the world, Huang Xuan rode chaos beast and met Nuwa. There are two meat buns beside Nu Wa. There are ten men in the big one and twelve women in the small one. Huang Xuan said: "This is a heavenly revolution to support God to govern Gankun." So, they were named respectively, and the husband and wife were matched, which became yin and yang. Men are collectively called heavenly stems and women are earthly branches. "This creation myth story tells the story of Ganzhi, the mysterious god, the god of Nuwa, and the story of Ganzhi Yin and Yang Kun, dating back to the" life experience "of Ganzhi a long time ago.

In ancient times, the publication of heaven and earth was always based on heaven and earth. Ten heavenly stems are also called ten mothers, and the corresponding twelve branches are called twelve sons. Cai Yong's "Moon Order" in Han Dynasty: "The love of the five elements is great, occupying the program of fighting, so A and B became famous at the beginning, which is called dry; Making a child ugly in the name of the moon is a branch. Branches match branches to make sixty years old. " Da Rao was a minister in the era of the Yellow Emperor, and the match here is sixty years, that is, sixty jiazi, taking the least common multiple of ten days' work and twelve earthly branches. The trunk and branches are matched in order, from Jiazi to Ugly ... until Guihai is the 60th pair, which happens to be the last pair of trunk and branches, and then defecation starts from Jiazi. This cycle is called Jiazi. Among them, each aerial stem appeared 6 times and each aerial branch appeared 5 times.

The birth of the zodiac has an astronomical background. In primitive times, our ancestors experienced a cycle of alternating cold and summer. Hong Hao's Biography at the End of Song Dynasty in Song Dynasty said: "Jurchen is very small, just after the new moon, and the person doesn't know the date. When asked, they will say, "How many times have I seen grass?" "It is also recorded in Meng Gong's Record of Monks and Tartars in the Song Dynasty:" When a grass is one year old, someone asks its age and says how many grasses it is. "In 2000, another sky observer found that the moon's profit and loss cycle can be used to measure the length of a year, and twelve full moons are one year old. This discovery is one of the most accurate achievements of the early calendar, and "Twelve" is regarded as "days" to convey God's will. Heavenly stems and earthly branches, the sun and the moon are opposite, and heaven and earth are opposite. This is the "Twelve".

A mouse and an ugly cow ... a dog and a pig. There are many animals in the world. Why did the ancients choose these twelve animals as their zodiac signs?

Liu Xian's Yang Guang Miscellaneous Notes in Qing Dynasty quoted Li Changqing's superficial remarks about Matsushita Pavilion: "Why is A Zi a mouse?" Yue: Born in the child, it will not open until it dies. Rats eat insects. Therefore, in night is still young, positive mice have to wait, so children belong to mice. The ground is ugly, and the cow opens the ground, so ugliness belongs to the cow. If born in yin, if born, kill. Murderer, tiger, Yin people, fear. If you are awesome, you are a tiger, then Yin is a tiger. Offender, sunrise. In vitro, it contains the essence of Taiyin Jade Rabbit, so it is a rabbit. The morning of divination in March is when the dragon rains, so the morning belongs to the dragon. The last person, divination in April, was lush and the snake was in its place. Also, when a snake is not on the road, it is a snake. At noon, the sun is born, and the sun is born. Horses are healthy, never leave the ground, and belong to the shade, so they belong to horses in the afternoon. Sheep are not sheep, because they grow by biting untimely grass. When applying, the ape crowed in the sunset, and his arms were stretched out. By analogy, chaos runs rampant, so the application belongs to monkeys. This person, when the moon comes out, is the body of the moon, and water is the essence of the sun golden rooster, so it belongs to the chicken. In the nucleus, the pig is ...