What do Chinese characters stand for?

The representative of the machine is the zodiac chicken.

Zodiac refers to the chicken, which is one of the 12 zodiac animals, ranking tenth, and the twelve earthly branches belong to you, so you are also called "chicken" at twelve hours of the day. China Han people's zodiac ranking is: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig.

Chicken is a kind of poultry. Domestic chickens originated from wild chickens, and the domestication history was at least about 4000 years, but it was not until about 1800 that chickens and eggs became mass-produced commodities. The types of chickens are turkey, black-bone chicken, pheasant and so on. Moreover, chicken is also an animal sign in the 12 zodiac.

According to the literature, its earliest and widely circulated complete circular ranking was recorded in Lun Heng written by Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty 1 century. The appearance of the zodiac is also closely related to the animals, totem worship and early astronomical research of Chinese ancestors.

Zodiac branch:

According to the China calendar, this genus is divided into beginning of spring. The division of the two zodiac signs is not based on the Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/day, nor on the first day of the first lunar month, but on the beginning of spring solar terms in the twenty-four solar terms.

Because the zodiac is the same as the earthly branch, traditional numerology and divination are based on "beginning of spring" to calculate the zodiac! For convenience, some people decide the zodiac directly according to the Spring Festival, so the tradition is gradually forgotten by many people, and the definition of the zodiac is also controversial.

The number of people who follow and forget the tradition of setting the zodiac in beginning of spring is 50/50. If you happen to be born on a "controversial" date, some people decide according to their personal preferences.