The Conjecture of the Zodiac in You Yan Chun Shui

Youyan spring water refers to the zodiac snake.

The origin of the zodiac snake:

A long time ago, snakes and frogs were friends, but then snakes had four legs and frogs had no legs. They crawl on their bellies, but snakes are lazy and frogs are diligent. They not only catch insects for snakes to eat, but also help people catch pests. Therefore, of course, human beings hate snakes and like frogs. 9: 00 a.m. to 1 1: 00 a.m. ("Shi Si"). It is said that snakes at this time will not hurt people, nor will they wander on the road where people walk, but will hide in the grass, so this time belongs to snakes.

The snake found that people hated him, and he began to hate people. It bites everyone and eats livestock, which makes the world very uneasy. When the land god saw it, he sued the Heavenly Palace. The Jade Emperor sent the snake to the Heavenly Palace to persuade it to turn over a new leaf. However, the snake talks wildly and has no intention of repentance. The jade emperor was furious and asked the magic weapon to cut off the snake's four legs so as not to hurt people. Since then, the snake has lost four legs. Seeing that the frog has made contributions to others, the Jade Emperor gave the snake four legs to the frog.

Frogs are more diligent when they have legs. The snake regretted his mistake and was determined to reform itself. It also began to eat pests, dragging its long body and doing good things for mankind without saying a word. Snakes also learn to control water with dragons. After its death, it also dedicated its body to human beings and treated many patients as medicine. When the jade emperor saw that the snake could change its mind, it took a lot of trouble. When he decided to seal the zodiac, he put it behind the dragon and became the human zodiac.

After the snake becomes the zodiac, of course, it will not take the initiative to hurt people. Once evil thoughts germinate, they turn into a layer of skin to show that they are new people. Nevertheless, it still bears a grudge against the frog because it has four legs, so until today, the snake bites the frog as soon as it sees it. The frog knows that he has taken advantage of the snake, so when he sees the snake, he will tremble with fear and run away in a hurry. Obviously, snakes became the zodiac by their own efforts.

Coincidentally, among several ancient civilizations in the world, except China, Babylonia, Greece, Egypt, India and other countries also have twelve genera of folk customs, all of which have snakes without exception. The snake in the Garden of Eden recorded in the Bible dared to use God's forbidden law to inspire Adam and Eve, the ancestor of mankind, to steal the forbidden fruit, so that mankind could know good and evil, including secular desires.

This feat of the snake is as great as Prometheus who stole skyfire to the world. The famous Maya Ku Ku Ku Kun Temple, which means Quetzalcoatl Temple. Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, loves a snake that symbolizes wisdom and longevity. Hermes, the messenger of Zeus, always carries a double snake staff symbolizing privilege. As for India, it is a country full of snake worship.

In fact, the legendary ancestor of the Yellow Emperor, Nu Wa, was worshipped by the snake totem. This series of phenomena shows that snakes have a long history of indissoluble bond with human beings, so it is not surprising that people in China regard snakes as their own zodiac signs. From 9: 00 am to 1 1 (that is, "Shi Si"), it is said that most snakes hide in the grass at this time, which will not hurt people and will not wander on the road when people walk.

Introduction of the zodiac:

Zodiac, also known as the zodiac, is a group of 12 animals that match the zodiac with 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. According to Qin bamboo slips unearthed in Yunmeng Sleeping Tiger Land in Hubei Province and Fangmatan in Tianshui, Gansu Province, a relatively complete zodiac system existed as early as the pre-Qin period. The earliest handed down document that recorded the same Chinese zodiac as today was Lun Heng written by Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

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 modern times, more people regard the zodiac as the mascot of the Spring Festival and become an entertainment and cultural activity. As a symbol of folk culture with a long history, the zodiac has left a large number of poems, Spring Festival couplets, paintings, calligraphy and paintings and folk arts and crafts depicting the image and symbolic significance of the zodiac throughout the ages. Apart from China, many countries in the world issue stamps of the zodiac during the Spring Festival to express their wishes for the New Year in China.