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Zodiac culture is a unique traditional culture in China, represented by the zodiac, which expresses the year of birth through the images of animals. Each zodiac has its unique symbolic meaning and cultural connotation, and plays an important role in the daily life of China people. The following will introduce the background, origin and related traditional customs of the zodiac culture in detail.

The background of Zodiac culture can be traced back to the ancient divination culture in China. In ancient times, people believed that animals could predict good luck or bad luck by observing their behaviors and characteristics. With the passage of time, this concept has gradually transformed into an understanding and interpretation of people's personality characteristics and fortune. Finally, this concept combined with the chronology of heavenly stems and earthly branches formed the system of the zodiac.

The twelve zodiac animals are mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig. Each zodiac represents a specific year and a series of personality characteristics. For example, people in the year of the rat are considered to be smart and hardworking; People in the Year of the Tiger are considered brave, decisive, confident and manly. Animal images in the zodiac culture are often closely related to human characteristics, which also makes the zodiac culture more vivid and interesting.

The origin of the zodiac culture is related to an interesting legend. According to legend, the gods will hold an animal contest to decide the order of the zodiac. In the competition, the mouse climbed up the cow's back cunningly, and when it was near the finish line, it jumped over and became the first. Other animals reach the finish line in turn, thus forming the order of the zodiac.

Zodiac culture plays an important role in the daily life of China people. First of all, in the annual Lunar New Year celebrations, zodiac animals are often used for decoration and souvenir making, such as paper-cutting, lanterns and decorations. People believe that people born in this year of the zodiac will be luckier in the new year, so they will get blessings and gifts.

Secondly, the zodiac culture is an important basis for China to calculate the lunar age. People in China believe that everyone is born with a zodiac sign, which changes with age. This age calculation method is very common in traditional society and is widely accepted and used.