Why didn't the constellation of China develop into the sign of the zodiac?

Because of different cultures. Because there is no constellation culture in China, there are plenty. Star? There are countless cultures, such as the thirty-six highest day stars, the seventy-two earth stars and all kinds of miscellaneous stars. The ancient culture of our country basically serves the upper class of society, rather than paying attention to the so-called equality and equal treatment. Therefore, there are many manifestations of privilege in ancient thought, and the stars in the sky are sacred, mysterious and powerful representatives in the eyes of the ancients. Of course, it is the high-level people, aristocrats and emperors in the society who have power and influence, but it is certainly not the folk. Therefore, China's star culture generally refers to some people, which refers to someone, unlike the foreign zodiac, what does it mean? A group of people? .

As we all know, in ancient China, in order to strengthen the rule of the emperor, it was shown that both the emperor and the nobility were high-ranking people, while the people at the bottom were low-ranking people. The people below could not commit crimes, but the people above could do whatever they wanted. In order to strengthen this concept of social hierarchy and make it deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, there is no room for advocating privileged class culture in past dynasties.

You can tell from the clothes in the court. There are strict rules about what clothes people wear, what cloth they use, what hats they wear, what materials they make, what jewelry they wear, what flowers they embroider and what patterns they use. In ancient times, you don't have to look at a person's face, just look at his clothes, and you can know what class he is and what kind of official he is. Although this statement is not absolute, it is definitely the mainstream situation of society and the macro trend.

In this social culture, in order to show the nobility and uniqueness of the nobility, then the mysterious and powerful representatives of the stars cannot be ordinary people. Therefore, looking at the ancient Chinese culture, we can find that the reincarnation of lone star and purple star is clearly related to a certain person, rather than dividing a group of people like the zodiac.

Therefore, generally speaking, China did not develop the culture of constellations, stars and stars into the same culture as the Chinese zodiac, mainly because the stars were mysterious and powerful in the eyes of the ancients and were the embodiment of the gods. In order to reflect the differences in high-level society, this powerful representative can not be made into the culture of ordinary people, but only the culture that some special talents deserve.