Rats cross the street and everyone shouts and beats. It can be seen that people are extremely disgusted with rats, but in the Chinese zodiac, the mouse is the boss. So, what is the origin of the mouse to be the boss of the Chinese zodiac, let us look at it together!
Speaking of the ancient century, human beings have a limited degree of culture, and they don't even know the calculation and distinction of years and months. Therefore, at the request of mankind, Jade Emperor came up with twelve kinds of animals as names for each year, so that ordinary people can easily remember. But what animal to choose? After thinking for a long time, the Jade Emperor decided to organize an animal crossing race on his birthday, taking the top twelve animals as the Chinese zodiac, as the year of the year. One day, the Jade Emperor decided to choose twelve animals to represent the human zodiac, and gave them the title of god. In order to reflect the principle of fairness, the Jade Emperor ordered that on the specified day, all animals in the world can go to the Tiangong to be selected, and the animals will be rushed to the Tiangong. As the order of ranking, only the top twelve that arrived first will be selected. At that time, the cat and the mouse were good friends, and they decided to go to the heaven to fight for the zodiac. However, on the morning of the day when it was set to go to the temple, little mouse got up quietly without calling a cat. He secretly jumped into the horns of the old cow and hid it. The toughest and most diligent cow took him there. Going to the Tiangong, Lao Niu was the first to rush to the gate of the Tiangong. It was dawn, and the four heavenly kings had just opened the gate of the palace. Before the ox had had time to lift the hoof, the little mouse jumped from the horn of the ox and went straight to the palace hall. Although the Jade Emperor did not want to make this little mouse the zodiac. But there was no joking among the kings, and the rules set by himself could not be changed, and the Jade Emperor had to declare the rat as the head of the zodiac.
Some people say that the zodiac corresponds to the hour, and when the mouse is a child, it is probably the modern eleven o'clock to one o'clock. At that time, the rats were active. The son is the head of the twelve earthly branches of . The twelve earthly branches are the general term for Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai. The composition of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches formed the traditional calendar of ancient China. In ancient China, it was used to match the heavenly stems to express the order of year, month, and time. Therefore, the mouse is the head.
Rat: 11 o'clock in the evening to 1 o'clock the next day (ie "child hour").At this time, the rat has the strongest courage and the most frequent activities, so it is matched with the rat at the beginning.
Bull: 1-3 o'clock in the morning (ie, "ugly time"). At this time, the cow has eaten enough grass, "chewing down" is the finest, the slowest, and the most comfortable, so it is matched with the cow when it is ugly.
Tiger: 3-5 o'clock in the morning (ie "Yin time"). According to ancient books, at this time, the tiger was the most active, ferocious, and wounded the most, so it was matched with the tiger in Yinshi.
Rabbit: 5-7 in the morning (ie "Mao Shi"). At this time, the sun has not revealed its face, and the brilliance of moon has not completely receded. The jade rabbit is the name of the moon, and is the only animal in the myth of the moon palace, so it matches with the rabbit in Maoshi.
Dragon: 7-9 o'clock in the morning (ie "Chen Shi"). Legend has it that this is when a group of dragons are walking in the rain, and the dragon is a mythical animal, so Chenshi belongs to the dragon.
Snake: 9-11 am (ie "Sishi"). It is said that snakes at this time will not hurt people, nor will they wander on the roads people walk. They are mostly hidden in the grass, so that they belong to snakes.
Horse: 11 am to 1 pm (ie "noon"). According to Taoist priests, when the sun is at its peak at noon, the yang reaches its extreme point, and the yin gradually increases. When the yin and yang change pillars, most animals lie down and rest. Only the horse stands habitually, and even sleeps. Not lying down. In this way, it is a horse at noon.
Sheep: 1-3 o'clock in the afternoon (i.e., "not time"). It is said that sheep squirt urine most frequently at this time, and the spilt urine can cure a kind of panic disease of its own. Therefore, it is a sheep in the future.
Monkey: 3-5 pm (ie "shen time"). At this time, monkeys like to cry the most, with the longest and loudest voice. So Shen Shi is a monkey.
Chicken: 5-7 pm (ie "unitary hour"). At this time, at sunset on the hills, the chickens began to enter the cages to return to their nests and stay overnight, so they belonged to the chickens when they were united.
Dog: 7-9 o'clock in the evening (ie "Xu Shi"). When night comes, dogs watch the house and watch the night with the highest vigilance, and produce a special kind of vision and hearing. They can see the farthest and hear the most clearly. So Xu Shi is a dog.
Pig: 9-11 at night (ie " ").At this time, the pig slept the most, the loudest snoring sound, the most violent tremor of the whole body muscles, and the fastest growing meat, so it was a pig in Haishi.
After reading these, what do you think is the reason why the zodiac rat ranked first? The next issue will tell you the story of the zodiac ox.
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