Why are the zodiac signs in this order? The zodiac is also what we call the zodiac, and it is also a unique way for us Chinese to express the time of birth. In China's thousands of years of traditional culture, the zodiac is also integrated with everyone. Every Chinese has his own zodiac sign. Why did our ancestors choose these 12 animals among the many animals? What is its extended meaning? According to the folk legend of the Han Chinese about the ranking of the twelve zodiac signs, Xuanyuan had to choose twelve animals to serve as palace guards.
The cat called the mouse to sign up, and the mouse forgot. As a result, it is not selected. Since then, cats and mice have become enemies. The elephant was going to run, but the mouse got into his nose and drove him away. The rest of the animals believed that the cow should be led by diligence and loyalty, but the mice refused to accept it. It rides on the back of the ox and says that its status is higher than that of the ox, so the rat is the first in the Chinese zodiac, and the tiger and the dragon are the king of the mountain and the king of the sea respectively. Although he was unwilling to place the mouse on the top, it was hard to say anything already, so the tiger asked to be ranked behind the mouse and the ox. rabbit thinks that he runs faster than the dragon and should be in front of the dragon. So everyone organized a rabbit and dragon race . In the end, the rabbit won. So, he ranks ahead of the dragon. At this time, the dog was angry. He thought the rabbit was incompetent, he bit the rabbit in a fit of rage, and the dog was penalized next to last.
Secondly, the rest of the animals also took their place after a contest between you and me, and finally formed the order of rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, and pig. This is just a statement. There is also a more reliable way of saying that ancient Chinese scholars classified animals according to their activity time. Most active when mice.At this time, when the chaos of heaven and earth appeared, the rat took a bite in the chaos and separated the heaven and the earth. Cow is undoubtedly the most capable farmer on earth, so it is considered to be the thing of cultivated , and when it is ugly, it is when the cow regurgitates, so the ugly belongs to the cow. The ancients believed that the most tragic thing was to be swallowed by a tiger, so they designated and as a tiger.
At Mao, the moon is about to set. It is said that this time is the busiest time for Jade Rabbit, so this time is designated as the rabbit. At Chen, when the dragons go fishing, it is set as Jackie Chan, and at Si is the time when snakes are infested. is the saying of snake . Noon is the moment when the Pegasus appears, and the horse is determined. Sheep began to graze in the future, so there is a saying of and . At the time of Shen , the monkey was very active, the chicken returned to the nest at the time of You, and the dog started the vigil at at the time of Xu, so these three hours were given to the chicken and the dog. When Hai Shi arrived, the world was chaotic again, and the pig was sleeping at this time. There is the saying of Hai pig .
Strange why there is no cat in the zodiac? There are many opinions on this. I think it is plausible that when the zodiac came out, cats and tigers were both wild animals, they looked similar and were often considered to be the same group. Now that tigers are on the list, there is no need to rank cats in the same group in the zodiac. This statement may still be more likely. In addition to the mystery of the order of the zodiac, there is also a question, why do people use the zodiac? Because as early as more than 6,000 years ago, the ancients of our country invented the law of the heavenly stems and earthly branches by observing the celestial phenomena, and it is very convenient to use it with the 12 zodiac signs. Perhaps this is a kind of animal worship. The zodiac is used to time the time. The ancients respected animals very much and had a totem plot for the lively and fierce animals in nature.In the long course of history, this totem plot was linked to the zodiac and was later used for timekeeping.
