Why 12 attribute rats rank first

Although I don't know why, I know these legends:

1. Rats: Legend has it that the Jade Emperor ordered the summoning of animals in the world to select twelve genera according to the twelve earthly branches. The flower cat said to the mouse

Tomorrow the fifth watch will go to heaven to be elected, I will be sleepy, and you will have to call me then. The rat said yes repeatedly. But the next morning, the unfaithful rat got up secretly and said goodbye.

As a result, the rat was chosen. What about cats? Because he was late for sleeping, he was not selected (from then on, the cat wanted to eat the mouse when it saw it, and the mouse had to run away desperately).

The elephants also came to race, but the rats got into their noses and drove them away; The rest of the animals, originally pushed the cow as the leader, but the mouse ran to the back of the cow, and the pig also coaxed, so the mouse ranked first, the pork chop last, and the rest of the animals went through a competition, and finally formed the current order.

2. Rat-toe specificity: The yin and yang of animals are arranged according to the odd and even numbers of their toes. The number of toes in the front and back of animals is generally the same, while the number of toes in the front and back is generally the same, while the rat is four in the forefoot and five in the hind foot.

This statement is held by the Song people Hong Xun, the Ming Dynasty scholar Lang Ying on this basis to classify, in his book "Seven Cultivation Manuscript Zodiac Zodiac" proposed that the earth branch is under the bottom, so don't look at the number of toes in the yin and yang. The front of the rat is four-pawed, the even number is yin, the hind foot is five-clawed, and the odd number is yang. The first half of the child is the yin of last night, and the second half is the yang of today, which just uses the rat to symbolize the son.

3. Rats are shrewd: Hani legend says that the ancestors were often poisoned when they gathered and hunted for food. It was later discovered that the shrewd rats foraged for food at night and never chose the wrong food.

The ancestors observed rat food and learned which animals and plants could satisfy hunger and which poisonous ones could not be eaten. Therefore, it is believed that the rat is extremely smart, and the rat is ranked first in the zodiac.

Fourth, the rat bites the sky: from the attribute of the rat, the activity time of the rat is the time of the son of the night; And when the child is the intersection of heaven and earth, the handover of yin and yang, the beginning of chaos, the rat is a consumption of insects, not consumed then the air of the sky is not opened, only the rat has the ability to bite the chaotic world open, the rat bites the sky is said to come from this, this great achievement, of course, the mouse can sit firmly in the first place of the zodiac.

And the Book of Han? "Law Inspiration" also said: Yin and yang are virtuous, the clock is in the son, and the one who incarnates all things is also, so the germination is in the son.

The rat is the one who incarnates all things, and it is also a symbol of life and reproduction, so the child belongs to the rat. The author starts from opening the heavens as a rat and opening the earth as an ugly cow, and talks about the rest of the zodiac animals are also in a state of chaos in the heavens and the earth, like a hundred fruits containing business in the nucleus of life. As for the rat bite to save mankind, it is a great savior of mankind, so he promised to give the food grown to the rat to eat as a reward, of course, this is another extension.

5. Rats steal rice seeds: It is said in the Qingyuan area of Zhejiang that in ancient times, human beings did not cherish millet, and the gods received the millet from the world to the sky in order to punish them. Later, the rat went to the sky to steal grain seeds for humans, so when the zodiac was arranged, the rat sat on the first place.

The fact that harmful rats can be ranked first has something to do with their habits. Rats always come out late at night to feed, and the zodiac signs are also arranged according to the hour, so the child belongs to the mouse.

The zodiac signs are very familiar to each of us, and this thing has been with us for thousands of years. I believe that many people have a lot of questions about the 12 zodiac signs, why the rat ranks first in the 12 zodiac signs.

1. Why cats are not zodiac signs, whether dragons exist in the zodiac or not, etc.

Regarding the origin of the 12 zodiac signs, I believe everyone has heard a story when they were children. I still remember listening to this story in the summer, when the summer vacation was very happy, everyone would come out in the evening to cool off, and the old people would tell stories to relieve their boredom.

Legend has it that the Jade Emperor wanted to establish the 12 zodiac signs to rule over different times. However, the use of those animals to establish the zodiac signs was not determined, and the Jade Emperor sent a notice on a first-come, first-served basis. The animals that were notified were gearing up and ready to show off their skills.

CatsAnd the rat is very good friends, and they decided to go together for the zodiac

As a result, the cat fell asleep when he set off the next day, and the mouse was selfish at this time, so he did not ask the cat to set off on its own. When the cat wakes up, the zodiac sign has almost been determined, and it has missed it perfectly. That's why cats always catch mice.

The words were divided into two ends, and the rat quickly reached the end of the line with its small size and agility. But the big river in front of the finish line made it worry, and the rats couldn't swim. At this time, the old cow followed, and the honest old cow carried the little mouse on his back.

In this way, the mouse and the old cow waded across the river, and the moment they crossed the river, the mouse crossed the finish line in an instant. In this way, the mouse became the first of the zodiac, the old cow became the second, and the cat lost this qualification.

Of course, this is just a legend and cannot be taken seriously. In fact, the ranking of the zodiac signs is based on their habits, and rats are used to being active late at night. Therefore, the child takes the rat as the zodiac, that is, the rat.

The fact that the rat can rank first is related to its habits, because the rat always comes out at night to forage for food, and the zodiac signs are also arranged according to the hour.

Because in the past, in some mythological stories, the rat was the existence of the beast that opened the heavens, and its significance was very important, and it was also ranked first among the 12 genera.

Because the zodiac signs correspond to the twelve hours, and one of the four major pests of the rat can be ranked first mainly because of the living habits of the mouse, the mouse often haunts in the middle of the night, so the first hour corresponds to the mouse.