Folklore has a legend about what zodiac is

Folktales] The Tale of the Zodiac.

A long, long time ago, one day, people said, "We are going to choose twelve animals as the zodiac signs of the people, one animal a year." "How many animals are there in the world?

How to choose? Let's set a date, on this day, the animals come to sign up, and the twelve animals that come first are selected as the zodiac.

Cats and mice are neighbors and good friends, and they both want to sign up. The cat said, "We have to get up early in the morning to sign up, but I like to sleep lazy, what should I do?"

The mouse said, "Don't worry, don't worry, you can sleep in your big sleep, and as soon as I wake up, I will call you, and we will go together." The cat was glad to hear this and said:

You're such a good friend of mine, thank you. ”

On the morning of the registration, the mouse had already woken up, but he only thought about himself and forgot about his good friend cat. I signed up for it myself.

As a result, the rat was chosen. What about cats? The cat woke up too late because he was too lazy to sleep, and by the time he arrived, twelve animals had already been chosen.

When the cat was not chosen, he was angry with the mouse, and the strange mouse did not call it, and from then on, when the cat saw the mouse, it wanted to eat it, and the mouse had to run away desperately. It still is.

Do you know which zodiac signs?

They are: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs, pigs.

How do you put the little mouse in the first place? There's a story here, too.

On the day of registration, the rats got up early, and the cows got up early. They ran into them on the road. The ox is big and takes big steps, and the mouse is small and takes small steps, and the mouse runs out of breath and just keeps up with the ox.

The mouse thought to himself: The road is still long, I can't run, what can I do? As soon as his mind moved and he came up with an idea, he said to the ox

Brother Niu, Brother Niu, I'll sing you a song. The cow said, "Okay, you can sing it, hey, why don't you sing?"

The mouse said, "I'm singing, why didn't you hear me?" Oh, my voice is so thin that you don't hear it.

So let me ride on your neck and sing, and you will hear me. The cow said, "Xingluo, Xingluo!"

The rat climbed up the cow's neck along the leg and let the cow carry it, but it was comfortable. It shook its head and really sang:

Brother Niu, Brother Niu, cross the river, climb the hill, drive, drive, hurry up!

When Niu heard this, he was happy, spread his four legs and ran hard, ran to the place where he registered, and saw that no one came, and shouted happily: "I am the first, I am the first!" Before the cow had finished speaking, the rat jumped up from the cow's neck, jumped to the ground, squeaked, and jumped in front of the ox.

As a result, the mouse won the first place and the ox won the second place, so, in the zodiac, the little mouse was ranked first.

Zodiac. It is also called the genus, which is China and the twelve earthly branches.

Twelve animals that match the year of birth include rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs, and pigs.

The origin of the zodiac is related to animal worship. According to Hubei Yunmeng Sleeping Tiger Land and Gansu Tianshui.

The Qin Jane unearthed in Fangmatan can be known as the pre-Qin period.

That is, there is a relatively complete zodiac system. The earliest hand-me-down document that records the same 12 zodiac signs as in modern times is Wang Chong's "On Balance" by Wang Chong of the Eastern Han Dynasty

The zodiac is a figurative representative of the twelve earthly branches, namely Zi (Rat), Chou (Ox), Yin (Shusohu), Mao (Rabbit), Chen (Dragon), Si (Snake), Wu (Horse), Wei (Sheep), Shen (Monkey), You (Rooster), 戌 (Dog), Hai (Pig), with the development of history gradually integrated into the concept of folk beliefs, manifested in marriage, life, New Year, etc., each zodiac has a rich legend, and in order to form a concept interpretation system, become the image philosophy in folk culture, such as the genus of marriage, temple fair prayers, natal year, etc. In modern times, more and more people regard the zodiac as the mascot of the Spring Festival and become a symbol of entertainment and cultural activities.

As a long-standing symbol of folk culture, the zodiac has left a large number of poems and spring couplets depicting the image and symbolism of the zodiac in the past dynasties.

Paintings, paintings, calligraphy and folk crafts. In addition to China, many countries around the world issue Chinese zodiac stamps during the Spring Festival as a way to express their wishes for the Chinese New Year.

Folktales say.

Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor wanted to choose twelve animals as palace guards, and the cat asked the mouse to sign up, but the mouse forgot, and the cat looked for revenge when he saw the mouse. Originally, the cow was the leader, and the rat secretly climbed on the back of the cow to take the lead. The tiger and the dragon were not convinced and were named the god of the mountain.

and the god of the sea, behind the oxen. The rabbit was not convinced, and wanted to race against the dragon, and the rabbit ran in front of the dragon. The dog was not happy, and in a fit of rage, he bit the rabbit and was punished first. There was also a battle between snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, and chickens, and finally the pigs came to occupy the last seat.

The legend also explains why there are no cats in the zodiac. In fact, there were no cats in ancient China, and the zodiac had already been formed when domestic cats were introduced to China. This legend, which resembles a children's story, is far from a scientific explanation of the problem.

This is a folk tale, because this is just a legend, and it doesn't really exist, and the legend says that the twelve zodiac signs were chosen by the Jade Emperor.

Twelve Shengzhi Sanxiao is indeed a folk tale legend, because animals are animals after all, there is no human mind at all, it is human beings themselves who use their ideology to talk about these Mengmo animals, just to tell people why these animals are arranged in what order, foreigners will not be in the zodiac, but look at the constellations.