Selected 5 stories of the Chinese zodiac, stories about the 12 zodiac signs Introduction to the 12 z

1. After the rat and the cow, horse and sheep were elected as the twelve genera, the rat said: I should be in the first place. The cows, horses, and sheep were not convinced, and said:

Why are you number one? The rat said, "I'm big, so I'm going to be number one."

Niu Ma and the others couldn't help laughing: Are you as big as us? The rat said

It doesn't count if a few of us argue, let's let people talk about it. Cattle, horses, sheep, etc. all agreed to let people comment. So they discussed a solution:

Led by oxen, horses, sheep, and rats walked down the street one after another to see what people were saying.

2. On the street, the cow came and the people said: This cow is strong. The horses came, and the people said:

This horse is so tall. When the sheep came to them, they said, "This sheep is fat."

Finally, the rat came with a swaggering belly, and when people saw a big rat suddenly coming out of the street, they all chased it and shouted: What a big mouse, what a big mouse! In this way, the cows, horses and sheep have nothing to say, so that the rats are in the first place.

3. Mice and cats are good friends. Once, the Jade Emperor wanted to choose the 12 zodiac signs, and they made an appointment to participate together. The cat said to the mouse

I wake up late in the morning, you have to remember to wake me up. The rat agreed, not actually barking. I went alone and won first place.

When the cat finds out, it will catch the mouse as soon as it sees it. So, the cat and the mouse became enemies.

4. The 12 zodiac signs, also known as the zodiac, are 12 kinds of animals in China that match the year of birth with the 12 earthly branches, including rats, oxen, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs, and pigs.

5. The origin of the zodiac is related to animal worship. According to the Qin Jane unearthed in Yunmeng Sleeping Tiger Land in Hubei Province and Fangmatan in Tianshui in Gansu Province, it can be seen that there was a relatively complete zodiac system in the pre-Qin period. The earliest hand-me-down document that records the same 12 zodiac signs as in modern times is Wang Chong's "On Balance" in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

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

1. The 12 zodiac signs are also known as the 12-year beasts, and in the Chinese calendar, there are 12 year beasts that take turns to be on duty.

2. A long, long time ago, in order to set a time for the world and give human beings a belonging, the Jade Emperor decided to select twelve animals as the zodiac in the world. So, the animals in the mortal world have a competition to become the zodiac, when the cat and the mouse are good friends, they are ready to rest together, and make an appointment to wake up the other if they get up first. Unexpectedly, the mouse got up early the next day, and quietly went to the meeting alone and ignored the cat.

Therefore, on the day of the meeting of the beasts, the mouse was the earliest, the largest, and then the bull, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig reached the disadvantage in turn, and the cat got up too late because of laziness, and when it arrived, the twelve kinds of mocking animals had been selected. The cat monster and mouse did not wake it up, and from then on, the cat wanted to eat it when it saw the mouse, and the mouse had to run away desperately.