What is the zodiac sign when the bell is hung up

Sound. It's the zodiac monkey. Zodiac.

It is China with 12 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, and each zodiac has a rich legend, and forms a conceptual interpretation system, which has become an image philosophy in folk culture, such as the zodiac and natal year on the marriage.

There are different opinions about the origin of the 12 zodiac signs, but here are the folklore stories and animal habits that I heard when I was a child

1. Write about a legend you heard when you were a child

Legend has it that in order to select the 12 zodiac signs for the year, God decided to start a zodiac race among the animals, starting with the order in which the animals arrived, and taking the top 12 as the ranking of the 12 zodiac signs. On the day of the race, the slick rat hid on the cow, and suddenly sprinted near the finish line, winning the first place, and the cow arrived behind the rat and came second. Tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs, and pigs arrive at the end in turn, so there are 12 zodiac signs.

2. There is also a saying that it is based on animal habits

According to the twelve hours of day and night.

and animal habits corresponding to the order.

Rats (23:00-01:00) Rats are most active late at night.

Cow (when ugly.)

01:00-03:00) The cow ruminates at this time.

Chew. Tiger (03:00-05:00) At this time, the tiger is the most ferocious in the day and night.

Rabbit (05:00-07:00) At dawn, rabbits come out of the nest to graze.

Dragon (Tatsuki 07:00-09:00) It is easy to fog up at this time, and legend has it that dragons like to ride the clouds.

Snake (巳時.

09:00-11:00) The sun is shining, and the snake is thick out of the hole to feed.

Horses (11:00-13:00) Horses like to run around and neigh.

Sheep (13:00-15:00) When it is good to herd sheep, the sheep come out to graze.

Monkey (Shen Shi.

15:00-17:00) The sun is in the west, and monkeys like to come out and cry at this time.

Chicken (17:00-19:00) When the sun sets, the chicken returns to its nest.

Dog (19:00-21:00) When it gets dark, the dog looks after the home and cares for the home.

Pig (21:00-23:00) In the dead of night, the sound of a pig arching trough is heard.

It's a rat! Hang up the pot and hit it! It's about Yin eating food, and there is no overnight food! The poor jingle means that the poor rats are not coming!

Rabbit. The arrangement of the zodiac signs is also related to the single and double that represent the number of toes of the zodiac animals. In the numbers 1-12, the single is yang, and the double is yin, which in turn represents Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai.

For example, the rat is 5 toes for yang, the cow is 4 toes for yin, and so on (snakes are 100-legged insects are yin).

Another theory is that the selection and arrangement of the zodiac signs is determined according to the time of activity of the animal every day. Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, China has used the twelve earthly branches to record the twelve hours of the day, each hour is equivalent to two hours, sub-hours: eleven o'clock at night to one o'clock in the morning, when the rats are most active.

Ugly time: From 1 a.m. to 3 a.m., the cow is ruminating.

Yinshi: From three o'clock to five o'clock, at this time, tigers roam everywhere in search of food, and they are the most ferocious.

Mao time: from five o'clock to seven o'clock, when the sun has not yet risen, the moon is still hanging in the sky, and the jade rabbit is busy pounding medicine at this time.

Chenshi: From 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., this is a good time for the dragon to rain.

Hours: Between 9 and 11 o'clock, the snake becomes active.

Noon: From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the sun is in full swing, and it is the time when the imagination is in full swing.

Late hours: From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., when the sheep graze and grow stronger.

Shen: From 3 to 5 p.m., when the monkeys are active.

Unitary time: from 5 o'clock to 7 o'clock, night falls, and the chickens begin to return to their nests.

Hours: From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., the dogs start their vigil.

Hai Shi: Between 9 and 11 p.m., when everything is silent, the pigs are snoring.

The 12 zodiac signs began in the 6th century BC, and at the beginning they were used with the numbers of the earthly branches, and only later became the era names of the years. However, another chapter in the story of why the rat that everyone shouts about is about why the cat and the mouse are enemies. At that time, the cat and the mouse were good friends, and before going to the mass meeting, they slept together and made an appointment to wake up whoever woke up first.

Unbeknownst to him, the rat got up early the next day, and went to the meeting quietly alone, ignoring the cat. By the time the cat woke up and rushed to the conference, the Buddha had already assigned the twelve-year number. The cat and the mouse have since formed a deep feud.

Of course, legends are legends, and the views of folklore scholar Guo Licheng can be corroborated by historical records. In order to make it easier to remember the name of the sexagenary branch, people call it the animal that represents the 12 stars.