Is the Indian zodiac the same as the Chinese zodiac?

The Indian zodiac was used as a timekeeping tool 2,000 years ago, and the following are the Indian zodiac signs:

Rats, oxen, lions, rabbits, crocodiles, snakes, horses, sheep, apes, goldfinches, rhinos, and elephants This is the Year of the Tiger, and they are the Year of the Lion.

It feels a lot like China...

Their 36 are more famous.

You have to find out your zodiac sign and the time of birth correctly, and then compare the following 36 zodiac attributes to find out what kind of creature you are.

For example, if you were born at 3 o'clock in the Year of the Tiger, you are a tanuki.

Rat people: 0-8 o'clock born swallow 8-16 o'clock mouse 16-0 o'clock bat cow people: 0-8 o'clock born cattle 8-16 o'clock crab 16-0 o'clock turtle tiger people:

People born at 0-8 o'clock are raccoon cats 8-16 o'clock are leopards 16-0 points are tigers and rabbits: people born at 0-8 o'clock are hedgehogs 8-16 o'clock are rabbits 16-0 o'clock are raccoon dragons: 0-8 o'clock are born are dragons 8-16 o'clock are dragons 16-0 o'clock are fish and snake people:

People born at 0-8 o'clock are eels 8-16 o'clock are earthworms 16-0 o'clock are snake and horse: 0-8 o'clock are born under deer 8-16 o'clock are horse 16-0 o'clock donkey and mule are sheep: 0-8 o'clock are born at 8-16 o'clock are eagle 16-0 o'clock are wild goose monkeys:

People born at 0-8 o'clock orangutan 8-16 o'clock ape 16-0 o'clock monkey rooster: 0-8 o'clock born pheasant 8-16 o'clock chicken 16-0 o'clock dog people: 0-8 o'clock born dog 8-16 o'clock wolf 16-0 o'clock jackal pig people:

0-8 points are born in pigs, 8-16 points are badgers, and 16-0 points are wild boars.

India: Rat, Ox, Lion, Hare, Crocodile, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Ape, Golden-winged Bird Rhino, Elephant.

No, the Year of the Tiger in China and the Year of the Lion in India

Strange, I've talked to a lot of Indian colleagues about the Chinese zodiac and have never heard of it, they also have this thing. At that time, Indian colleagues will often ask what zodiac sign he belongs to.

This year is the Year of the Tiger, and they are the Year of the Lion.

Indians have twelve zodiac signs, which are basically the same as the Chinese zodiac signs. It's just that China has a "tiger" but no "lion", while India has a "lion" but no "tiger".

The 12 zodiac signs are actually derived from the ancient Chinese Ganzhi chronology. According to the "Three Lives Meeting", the earth branch existed as early as the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. Moreover, the earliest earthly branch is not the name of the current Zichou Yinmao.

Because the pronunciation of ancient Chinese is very different from the pronunciation of modern Chinese, the pronunciation of ancient Chinese sounds similar to that of Portuguese now

The earliest earthly branches did not contain a correspondence with animals at all. It's just a simple chronology. This point is obvious in the records of the "Ganshi Star Sutra" and the "Historical Records".

The historical records also clearly record many major historical events in the Xia and Shang periods, all of which are dated by the Ganzhi period, such as Jiaxu

And the chronology in India also happens to be in units of 12. In India, on the other hand, the years are named directly after the animals. The only difference from China is that in third place is the lion, and in fifth place is a mythical beast in India.

When this set of theories was introduced to China, it was also widely accepted in China because it was particularly in tune with the Chinese Ganzhi chronology. The difference is that there are no lions in China, so they were changed to tigers. China used its own mythical beast.

Since it is impossible to find out when the Ganzhi Chronicle was born, and this chronology method in India can no longer be traced when it was born, but because the ancient Indian civilization was born nearly 1000 years earlier than the Yellow River civilization, therefore, although I dare not pack the ticket, the Indian chronology method is likely to be earlier than China. That said, the zodiac sign is likely to have been invented first in India. But the local branch is definitely China's own creation.

Inside, the rat is domestic, and the rat is imported

What is the origin of the 12 zodiac signs? It is recorded in ancient Chinese books that in the Central Plains in ancient China, the "Ganzhi Chronology Method" was originally used, that is, 10 heavenly stem symbols (A, B, C, D, E, G, G, XIN, NON, and 癸) and 12 earthly branch symbols (Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai) were used to match the year. A small number of nomadic peoples in the northwest of our country use animals to keep their dates.

The Book of Tang records that "the country of Huangjia is chronicled by twelve things, and if the year is in Yin, it is called the Year of the Tiger." In addition, it is also recorded in the "History of the Song Dynasty: The Biography of Tubo" that when the Tubo leaders narrated, they used things to record the year, and the so-called "old things of the Tao are counted as twelve days, the Year of the Rabbit, and the Year of the Horse".

Later, in the exchanges between the Central Plains and ethnic minorities, the two chronological methods touched each other to form the current 12 zodiac signs. Just as Zhao Yi of the Qing Dynasty pointed out in the "Examination of the Yu Cong", "At the beginning of the Gaibei customs, it didn't matter if the son was ugly and ugly, but when the age was divided into years like rats, cows, tigers, and rabbits, it was soaked and spread in China, and it was not wasted." This explanation of the origin of the 12 zodiac signs has been recognized by many people.

In addition, there is a saying about the origin of the 12 zodiac signs: Hong Xun's "Yanggu Manlu" said that the odd number of the 12 earthly branches, the fingers or hooves of the animal are also matched with the odd number, such as the son is in the first place, and the rat that matches it is 5 fingers, and the even number of the earthly branch is taken as the name, such as the ox and the ugly match, for 4 claws. Ye Shijie explained the origin of the 12 zodiac signs in "Grass and Muzi" as:

The artist uses 12 Xiao with 12 Chen, and each Xiao has its own deficient shape, such as the mouse has no teeth, the cow has no teeth, the tiger has no spleen, the rabbit has no lips, the dragon has no ears, the snake has no feet, the horse has no guts, the sheep has no pupils, the monkey has no hips, the chicken has no kidneys, the dog has no stomach, the pig has no tendons, and the human has no deficiency. There are many other theories. Such as:

The Yellow Emperor had to select 12 kinds of animals to be on duty in the sky on time ......Through the competition, 12 animals such as rats, cows, and tigers were selected; 12 Zodiac Signs** The totem worship of some clans in primitive societies is divided according to the strength of each tribe at a certain assembly; The 12 zodiac signs may have been introduced from Tianzhu; or 28 nakshatras distributed throughout the week, worth 12 hours. Each nakshatra is named after an animal. Pick a common one from the animals on duty at each hour to pronoun a particular year, and so on.

Although people are not sure of the exact origin of the 12 zodiac signs, because of its popularity, convenience and fun, it has been used to this day, and has become a valuable heritage left to us by the ancients that still has practical value.

In my opinion, the ** of the zodiac is in China.

Dragons can be a form of worship. But the origin of the dragon, from which dynasty began to have the name dragon is really unclear.

I can think of the earliest appearance of the word dragon, that is, the Qiangua in "Zhou Yi", which should be a matter from the Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period.

In the early days, each tribe had its own totem, and then one tribe started as a snake, and later every time this tribe conquered a tribe, it added a little bit of the totem of other tribes to its own snake, such as adding antlers, fish scales, whiskers, etc., so the original snake became a dragon.

The 12 earthly branch symbols Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai As far as I know, the animal zodiac is passed from India, of course, the current saying is not the same as the genus of the dragon: the five elements belong to the earth, the direction is in the southeast, which is symbolizing the middle earth.

Rats, oxen, lions, rabbits, morakas, nagas, horses, sheep, monkeys, goldfinches, dogs, pigs.

According to the Hindu mythology of the Apo Binding Yarn, the 12 zodiac animals were originally the mounts of the twelve gods, they are the rat of the god Zhaodura, the ox of the god Vikara, the lion of the god of the palace of the god of the palace, the rabbit of the god Vazara, the maraga of the god Mirara, the naga of the god of Andira, the horse of the god Amira, the sheep of the god Sandira, the monkey of the god Indara, the goldfinch of the god Bhoira, the dog of the god Mahura, and the pig of the god Jindara.

In India's traditional culture, there is no clear concept of "zodiac" like in China. But in Hindu mythology and traditional stories, there are many animals that have been given a mythical meaning to evoke a circle, and their images are also widely used. Here are some of the animals that are symbolic in Indian culture:

1.Elephant: Symbolizes wisdom, strength, and purity.

2.Peacock: Symbolizes beauty, elegance, and glory.

3.Lion: Symbolizes courage, power, and majesty.

4.Ox: Symbolizes strength, endurance, and loyalty.

5.Rabbit: Symbolizes agility, speed, and resourcefulness.

6.Snake: Symbolizes wisdom, **, and transformative power.

7.Eagle: Symbolizes courage, freedom, and vision.

8.Monkey: Symbolizes wisdom, humor, and ingenuity.

9.Carp: Symbolizes serenity, tenacity, and lofty goals.

10.Turtle: Symbolizes longevity, stability and bridge collapse and unwavering efforts.

11.Butterfly: Symbolizes change, transformation, and beauty.

12.Macaw: Symbolizes wisdom, knowledge, and learning.

The zodiac signs come from China and are based on ancient texts and archaeological excavations.

The 12 zodiac signs, as they are called, are the 12 animals in China that match the 12 earthly branches with the year of birth, including the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. As we all know, the zodiac is a development of ancient Chinese traditional culture, and its origin is related to animal worship.

1. Hubei Yunmeng unearthed Qin Jian

In 1975, archaeologists unearthed a number of cultural relics in Yunmeng Sleeping Tiger Land in Hubei Province and Fangmatan in Tianshui, Gansu Province, called Qin Jian, which was the bamboo slip used by people in the Qin Dynasty. On these bamboo slips, there were records about "rats, ugly cows" and other contents, which are basically the same as the zodiac orders we now say, and the heavenly and terrestrial branches also correspond.

2, Eastern Han Dynasty Wang Chong "On Balance".

In ancient documents, the earliest complete record of China's zodiac signs and the same order as today's is the Eastern Han Dynasty writer Wang Chong's "On Balance". In the third volume of the "Treatise on Balance", it was mentioned in the "Materiality Chapter": "The afternoon horse is also, the rat is also, the rooster is also, and the rabbit is also", Chen is the dragon, Si is the snake, and the position of the Tatsumi is in the southeast.

and much more. From this, it can be concluded that the zodiac signs have been basically completely stereotyped at least in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

3. The meaning of the zodiac

The zodiac is a traditional culture of the Chinese, and each person can calculate their own genus according to the year of birth. The animal images of the 12 zodiac signs are also integrated into thousands of households during the New Year's holidays. The animals represented by each genus also have special meanings given by people.

For example, the Year of the Rat represents wealth and reproduction, the Ox represents honesty, the Dragon represents good weather, the Monkey represents wisdom and cleverness, the Dog represents loyalty, gratitude and prosperity, and the Pig represents festivity and prosperity.

It can be seen that the 12 zodiac signs are traditional Chinese culture in China. Readers, what is your zodiac sign? What special commemorations and wears do you have in your natal year? Feel free to leave a comment and let us know what you think.

The animals of the zodiac were originally the mounts of the twelve gods, which were the rat of the god Zhaodura, the ox of the god Vikara, the lion of the god Mikpira, the rabbit of the god Vazara, the Maharaja of the god Milira, the Naga of the god of Antira, the horse of the god Amira, the sheep of the god Shandira, the monkey of the god Indara, the goldfinch of the god Boiro, the dog of the god Mohura, and the pig of the god Jindara.

The names and order of the Indian zodiac are: Rat, Ox, Lion, Rabbit, Maharaja, Naga, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Goldwing, Dog, Pig. According to the Hindu mythology of the Apo Binding Yarn, the 12 zodiac animals were originally the mounts of 12 gods, they were the rat of the god Zhaodura, the ox of the god Vikara, the lion of the god Gongpira, the rabbit of the god Vazara, the Maharaja of the god Mirira, the Naga of the god of Andira, the horse of the god Amira, the sheep of the god Sandira, the monkey of the god Indara, the goldfinch bird of the god Bhoira, the dog of the god Mohura, and the pig of the god Jindara, so it can be speculated that the Indian zodiac may have originated from the Chinese zodiac.

The 12 zodiac signs are unique to China, and I haven't heard of them in India.