The zodiac signs are miscellaneous, are they really the same as the stories told?

The 12 zodiac signs come from the 4th Sun, 4th Venus, and 4th Mars in the 28 Nakshatras. The twenty-eight nights are:

Beigong Xuanwu Seven Nights: Doumu Hedgehog, Ox Taurus, Female Earth Bat, Void Sun Mouse, Dangerous Moon Swallow, Room Fire Pig, Wall Water Pig.

Donggong Qinglong Seven Nights: Jiaomu Jiao, Kang Jin Dragon, Di Tu Raccoon, Fang Ri Rabbit, Xinyue Fox, Tailed Fire Tiger, Kei Water Leopard.

Nangong Suzaku Seven Nights: Jingmu Rhino, Ghost Golden Sheep, Liutu Roe, Xingri Horse, Zhang Yuelu, Winged Fire Snake, and Water Worm.

The Seven Nights of the White Tiger in the West Palace: Kui Wood Wolf, Lou Jin Dog, Stomach Tu Bi, Pleiades Chicken, Bi Yuewu, Fire Monkey, and Ginseng Ape.

And the origin of the Twenty-Eight Houses was also before the Warring States period at the latest. See Sources:

Lü's Spring and Autumn. The Chronicle of December, The Book of Rites. In the Warring States classics such as the Moon Order, there are already basically complete names of the Twenty-Eight Nights.

The Western Han Dynasty's Huainanzi. Tianwen Xun and Historical Records. In the Book of Laws, there is already a complete record of the names of the twenty-eight houses, but the names are slightly different.

In the silk book (about 170 B.C.) unearthed from the No. 3 Han Tomb in Mawangdui, Changsha, all 28 names have also appeared. In the Shi's catalog of the Warring States Period, which is cited in the Tang Dynasty's Kaiyuan Zhanjing, there are also the names of the 28 Nakshatras, as well as the 28 Nakshatras observed around the 4th century BC. Therefore, by the Warring States period at the latest, China's 28 sutra system was already complete.

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.

The zodiac has many stories and belongs to traditional folk tales.

This is not a story, it's a riddle, playing a zodiac.

The full text is: bending and intertwining the emerald blue, the sleepy dragon comes to the pool to hide, if he gets the wind and clouds, he will be the pillar of the sky. Mystery: Snakes.

Riddles mainly refer to hidden words such as allusions to things or words for people to guess, and can also be extended to things that contain mysteries. The riddle originated from the ancient Chinese Han folk and has evolved and developed over thousands of years. It is a cultural product created by the collective wisdom of the ancient Han working people.

On June 7, 2008, the riddle was approved to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Riddles** in ancient China Han folk, created by the collective wisdom of the ancients, can not implement the right to invent riddles to a certain person. The riddle style can be roughly divided into four types: mainstream, folk, elegant, and popular.