Update 1: Can I give you a 12 zodiac sign? Terahertz

12 Zodiac: The Legend of the Twelve Zodiacs Long, long ago, the Jade Emperor in the sky held a banquet and invited the animal gods to dinner. He is going to choose the first zodiac fairy who arrived at the banquet hall as the zodiac, but this is a secret. Rat fairy accidentally knew the secret and wanted to be one of the Zodiac gods. At this time, the twelve animal immortals who had the best friendship with him just came to invite him to dinner on the day of the banquet, which should be the first to catch up with the invitation of the Jade Emperor. The mouse fairy agreed under the kindness of the guests, but she thought to herself that there were thirteen of them. If they go together, one of them will definitely lose the election. Moreover, he is the smallest of the three, probably the slowest, and becomes the only loser. So he came up with a foolproof plan-the night before the party, he went to find the best cat fairy and told him that the time would be the same tomorrow morning, but the place would change. Cat Fairy undoubtedly has his beliefs, and he is very grateful to Mouse Fairy for coming to inform him. The next day, Cat Fairy arrived at the new place that Mouse Fairy said on time. The mouse fairy went to the original place to meet the other eleven animal fairies and told everyone that the cat fairy told him that he would be late and he would catch up with everyone without waiting for him. So everyone started first. After a few steps, Rat Fairy pretended to be panting. After seeing this, the kind Niu Xian asked the mouse to sit on his shoulder first and let him drive him. Mouse fairy thanked him for riding on Niu Xian's shoulder. At the banquet gate, the mouse fairy jumped off the shoulder of the cow fairy and rushed forward with all her strength, becoming the first animal fairy to arrive at the banquet. Next came the ox fairy, followed by the tiger fairy, rabbit fairy, dragon fairy, snake fairy, horse fairy, sheep fairy, monkey fairy, chicken fairy, dog fairy and pig fairy. Later, the Jade Emperor named them the Zodiac gods in turn according to their arrival order. I found that Cat Fairy, who was tricked into coming here, missed the opportunity to become the God of the Zodiac. But everyone only knows the plot of Rat Fairy and criticizes Rat Fairy. Cat fairy especially hates rat fairy who cheats him. Since then, the mouse fairy has become the object of everyone's shouting, and the cat fairy has always been hostile to the mouse fairy. China has a long history of ancient civilization, and the custom of 12 Zodiac has naturally spread to neighboring countries. Japanese scholars believe that China Zodiac culture was introduced from China, and its age was at least in the 8th century BC. Influenced by China culture, the 12 zodiac is also very popular. However, there are no rabbits or cats in their zodiac. It is said that this is because of a mistake in translation at first. Because "Mao" and "cat" are homophonic, Mao rabbit has been mistaken for a cat until now. The Cambodian 12 zodiac is the same as that of China, but the order starts with the cow and the mouse comes last. Thailand 12 Zodiac sequence is snake first, then dragon. In addition, Singapore, an island country in Southeast Asia, has a large Chinese population, so the custom of 12 zodiac has naturally spread. In fact, the custom of the zodiac is often accompanied by ancient civilization and is also global. It turns out that all four ancient civilizations have 12 zodiac signs. India's 12 zodiac comes from a very ancient time. According to the Buddhist scriptures, 12 gods each designated an animal as a chair, and these 12 animals later evolved into the Indian zodiac. They are mice, cows, lions, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, goldfinches, dogs and pigs. Compared with the 12 zodiac, it only changes the tiger into a lion and the chicken into a golden-winged bird. If China's zodiac originated from the totem worship of animals, then the Indian zodiac undoubtedly originated from myths and legends. The 12 zodiac signs in ancient Egypt and Greece are basically the same: cow, sheep, lion, donkey, crab, snake, dog, cat (Greek mouse), crocodile, flamingo, ape and eagle. The Babylonian 12 zodiac signs are cat, dog, snake, dung beetles, donkey, lion, sheep, monkey, crocodile and flamingo. Comparing the 12 zodiac signs of ancient Egypt, Babylon and Greece, they are similar. The amazing thing about the zodiac in Babylon is that it includes dung beetles. European zodiac signs are roughly the same, but most of them belong to astrology. In the Mexican 12 zodiac, the tiger, rabbit, dragon, monkey, dog and pig are the same as those in China, but the other six are completely different. China 12 species of animals, except the "dragon" is fictional, the rest are birds and beasts that we see every day. In India, Mexico and other countries, there are also "dragons" in the zodiac. Whether this * * * is accidental coincidence with the fictional "dragon" or is necessarily related is a mystery worthy of seeking an answer. The strangest thing is that there are only eight China Zodiacs in Myanmar, all of which are the names of planets in the universe, and their algorithms are also very unique. Unlike us and the French, there are several days in a week, that is, people born on Monday belong to the sun, those born on Tuesday belong to Mars, those born on Wednesday morning belong to Mercury, and those born on Wednesday afternoon belong to the stars. There are two zodiac signs on Wednesday, so there are eight zodiac signs in a week.

It is said that one day, the Jade Emperor called all the heavenly soldiers, generals and ministers of civil and military affairs to a meeting. The Jade Emperor said, "I want to divide time into twelve-year cycles. what do you think? The ministers replied, "Your Majesty is wise. Then the Jade Emperor said, "But I have a question. I'm going to use animals to distinguish these twelve years and divide them into twelve zodiac signs, but I don't know what animals to use, so I want to listen to your family's opinions. I wonder which one has a good proposal. After a silence, Prince Taibai spoke: "It's not like holding an animal race in the holy land. It is a great honor to stipulate that 12 people who first arrived in Kunlun Mountain can be listed as the zodiac. I believe many animals will participate. Hearing this, the Jade Emperor thought the suggestion was very good and decided to adopt it. Then the jade emperor immediately asked the messenger to convey the news of the game to all the animals on the earth. The cat and the mouse got the message and set off for the competition together (at this time, the cat and the mouse are very good friends). But on the morning of the game, the mouse had a bad heart. He added sleeping pills to the milk for the cat. The cat fell asleep after drinking, and the mouse set off alone. The mouse thought, "I started so early and the cat fell asleep again, so the champion must be mine." The mouse thought and ran, and suddenly found the cow in front. It turns out that cows are also very diligent animals, so they set off early in the morning. The mouse wants to say, "Anyway, the cow is so big that I won't be found by him. I can easily reach the finish line." So the mouse hid on the cow. After a while, I finally arrived at Kunlun Mountain. Before I reached the finish line, the mouse saw the opportunity, so I jumped forward and reached the finish line first, winning the first place, and the cow won the second place. However, after this incident, cats and mice became sworn enemies. Every time a cat sees a mouse, it will catch up and take revenge. The mouse often hides in the dark, fearing that the cat will find him. Next, I will talk about why the tiger won the third place. Because the cat and the tiger are relatives, they were very angry after being cheated, so they went to the tiger and hoped that the tiger could avenge him. Tiger is a loyal person. As soon as he heard the cat's request, he agreed to fly, that's all. He rushed to Kunlun Mountain with one breath to avenge the cat. Because the tiger ran fast, he reached Kunlun Mountain before the other animals arrived, so the jade emperor awarded him the third place, but the tiger didn't. Because the tiger is too fierce, no one dares to go against his words, so from now on, as long as anyone sees the mouse, they will chase it. This is the origin of "rat crossing the street, everyone shouts". Then the rabbit. Before taking part in this competition, the rabbit took part in a "tortoise-rabbit race", so it was delayed for a while and lost. When he reached the finish line at a fast speed, he asked the Jade Emperor, "Am I the first?" ! But the Jade Emperor said, "No, the mouse comes first." . The rabbit cried and said sadly, "I didn't expect to run so hard and only ran second." The Jade Emperor said, "No, the cow is the second." . The rabbit cried again and said, "why did I win the third place?" I am really unwilling. " The Jade Emperor said, "No, you came fourth, and Tiger came third. The rabbit can't help crying again, which is why the rabbit's eyes are always red, and it is also the origin of the idiom "A sly rabbit cries three times (in a cave)". Then there are dragons and snakes. Because they are very similar, they became sworn brothers and participated in the competition together, and they reached the finish line almost at the same time. However, due to the large size of the dragon, they blocked the small snake, so the jade emperor saw the dragon first and then the snake, so he decided that the dragon was the fifth and the snake was the sixth. Just after they crossed the finish line, the dragon accidentally slipped and hit the snake, so they got entangled and rolled down the hillside. Because looking at the mess, people say, "It's a mixed place of dragons and snakes. "This is the origin of the idiom' land of dragons and snakes'. Then the horse that won the seventh place. This horse is timid by nature, but on the way to Kunlun Mountain, it must pass an ancient tomb, Po. The horse is very scared, but it must pass. So he decided to cover his eyes so that he wouldn't be afraid if he couldn't see anything. So he blindfolded and quickly passed through Po's tomb, which is why all horses should be blindfolded in the future. Later, the horse felt that he was not running fast enough, so he put out his fifth foot (that is, whip) and ran away. Because he was much faster, he quickly reached the finish line and won the seventh place. This is the origin of the idiom "catch up quickly". Then the sheep. Sheep and deer originally set out together, but they had to cross Dongting Lake halfway. As there was no boat to ride on the lake, they decided to hold their breath and walk from the bottom. But after a while, the deer couldn't stand it. So the deer gave up the race and only the sheep were fighting. Finally, they crossed the lake to reach the finish line and won the eighth place. When others see the behavior of sheep, they can't help but sigh: "It's really' the sheep didn't exhale'! This is the origin of the idiom "Hold your head high". As for monkeys, chickens and dogs, they came back to Japan (today) to help Momotaro fight ghosts, so they arrived so late. They went to the finish line together. Originally, the Jade Emperor didn't know how to rank them. Later, he decided to rank them according to the order in which they met Momotaro, so monkeys ranked ninth, chicken chops tenth and dogs eleventh. Finally, 12 was a pig. You Zhu is lazy and heavy and can't run fast, so he runs last. As for other animals, why not come to the competition? Because everyone has other important things, it is not convenient to come to the competition. For example, Lin Wang the elephant, because it happened to be his birthday, many people celebrated his birthday, so it was not convenient for him to take part in the competition. As for the lion, the king of beasts, because he is very filial, his mother happened to be seriously ill, so he had to take care of her at home. Others were moved by his filial piety and often greeted him and said, "Hello, lion, your mother (from Taiwan Province). 」

The zodiac signs in China are arranged in the order of mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig. What is the basis? Why are there so few mice in front of the mighty tiger and dragon? Looks like there's no difference in size. There is a folk story about the arrangement of the zodiac. It is said that at the beginning of the basin, the Jade Emperor was in charge of the world. One day, he discussed with his ministers that twelve animals, including Zi Chou Yin Mao, Tatsumi Wei Shen You Xu Hai, were to be dominated into twelve animals, so he called all the animals in the world and gathered in the hall. The zodiac has been chosen, but the Jade Emperor is still worried about their order. At this time, a pig volunteered to help the Jade Emperor. The jade emperor was overjoyed and gave it the job. After the Jade Emperor retired from the DPRK, the scene began immediately. After a round of arguments, the animals recommended the gentle and generous old cow as the head of the zodiac, which was recognized by the tigers and dragons at that time. But the disruptive mouse was unconvinced, raised objections and suggested that it and the cow go to the people to see who was more noticed by the people, so everyone went to the streets together. When the old cow passed by, people didn't respond at all. Just then, the mouse rode on the back of the cow, and people immediately shouted that such a big mouse must kill it. Just then, the cow and the mouse ran away at once, and returned to the jade palace, and the mouse was complacent. The pig then arranged the yellow cattle behind the mouse as agreed. Although all animals are worthless to cows, pigs are thinking that no matter how big or small they are, they may benefit from it. When the dragon was defeated by the rabbit in the race, the dragon and tiger were furious and pointed out the right and wrong of the white pig. At that time, the beasts were frightened and immediately comforted the two kings. They elected the tiger as the king of the mountain, and the monkey put a gold plaque on the tiger's forehead. At that time, the rooster had a diagonal line, but he gave it to the dragon and elected the dragon as the overlord of the sea. From then on, the two kings were in charge of all animals on land and water, so that they were willing to take second place to rats and cows. However, after another wave of unrest, the hare who likes to make trouble flashed out again, saying that he was smarter than the dragon and should walk in front of it. The dragon flew into a rage and challenged the rabbit to run in the Woods. So the two beasts fought in the jungle and ran fast. Although dragons can walk in the clouds, on the way, a pair of dragon horns are entangled in thorns and cannot move. The rabbit went straight to the finish line and won this round, so he was ahead of the dragon. Monkeys, snakes, horses and sheep compete in acrobatics and are ranked according to the zodiac. Finally, only monkeys, snakes, horses, sheep and pigs are in an uncertain ranking. Pigs who like to fan the flames have a plan. They propose to divide four kinds of animals into two groups for acrobatic competitions, so red horses and green snakes become one group, while macaques and goats are the other. This red horse is eager to help others. At that time, the green snake had sixteen feet and walked clumsily, so on the other side, the goat was not so generous. It always hates that macaques are shallow on the grass, so when the monkeys ask the goats to cut off some wool to cover their own hair, the goats refuse. On the day of the competition, the green snake was dressed in a dragon suit. Once coiled around the tree like a vine, while sliding on the water, it was awesome. As for the macaque, although it can also make a series of somersaults, it has won a lot of praise. Unfortunately, when it was doing somersaults, a common people suddenly shouted, "Come and see the monkey's * * * is on fire." At this time, the macaque suddenly felt very embarrassed, fell from the tree when he was distracted, and lost the game. In this way, the green snake and the red horse are in front, and the macaque and the goat are behind because of disunity. The chicken was cheated by the dragon. Because of the failure of the game, the dragon is unhappy all day, complaining about the one given by the rooster, which is annoying. The rooster felt sorry after hearing this, and thundered kindly to let the dragon return. But the cunning dragon said that although the pair of dragon horns made it lose, it was not bad to decorate its appearance, and told the rooster that it would be okay to wait until the sun rose in the west. So, from the beginning, the rooster looked at the western hills before dawn every day, waiting for the sun to come out of the western hills, and kept calling the dragon, hoping to give it a diagonal line. The dog was fined for bad behavior, and finally the rabbit won. Tianquan also has a little credit, because before the race, Tianquan told the hare that its tail was too long and would hinder its progress, so he proposed to cut off the rabbit's tail, and the hare really won. However, when the dog arrived to congratulate the rabbit, the rabbit proudly said that the victory was entirely on his own, and had nothing to do with the dog. More importantly, Tengu lost its beautiful tail. Tengu really wanted to cry, so he was ashamed and angry and bit the rabbit's son. As a result, Tiangou was sentenced to the end for misconduct. Pigs are ranked last. When all the animals' zodiac signs were arranged, the pig thought he was the cleverest, so he wrote his name at the front and told the Jade Emperor the whole screening process in detail. Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor announced that he would put the pig last. He also denounced it as a useless fool, and even reduced it to a lower animal. Future generations should stay on the earth forever and be slaughtered by others. Since then, the Jade Emperor has arranged the twelve zodiac signs according to the earthly branches: rat, ugly cow, silver tiger, hairy rabbit, dragon, snake, afternoon horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, sea pig, etc., and issued the twelve zodiac signs to the world by decree. 2006-11-1315:17: 45 Supplement: Shuku:8080/ novel/children/12 Xiao Sheng/1.