The Zodiac, also known as the Zodiac, is twelve kinds of animals in China that match the twelve earthly branches according to the year of birth, including rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.
Domestic animals are highly domesticated animals and social products of long-term human labor. They have unique economic characteristics and can meet human needs. They have formed different varieties, which can reproduce normally under the condition of artificial breeding, and can change with the change of artificial selection and production direction, and their characters can be inherited stably.
Livestock generally refers to animals raised and domesticated by human beings, whose reproduction can be artificially controlled, such as pigs, cattle, sheep, horses, camels, rabbits, cats, dogs and so on. , generally used for food, labor, fur, pets, experiments and other functions. The "six livestock" mentioned by China people in ancient times refers to horses, cows, sheep, chickens, dogs and pigs, that is, the six most common domestic animals in ancient China.
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Baidu encyclopedia? domestic animal
Baidu encyclopedia? 12 Chinese zodiac signs