When did the zodiac first appear?
In ancient times, in order to let ordinary people remember the year of their birth, scientists adopted the simplest method of animal chronology, which was later called "Zodiac Year". The Book of Songs is the earliest record of the zodiac in the existing literature. There is a word "Jiri Wu Geng" in The Book of Songs Xiaoya Jiri, which means a good time to ride a horse and hunt. This is the earliest example of the afternoon horse.
Yu chose the animals on duty on time.
According to legend, a long time ago, the Jade Emperor wanted to select 12 kinds of animals to be on duty in the sky on time. After the news came out, all the animals in the world wanted to be one of them, competing to be selected. In order to be fair, the Jade Emperor let the animals compete and finally selected 12 animals. When fighting with the giant elephant, the mouse got into the elephant's nose, defeated the elephant, won the applause of all animals, and was listed as one of the selected 12 animals. 12 This is how the Chinese zodiac was born.
Zodiac and heavenly stems and earthly branches
According to the records of ancient books in China, in the ancient Central Plains, the dating method of trunks and branches was first used, and there were also 12 animals to simply date them. By the Sui Dynasty, the Central Plains calendar had spread to the northwest of China, but they only absorbed 12 kinds of animal chronologies. From this, the twelve zodiac animals spread.
The zodiac has many origins. What exactly is the origin of the zodiac remains to be explored.
The above is about the year when the dragon was born, and it is about the sharing of the zodiac. I read the comparison table of the Year of the Loong, I hope this will help everyone!