There is also a folklore about pigs becoming zodiac animals.
In ancient times, there was a rich man. The fertile land is vast and childless. Who knows that when I was near the flower, I got a son. Happy family, congratulations from friends and relatives. This is a grand banquet to celebrate the successor.
On holidays, a Xiangtu came to the child. When he saw the child's broad forehead, big face, wide ears, full heaven and white fat, he asserted that the child must be a very happy and rich person.
That fat boy was born in happiness and grew up in happiness. He stretched out his hand to wear clothes since he was a child, making a living, not practicing martial arts or farming. He just idles around, thinking that his fate is fixed and he is extremely rich, so he doesn't have to work hard. I didn't know that when children grew up, their parents died, their wealth declined, their land was sold, and their servants were scattered. The fat boy still lived a luxurious life until he finally starved to death in his room. The fat man lingered after his death, complaining to the underworld that he was born rich and could not die so miserable. Yan took the ghost to the jade emperor in heaven and asked him to judge. The Jade Emperor summoned the kitchen god on earth and asked how this seemingly rich man could starve to death in his room. Kitchen God told the fat boy that he didn't study, didn't farm, lived in an open space and wasted money. The Jade Emperor was furious. He told the police officer to obey orders and told the fat boy to obey his orders. The Jade Emperor said, "Although you are lucky, you are lazy. Now you are punished as a pig and eat coarse chaff. " This time coincided with the selection of the zodiac in the Tiangong, and the poor officials in this Tiangong all listened to "eating coarse bran" as "being a zodiac". Bring this fat man to reality at once. From then on, the fat man became a pig, eating coarse chaff, and became the zodiac.
On the other hand, pigs have become the zodiac through their own efforts. On the day when the zodiac was arranged in the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor stipulated that it was necessary to arrive at the Heavenly Palace at a certain time, and the first zodiac was chosen as the zodiac. Pigs know that benzene goes slowly, so they get up in the middle of the night and queue up to do the zodiac. Because of the long distance and many obstacles, the pig climbed to the Nantianmen very hard, but the time for arranging the zodiac has passed. But the pig begged, and so did six other animals. Finally, he moved his mind and put the pig in the worse gate, becoming the last zodiac. In this way, horses, cows, sheep, chickens, dogs and pigs have all become human zodiac signs.
At 9- 1 1 (that is, "Shihai"), pigs sleep the most, snore the loudest, shake muscles the most and gain meat the fastest, so Shihai is a pig.