However, what is the origin of the zodiac? According to Chinese ancient books, which one was first used in the Central Plains of ancient China? Chronicle That is, the top ten astronomical phenomena A, B, C, D, E, Kyrgyzstan, G, Xin, Ren and Gui, and the twelve geographical phenomena, such as children, ugliness, yin, fur, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen and You. In recent years, the creation epic Dark Biography of the Han nationality has been discovered in Shennongjia area. There is a story about the origin of chasing: At the beginning of the world, Huang Xuan rode a beast and met Nu Wa. There are two meat buns next to Nuwa. There are ten men in the big meat bag and twelve women in the small meat bag.
Huang said: this is the revolution of heaven, helping heaven to rule Gankun. ? As a result, they were named separately, commensurate with husband and wife, and became androgynous. Men are called heavenly stems and women are called earthly branches. This creation myth tells the story of Ganzi, the God of Huang Xuan, the God of Nu Wa and the Yin and Yang of Gan Kun. Born? Push it a little further. In the northwest of China, some nomadic people use animals to determine their age. "Tang Shu" records:? The state of Pujia Temple is marked by twelve events. If it is a cloudy year, it is called the Year of the Tiger. ? In addition, in the Song Dynasty's Biography of Tubo, it was also recorded that the Tubo leaders recorded the year by events in the narrative. Taoism once belonged to the Japanese, the year of the rabbit and the year of the horse. ? Later, in the communication between the Central Plains and ethnic minorities, the two calendars collided with each other, forming the present zodiac. As Zhao Yi pointed out in Kao Yu Cong in Qing Dynasty, at the beginning of the custom of building a monument, there was no saying that ugly pubic hair was twelve years old, but that rats, cows, tigers and rabbits were eighteen years old.
Immersive search spread in China, and they lived together. In Cao, Ye Shijie explained the origin of the zodiac in this way: the performer matched the twelve Xiao with the twelve Chen, and each Xiao had its own shortcomings, such as toothless rats, toothless cows, toothless tigers, toothless rabbits, toothless dragons, toothless snakes, cowardly horses, toothless sheep, toothless monkeys, boneless chickens, toothless dogs, boneless pigs and people. There are other kinds of statements. For example, the Yellow Emperor should choose 12 animals to be on duty in the sky on time ... and select 12 animals such as rats, cows and tigers through competitions.