The zodiac is determined according to the traditional calendar of China, and the zodiac corresponds to the twelve earthly branches. For example, the year of the tiger is a cloudy year, and every twelve years is a cycle. For example, Gregorian calendar 20 10 basically corresponds to the year of the tiger, which is the year of Gengyin.
Sixty years of Jiazi, Tiangan 10, Dizhi 12, just 60 people complete a cycle.
The ancients thought it was a bit complicated and difficult to remember, so they thought of using animals to represent complex earthly branches, that is, the zodiac. Rats, ugly cows, silver tigers, hairy rabbits, dragons, snakes, afternoon horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and porcupines.
The meaning of each word—
1, Zi: It means "Zi", which means that everything sprouts under the active yang.
2, ugly: it is new, and the yang does not fall into the world.
3. Yin: it means to move and lead, which means that everything begins as Yin.
4. Mao: It's Mao, everything is Mao.
5. Chen: It means earthquake, and everything grows because of vibration.
6. Hey: From the beginning, it means the exuberance of Yang.
7. Noon: It means that everything is grand and dense.
8. W: It's a taste. Everything has a taste.
9. Shen: It means the body, which means that everything in the body has been achieved.
10, unitary: it means old, everything is old.
1 1, Xu: It means destruction, everything is destroyed.
12, sea: meaning nuclear, everything gains.
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Zodiac killer and time-
1, from 23: 00 pm to 0 1 pm the next day, when the mouse belongs to the child, it is the time when the mouse moves in the dead of night, which is called "child mouse".
2. From 0/kloc-0 to 03 o'clock, it is an ugly cow. Cattle are used to eating grass at night, and farmers often get up late at night to feed them, so they are called "ugly cows".
From 03: 00 to 05: 00, it belongs to Yin Shi. At this time, the tiger crouching at night is the fiercest. The ancients often heard tigers roaring at this time, so they were called "silver tigers".
4.05:00-07:00, it's Shi Mao. Rabbits leave their nests at dawn and like to eat grass with morning dew, so they are called "hairy rabbits".
5. From 07: 00 to 09: 00, it is the time of day. It's usually foggy at this time. It is said that Longxi is walking in the clouds, which is worth the rising sun, so it is called "Chen Long".
From 6.09: 00 to 1 1: 00, it was the fourth time. The fog cleared and the sun was shining. The snake came out of the hole to feed and pretended to be the "fourth snake".
7. 1 1 arrives at 13, which is noon. In ancient times, wild horses were not tamed by humans. Every noon, they run around and scream, so they are called "afternoon horses".
8. From 13 to 15 is out of date. Some places are called "sheep out of the slope", which means that this is a good time to herd sheep, so it is called "no herding sheep".
9. From15 to 17, it belongs to Shenshi, and the sun is west. At this time, monkeys like to crow, so they are called "Shenshi monkeys".
From 10 and 17 to 19, when the sun goes down, the chickens whirl in front of the nest, so they are called "unitary chickens".
From 1 1, 19 to 2 1, it is time for the dog to take a rest after a hard day's work. The dog lay in front of the door guarding it. It barks and barks when there is movement, so it is called "licking the dog".
12, 2 1: 00 to 23: 00, it's sea time, and you can hear the pig arch in the dead of night, so it's called "sea pig".
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