Mouse daughter: [sh incarnation]
Ugly cow: [chǒu niú]
Yin Hu: [Yin hǔ]?
Mao tu: [m t]
Chen Long: [Chen Long]
Snack: [Susie]
Horses in the afternoon: [黚黚]
Not a sheep: [Wei Yá n ɡ]
Monkey application: [shēn hóu]
Unitary chicken: [yǒu jθ]
Dog: [XGǒu]
Haizhu
The zodiac is an intuitive representation of the twelve earthly branches, namely, Zi (mouse), Ugly (ox), Yin (tiger), Mao (rabbit), Chen (dragon), Si (snake), Wu (horse), Wei (sheep), Shen (monkey), You (chicken) and Xu (chicken).
With the development of history, it has gradually integrated into the concept of folk belief, which is manifested in marriage, life, annual luck and so on. Each zodiac has rich legends, forming a conceptual interpretation system and becoming an image philosophy in folk culture, such as the zodiac in marriage, the blessing in temple fairs, the year of birth and so on. In modern times, more people regard the zodiac as the mascot of the Spring Festival and become a symbol of entertainment and cultural activities.
The origin of ten days' work and twelve earthly branches;
In his book "The Origin of Astronomy in China", Zheng believes that the myth of "Ten Days Born" originated from the ancient river in China, which is the embodiment of the concept of decimal chronology and should have originated from the fishing and hunting era of primitive society.
The "Twelve Earthly Branches" evolved from the myth that "there are two births in October" before the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and then gradually evolved into twelve Chen. Therefore, Zheng concluded: "Twelve Poems is probably the creation of Xia people."
Chen Zungui pointed out in the History of Astronomical Literature in China that "there may have been a branch in the Xia Dynasty more than 4,000 years ago". Du Shiran and others argued in the book History of Science and Technology in China that there was a ten-day dry calendar in Xia Dynasty, and the Shang Dynasty further used the dry calendar in Xia Dynasty, thus combining the ten-day dry calendar with the twelve earthly branches to form a sixty-week calendar.