The Year of the Ox and the Year of the Tiger is a special chronological method in ancient China, which is what we usually call the lunar calendar. Rat-ugly cow-Yinhu-Maotu-Chen Long-Sishu-Wuma-Weiyang-Shenhou-Ji You-Dog-Haizhu once every 0/2 years, and the ugly cow is followed by Yinhu in turn, so the Year of the Ox is the Year of the Tiger.
Legend of Silver Lake in the Zodiac
What is the magical legend about the origin of the zodiac tiger? In addition, we all know that the tiger has a "king" on his forehead. How is this an allusion?
In the ranking of the ancient Chinese Zodiac in China, in order to embody the principle of fairness, the Jade Emperor ordered that all animals on the earth can go to the Heavenly Palace and be selected on a specified day. The ranking order is the order in which animals arrive in the Heavenly Palace, and only the top 12 who arrive first are taken. The lion arrived at the Heavenly Palace after the mouse and the cow, so it ranked third. There are no tigers in the zodiac. However, because the lion is too cruel and has a bad reputation, the Jade Emperor wants to remove the lion from the list, but an animal must be added to manage the mountain forest. So the jade emperor thought of the tiger guards in front of the temple. Why does the Jade Emperor mean to let the tiger replace the lion? This must first talk about the origin of the "king" on the tiger's forehead.
The samurai guards in the Heavenly Palace used to be just an unknown animal on the ground. He learned eighteen martial arts from master cat, such as grasping, jumping, biting, cutting, rushing, jumping and patting, and finally became a mountain warrior. Anyone who competes with it will die or get hurt. From then on, it was majestic and dominated the mountains. Later, when the Jade Emperor heard that the tiger was brave and invincible, he ordered the tiger to be sent to the Heavenly Palace. When the tiger arrived in the Heavenly Palace, he competed with the Jade Emperor's bodyguard and won. Since then, the tiger has become the guardian in front of the Temple of Heaven.
Who knows, it didn't take long for the birds and animals on the ground to see that no one was in charge and began to run amok, which brought disaster to the world. This alarmed the land god, who quickly reported to the heaven and asked the jade emperor to send a god to take care of all the animals. The Jade Emperor sent a tiger down to earth, and every time the tiger won, he asked for a merit. The jade emperor only wanted peace on earth, and of course he readily agreed to the tiger's request.
When he came to the earth, the tiger knew that lions, bears and horses were the three most powerful animals at that time. It specifically challenges these three animals. With the tiger's bravery and superb martial arts, he defeated lions, bears and horses in succession. Other evil beasts fled at the wind and hid in the uninhabited forest wilderness. The world is full of joy, thanks to the great contribution of tigers to the world.
Back in the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor carved three horizontal lines on the tiger's forehead, because it won three battles in a row.
Later, the world was harassed by turtles in the East China Sea, and the earth was a * *, and the shrimp soldiers and crabs would do evil in the world. The tiger came to the earth again and killed the tortoise. As soon as the jade emperor was happy, he made great contributions to the tiger. Add a vertical on the forehead of Sanheng. Then, a striking "Wang" appeared on the tiger's forehead. Since then, the tiger has become the king of all animals, in charge of all animals. Today, a majestic "king" can still be seen on the tiger's forehead.