Introduction to Chinese Zodiac Culture-十二生肖

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1、ChineseZodiacCulture中国生肖文化TheChineseZodiacanimals，isaschemethatrelateseachyeartoananimalanditsreputedattributes,accordingtoa12-yearcycle.IthaswidecurrencyinseveralEastAsiancountriesbesidesmainlandChinaandTaiwan.Doyouknowthe12zodiacanimals？TheoriginofChi

2、neseZodiacTheChineseZodiaccameintouseintheEasternHanDynasty.Itwasfirstusedinourwesternandnorthernnomad(游牧民族).Itwasthecombinationofanimaltotems(图腾)andthe12EarthlyBranches(12地支)Hanpeopleusedtodesignateyears.12EarthlyBranches(12地支)Zi子(EarthlyBranch1)---rat

3、Chou丑(EarthlyBranch2)---oxYin寅(EarthlyBranch3)---tigerMao卯(EarthlyBranch4)---rabbitChen辰(EarthlyBranch5)---dragonSi巳(EarthlyBranch6)---snakeWu午(EarthlyBranch7)---horseWei未(EarthlyBranch8)---sheepShen申(EarthlyBranch9)---monkeyYou酉(EarthlyBranch10)---roos

4、terXu戌(EarthlyBranch11)---dogHai亥(EarthlyBranch12)---pigWhytheseanimalsarearrangedinthisorder?Itrelatedwiththemaintimethattheanimals’activityrulesofaday.Rat（Zi，23:00-01:00）——findfood………Snake（Si，09:00-11:00）——keepwarm……..Pig（Hai，21:00-23:00）——sleepdeeply

5、ChineseZodiacandPersonalityThetwelveanimalswasdivideintosixgroup，andreflectourancestors’hopeThefirstgroup-----RatandOxWisdom+hardworkingThesecondgroup——TigerandRabbitValiancy+carefulThethirdgroup——DragonandSnakeintrepid+pliableThefourthgroup——HorseandSh

6、eepPrecipitant+UnityThefifthgroup——MonkeyandRoosterFlexible+constantThesixthgroup——DogandPigLoyalty+easygoingRatAmousecanseeonlyaninch.（鼠目寸光）OxCastpealsbeforeswine.对牛弹琴SomeidiomsabouttheanimalsTigerNothingventure,nothinghave.不入虎穴，焉得虎子RoosterWilyrooster

7、hasthreeburrows.狡兔三窟Dragonlongtoseeone'ssonsucceedinlife望子成龙SnakeAburntchilddreadsthefire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳Horseahorsegallopingwithoutastop马不停蹄Sheepanarrowwindingtrail羊肠小道MonkeyAmongtheblindtheone-eyedmanisking.山中无老虎，猴子称霸王。RoosterEvenfowlsanddogsarenotspared

8、.鸡犬不宁DogAdogwillleapoverawallindesperation.狗急跳墙PigEnvyalwaysshootsatahighmark.人怕出名猪怕壮Thankyou！