One: the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac is composed of eleven animals originating from nature, namely the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig and the legendary dragon, used to keep track of the year, the order of the Zi Rat, the ugly ox, the c tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the afternoon horse, the unsheep, the monkey, the rooster, the dog, the Ohio pig.
Two: the twelve Chinese zodiac signs
Three: the origin of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs
According to legend, the mice and cats were neighbors at that time, but the cat is usually large body often bullied the weaker mice, mice on the cat is often only a sense of anger and dare not say. The cat has a sleepy problem, after receiving the order from the Jade Emperor, the mouse was happy: the opportunity to revenge on the cat finally came. As expected, the cat knocked on the door of the mouse's home, requesting the mouse to the Jade Emperor birthday celebration, wake it up to go together, the mouse agreed to down. In order to take revenge on the cat, early in the morning of the ninth day of the first month, the mouse quietly set off. Although the mouse got up very early, running also very fast, but to the wide river in the face of the waves of the river, it is worried, had to sit on the river waiting for other animals to cross the river, jumped on their backs with the help of their strength to cross the river. Waiting for a while, the earliest out of the cow, silently step by step to the river, the mouse while the cow swam into the water in the moment, agile jump to the cow's ears, the cow is usually known for its simplicity and helpfulness, so it is the mouse this speculative behavior does not care. Crossed the river, the rat felt lying in the cow's ear both comfortable, and save energy and did not jump down the intention, days near noon, the cow carried the rat to the jade emperor's home, when the cow just to enter the door, who knows the rat eagerly scurried out of the cow's ear, jumped to the jade emperor in front of the first, in this way, the rat finally achieved the first place. The ox, which had carried it all the way, only got the second place. A little later tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens and dogs also arrived one after another. The pig, though stupid, arrived on time and came in twelfth place. The Jade Emperor according to the order of their arrival one by one to give them for the annual rotation of life, the order of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac is thus determined.