On the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac is how to arrange the order, said there is an interesting story:
Chaos is divided, the heavenly stems and earthly branches have just been fixed time, the Jade Emperor ordered the universal call to the world's animals, according to the son, ugly, c, d, e, c, s, f, n, wu, not yet, shen, you, xu, xu, hu, hei twelve twelve branches of the earth to select the twelve The news is that the animals in the world have to be selected according to the twelve earthly branches.
After the news spread, alarmed the flower cat and the mouse this two good friends. Flower cat said to the mouse: tomorrow five to Heaven should be selected, I have a sleepy problem, then you can shout me ah!
But early the next morning, the untrustworthy mouse secretly got up and left without saying goodbye.
On this day, the beasts of the Spirit Temple Yunan set, began to be selected, the Jade Emperor, according to the difference between heaven and earth, singled out dragons, tigers, cows, horses, goats, monkeys, chickens, dogs, dogs, pigs, rabbits, snakes, rats twelve kinds of land and water beasts for the twelve phases of the genus. The rooster, with its two beautiful horns, was also included in the beasts.
The Jade Emperor just want to rank them, only to see the black beaver pig flashed out, don't look at it was born clumsy, but specializing in trouble, it played: the Jade Emperor has chosen a good leader, I would like to help the king to share the worry, when a fair person, for the brothers in order to rank. The Jade Emperor was very happy to hear this, and instructed the pig to be impartial, and then left the court.
Once the Jade Emperor left, the twelve signs of the zodiac into a pot of porridge.
At the beginning, everyone unanimously elected the gentle, generous old bull in the first place, even the mighty tiger, the dragon also respect it a few points, agreed. However, the mouse in the corner of the wall but drilled out, protested. It said, "I am the biggest in terms of the number of big, do not believe that let's go to the earth to compete, listen to the people's comments. So, the old bull and the mouse came to the street market.
The cow walked through the crowd, people did not react. At this time, the mouse giggled and climbed to the back of the cow to play a stake to the people on the street have yelled: good big mouse! When people take out sticks to come to fight, the mouse has long run away.
The rat came back to brag, all the animals are for the bull to fight, only the black pig secretly happy, it feels that only such a size is not divided, good and bad difficult to distinguish, in order to fish eyes and pearls, and their own profit from it, so it is the brush first picked the first rat, after the row of the old bull.
This can be annoyed at the side of the tiger and the dragon, it two loud clamor, shocked the crowd of animals trembling. The animals were busy worshipping the dragon and the tiger, and unanimously elected the tiger as the king of the mountain and the dragon as the king of the fishery, overseeing the world. The monkey wrote a golden tablet for the tiger and hung it on the tiger's forehead, and the rooster gave two horns to the dragon. From then on, Canglong wore the crown of laurels. Tiger and Canglong had the power on earth, and they were willing to take the place after the mouse and the old bull. At this time, another troublesome hare jumped out, it sneered and said: Hey, hey! In terms of looks I'm about the same as a mouse, in terms of size I'm bigger than a mouse, and I'm the guard of the king of the mountain, so I should be in front of the king of the sea.
The dragon heard a great anger, said: you do not have to mess around, not convinced that we will try than try. The black pig heard just what he wanted, busy said: a deal, you than the race to run it, let the hound to do your referee.
Dogs and chickens have always been at odds, it saw the chicken to please the dragon, they want to take the opportunity to tease them a little bit, it chose a thorny track, secretly said to the rabbit: your tail is too long, will hinder the race, to bear the pain. He cut off a large portion of the rabbit's tail, leaving only a bit of the tail root.
The race began, Canglong prancing clouds, a few moments to fly to the front to go, but when running to the bushes when the corner was hung up by the vines, how can not be taken off. The hare leaped eighteen ridges, a breath of running to the end.
The black pig ignored the objections of the animals, and ranked the rabbit before the dragon after the tiger.
The dog went to the hare to congratulate him, and he sold it to the hare, saying, "If you don't choose such a track, and if you don't cut off your tail, you won't be able to win today. The hare is holding that cut off the thick tail regret, listened to the dog, skimming the three-valve mouth, said: Humph! I am based on the ability to win, without you, I can not lose this beautiful tail it! The dog heard, eyes are angry red, it said: since you have the ability, then we also walk a time! The hare arrogantly said: what is difficult, I run first, you can catch up with me, I invite you to eat bones. Then he ran up proudly. The hound sharpened his claws, and chased after him like an arrow. In a short while, it caught up with the hare, and it bit the hare's neck with its mouth, and ate it while saying: well, now it's my turn to gnaw on the bone.
For this, the dog was also punished, and was placed at the end of the line.
After the dragon lost the race, he often complained behind his back that the pair of chicken horns were hanging up on him. The rooster heard this and regretted and was saddened, and he came to the sea and said to the dragon: brother dragon, since these two horns are of no benefit to you, please give them back to me. The dragon said cunningly: although these two horns have harmed me, they can adorn my instrument; it is not difficult to give them back to you, but you have to wait until the sun goes out of the west mountain and the moon goes down to the east sea. After saying that, it is a jerk to dive down to the bottom of the sea. Naive rooster believed in the truth, it every day before dawn to get up, looking forward to the sun out of the western mountains, but also from time to time to stretch their necks, to the sea call: dragon brother - brother! Horns - still - I
From then on, the rooster lost two horns and was also ranked in the back.
Only the monkey, the snake, the horse, the sheep, and the pig were left undecided in their rows. Pig and ulterior motives to incite up: monkey brother is the king of juggling on land, snake brother is the water swimmer, which of you first and which after? After much discussion, they decided to conduct another folk test on earth and perform acrobatics. The green snake invited the red horse, the monkey invited the goat, so that it two help to make costumes and props.
At that time, the snake had twelve legs under its belly, and walked clumsily and slowly. The red horse is a helpful doer, it is not silent with a thin skin to the snake to do a go tube dragon clothes, dragon clothes above the horsehair braided chevron pattern, very nice. The red horse double from the underbelly scraped a layer of grease painted on the dragon coat, so that the dragon coat is very slippery. Green Snake put on the dragon clothes, cover the stupid legs, with sliding instead of walking, both sensitive and beautiful.
The goat usually hate the monkey, smack it all day jumping up and down, give it trampled grass, so the monkey's help is not so enthusiastic, the monkey wants to make up for the defects of the bare buttocks, the body of the goat to ask for help: goat big brother, please cut me a little fluffy hair, so that I can make up for the back buttocks it. Goat unhappy said: the day to be cold, you know I all rely on this body treasure coat it! The monkey had no choice but to remain butt-naked.
On the day of the competition, the serpent was wearing a dragon coat, a moment in the branches of the tree coiled like a vine, a moment in the water sliding like a shuttle. It raised its head and neck, only with the tip of the tail on the ground, performing a variety of acrobatics, people applauded again and again. The turn of the monkey show, only to see it climb the bar, swinging, also won a lot of applause, when the show to hang upside down bamboo curtains, the monkey with the tail tip rolled on the branch, head down to do a variety of thrilling action, suddenly heard someone shout: look ah! Monkey butt eye on fire! People laughed loudly. The monkey has always been protective, it blushed and panicked, busy with the tail to cover the buttocks, only to hear the sound of a flutter, head down a face full of flowers.
In this way, the green snake and the red horse in the front, the goat and the monkey in the back.
After the animals ranked, the black pig wrote himself in the forefront, and said: this time it is my promotion and wealth, fame and fortune! It came to the Temple of the Spirit, saw the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor took the seating plan, took a look at it, and without saying a word, ticked off the black pig's name at the front and put it at the end. So, the Jade Emperor let the Great White Gold Star according to the earth's branches row written: the son of the rat, ugly cattle, c tiger, rabbit, chenlong, snakes, afternoon horse, ungoat, Shen monkey, You chicken, Hundred Days Dog, Ohio pig twelve birthdays table, and descended an oracle, so that the duty of the day Gongcao to the earth to release.
Arrangements have been determined, the Jade Emperor's anger has not disappeared, and give the black pig approved a few words:
Useless fools, inverting black and white.
Punished to eat repeatedly, a year a slaughter.
The black pig was devalued, all of a sudden angry a big belly. It lies in the nest all day long, no longer lazy meddling. However, sometimes still itchy heart, can not hold back, with the mouth of the arch this and that, to make right and wrong.
The mouse returned home, happily stroking three and a half whiskers dancing, the sleeping cat woke up. The cat asked: not yet time? The mouse said: early over, we have also competed for the first it! Mouse to the flower cat colorful bragged about their own good behavior. The cat was annoyed and said: I told you again and again, why don't you call me? The mouse said: you do not have long ears? I told you to go, you also Xing robbed my position! Cat heard, angry long whiskers upside down, almond eyes round, it opened its sharp claws, an arrow pounced on the mouse ate.
From then on, the cat and the mouse became generations of enemies.