Chinese Zodiac
Our country's yearly calendar is very different from other countries, in Chinese traditional culture, we are used to use the twelve Chinese zodiac signs to represent the year, from the head of the lineup of the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the chicken, the dog to the pig at the end of the lineup, one kind of animal to represent a year, a **** there are twelve kinds of animals to do the representations. I asked my mom, "Why is there a mouse in the Chinese zodiac and no cat?" Mom then told me a very interesting story.
One day a long, long time ago, people said to choose twelve animals, one year by an animal as the human zodiac. There were so many animals in the sky, how to choose? People thought of a way, set a date, the animals to enroll, choose the first twelve animals to do the zodiac.
The cat and the mouse were neighbors and good friends, and they both wanted to sign up. The cat said, "Let's go to the registration together tomorrow! But I always sleep, what to do?" The mouse said: "Never mind! Tomorrow I will get up early in the morning and then wake you up, won't that be fine?" The next day, the mouse got up early and ran to enroll, forgetting to wake up the cat. As a result, the mouse became the first of the twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac, and when the cat woke up from his nap and ran to the spot, the twelve animals were already full, and the cat was angry that he hadn't been chosen. From then on the cat and the mouse were enemies. Hee hee! No wonder the cat wants to catch the mouse!
2. How to write an essay on the Chinese ZodiacAn essay on the Chinese Zodiac
Legend has it that a long, long time ago, before the twelve Chinese zodiac signs were selected, the gods in heaven, in order to select the twelve Chinese zodiac signs, posted a large notice for the animals to come to sign up. At that time, the cat and the mouse are very friendly with each other, the cat got the news, immediately told to the mouse, and said to the mouse: "Mouse brother ah, I am a sleepy person, tomorrow morning when you wake up, can you wake me up ah?"
As soon as the mouse heard this, he readily agreed. The cat was so relieved for the mouse that he went to bed peacefully. The next morning, before the sun came up, the mouse got up, and it yawned lazily and stretched. Because he was so excited, he had long forgotten about waking the sleeping cat. The mouse 'giggled' and walked out of the house, happily striding towards the registration site. As he walked, he suddenly saw the strong old ox, hurrying towards the enrollment place.
The mouse saw, very anxious, in this urgent moment, the mouse eyeballs a turn, an idea like lightning deep into its mind, it smiled and walked forward, false to the old cow said: "Dear uncle cow, hello, you are not going to enroll ah? You are up so early, the sun is only out for a little half a head. I didn't sleep well last night." Saying this, it pretended to yawn and put on a helpless face, and without waiting for the old ox to answer, it went on to say, "Excuse me, may I sit on your back? It is just right to have a companion on the road." The old ox was confused by these sweet words, and it stopped dumbly where it was; the mouse seemed to read its mind, and put on a pitiful and pleading expression, and then sighed. The old cow looked at it, and hastily agreed: "Yes, of course."
The old cow just finished, the mouse will "miso" a jump to its back, proudly set up legs, looking around. When the old cow and the mouse almost to the registration site, the sun has come out half a head, the rooster loudly chirping, the animals in groups to the registration site. The cat, who had not heard the mouse call him, was asleep and did not know that the sun was already shining on the ***.
And the cunning mouse saw the enrollment site, it jumped up, quickly slipped from the head of the old cow down, gleefully to the enrollment site to go. The old bull found fooled, angry and fire, to the mouse rushed over. But it was too late, the mouse has long been to the registration site, the old ox can only be beside the sigh. The cat, when it woke up, the sun was already shining, it rushed over, the registration has long been over.
Now you know why there is no cat in the Chinese zodiac, and why the mouse is in front of the old ox?
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A long time ago, dragons were adopted by the Jade Emperor, so they enjoyed glory and wealth every day. And, of course, the dragon knew everything that was going on in the sky.
One day, the Jade Emperor sent out a list asking all the animals to compete for the throne of the zodiac. But the quota was only twelve. The dragon was the first to know about this, and immediately went to please the Jade Emperor in the hope of becoming the first of the twelve zodiac signs. A year went by in the blink of an eye, and the animals practiced hard the night before the competition in order to be the first in the zodiac. But what about the dragon? It was in bed thinking: we dragons are favored by the Jade Emperor, even if my last place is not afraid, he will help our first place.
The next day, the stadium was crowded with almost all the animals. The start! Twelve athletes began the intense game. As expected, the dragon was in first place in the first half. In the second half, the dragon became more and more proud of himself; the happier he became, the more he walked slowly, laughing at the other players from time to time. The game was finally over, the Jade Emperor stood on the podium and said: "Now, I announce that the first place is" At that moment, the blood of the whole audience froze for a moment, "Old-rat! Second place, Ox! Third place, tiger! Next, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Throat, Chicken, Dog, Pig!" The whole audience cheered. But the dragon cried, and said, "It's all because I was too proud that I didn't get first place in the Zodiac." Then he flew back to his Dragon Palace in the East China Sea, and never had the face to come out and see anyone again.
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There are many traditional cultures in our country, such as paper-cutting, drama, Chinese painting, the twelve Chinese zodiac signs ...... and I am the most favorite twelve Chinese zodiac signs.
The Chinese zodiac is composed of twelve lively and lovely little animals. The people who belong to the horse are me, my back table ...... and my relatives are different, some belong to the snake; some rats and rabbits; some belong to the sheep; and some belong to the king of the forest "tiger" and so on.
The words composed of these animals are rat's eye, bull's head and horse's face, tiger's head and snake's tail, cunning rabbit's three grottoes, dragon's flight and phoenix's dance, snake's foot, horse's success, sheep's mending, the year of the monkey and horse's month ...... The names of the twelve signs of the Chinese Zodiac are the Zi Mouse, the ugly ox, the Yin Hu, the Mao Rabbit, the cinnabar dragon, the Si Snake, the Wu Horse, the Wei Sheep, the Shen Monkey, the You Ji, the Huxu Dog, and so on. and so on.
Do you think the Chinese zodiac is interesting?
3. how to write the composition of the Chinese zodiacChinese zodiac
One spring, the cat is sunbathing under the eaves, overheard the bull and its daughter-in-law is saying: "In two days, the organizing committee decided that all the animals to go, the previous 12 animals were selected as the most industrious animals, they can do the people's phases. " Cat heard, can be happy bad, it immediately told the good news to a good friend mouse. The mouse said, "I'll call you in the morning of the next two days, so you can sleep in peace!" Because the mouse knew in his heart that cats are notoriously lazy.
The days went by, and soon it was the third day, and the mouse got up at 1:00, and it did not wake the cat, but went by itself.
In this way, the mouse got first place, and the cat and the mouse became enemies.
4. How to write an essay on Chinese ZodiacChinese Zodiac Our country's annual calendar is very different from other countries, in the traditional Chinese culture, we are used to use the twelve Chinese Zodiac signs to represent the year, from the head of the line of the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Chicken, Dog to the last pig, an animal represents a year, a **** there are twelve kinds of animals to do the representative.
I asked my mom, "Why is there a mouse in the Chinese zodiac and no cat?" Mom then told me a very interesting story. One day a long, long time ago, people said they would choose twelve animals, one year by an animal as the human zodiac.
There are so many animals in the world, how to choose? People thought of a way, set a date, the animals to sign up, choose the first twelve animals to do the zodiac. The cat and the mouse were neighbors and good friends, and they both wanted to sign up.
The cat said, "Let's go to the registration together tomorrow! But I always sleep, how to do?" The mouse said, "Never mind! Tomorrow I get up early in the morning, and then call you to get up is not it?" The next day, the mouse got up early and ran to enroll, forgetting to wake up the cat. As a result, the mouse became the first of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, and the cat woke up from sleep and ran to the scene when the twelve animals were full, the cat was not selected, very angry.
From then on the cat and the mouse became enemies. Hee hee! No wonder the cat wants to catch the mouse.
5. Write an essay on the 12 zodiac signsA long time ago, there were no zodiac signs. The Heavenly Emperor felt bad about the lack of animals in the row. So he ordered the animals to hold a race, the first twelve animals to arrive can get the required ranking, the race was set three days later, beside a small river. This news let the animals know, they have their own home to prepare for the race three days to, to participate in the race of the animals are: mouse, cow, tiger, cat, sheep, rabbit, dog, horse, dragon, snake, monkey, chicken, pig.
The race began, the strength of the animals are not similar, they have to go through three projects: obstacles hurdles, around the river long-distance running 5 laps, the last obstacle is to cross the river, the water in the river is very fast, if you are not careful, you will be swirling rolled in. In the face of heavy obstacles, the animals are more fighting spirit, obstacles hurdles and around the river run 5 laps animals have passed, the most difficult is to cross the river, because a day ago there was a heavy rain, the river rolled up the vortex, not careful will be dead.
The animals have used their own specialties over the creek: the dog is swimming past, the mouse and the cat is sitting on the body of the cow to cross the river ...... The mouse and the cat is the pair of enemies, the mouse did not think that the cat also came to participate in the animal row competition, the mouse whispered to himself: "I and the cat is an enemy, I and the cat to participate in the race is not okay, in case the cat and the cat to participate in the race. It's no good for the cat to participate in the competition, what if it gets first place, so that it will bully us, the mouse clan, with the first ranking of the cat clan. No, I'll push it down the river." The cat vaguely heard something and asked the mouse, "What were you talking about?" The mouse didn't answer, so it pushed the cat down the river with all its strength. The cat was gradually washed away by the current, and the mouse was so proud that it said happily, "Great, I'm number one." When the ox carried the mouse to the other bank, the mouse jumped off the ox's back and ran like mad toward the finish line, so the mouse won first place. Immediately after that, the ox got second place, and the tiger got third ...... When the pig reached the last place, the cat only came busily, and when the Heavenly Emperor saw this, he said to the cat, "O cat! The twelve animals have been complete, and though you were thirteenth, the mouse pushed you down the river. From now on, if you cats of the Cat Clan see rats of the Rat Clan, eat them! This is also compensation for your cat clan." When the Heavenly Emperor finished speaking, he took the twelve animals and left ......
From then on, when the cats of the Cat Clan saw the mice, they pounced on them and ate them, and the mice questioned them, "Why do you hurt the mice of our Rat Clan?" The cats of the Cat Clan replied, "Because this is compensation from the Emperor of Heaven for us." And the mice? But all day long they do petty thievery, hiding in dark places and not daring to come out, because all the time there are cats guarding the entrance to their holes.
6. three of the zodiac to write an essayWhy is the mouse in the zodiac in the first place? And how did the cat and the mouse come to be feuding? Let's read the story and think about these two questions together!
Once upon a time there was a cat, one day the Jade Emperor came to the cat's home to the cat mysteriously said to the cat: "Hello cat, I'll give you a task - as long as you get the eleven months of the animal I will let you do inside the best seat." The cat listened to the heart of the heart all of a sudden happy flowers, thought: if I sat in the best seat ...... cat thinking about thinking immediately acted, may be too excited to do so.
The cat first went to the house of the old bull, when the cat and the Jade Emperor to talk, a cunning, clever mouse is listening in the corner, let the cat as the king of the matter was known to the mouse, the mouse began to calculate how to take down the first so that the cat does not get the "boss" of the title of the plan - - the mouse while the cat went to notify the old bull that the cat would not be able to "boss" this title. -The mouse took advantage of the cat to inform the old bull when the fast darted to the Palace of Heaven, and then to the Jade Emperor said a lot of rhetoric, and finally the Jade Emperor was said to the head to let the mouse to be the first. The cat came with eleven animals to collect the prize, but when the cat saw the mouse, it was angry, because the mouse robbed him of the "boss" position.
The cat looked for the Jade Emperor to comment, but the Jade Emperor said: "This son is full of can not accommodate, and can not be changed at will." Cat heard anxious: "That ...... that can not make an exception once?" "No, this is the rule of our Heavenly Palace." The Jade Emperor said sternly. The cat had to go back to his house, and at the moment of walking back, the cat glared fiercely at the mouse. After a while, the mouse came back as well, and he said to the cat arrogantly, "Well? You won't be able to be the king from now on!" The cat got angry, and he suddenly pounced on the mouse, scaring him so much that the mouse hurriedly slipped into his house and never came out.
That's how the cat got into a feud with the mouse, and that's how the mouse got to be number one. You guessed it right?
Instructor: Cao Shuangzhi
In the ranking of the zodiac, why is the mouse small for big, in the first place? This question first let the human philosophers and today's wise man puzzled: on the physical size, the mouse is very small, let a person a lift can play open in the palm of the hand.
Selection and arrangement of the Chinese zodiac The choice of the twelve animals in the Han Chinese zodiac is not complicated, and it is close to the daily and social life of the Han people can be guessed. Among the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, they can be roughly divided into three categories: one.
Why is the rat first in the zodiac? The origin of the twelve zodiac signs and legends "Dharma Garden Pearl Forest" cited the "Great Collection of Sutra" said the origin of the twelve zodiac signs said: "Yama Floating outside, the four sides of the sea, there are twelve beasts, and is the bodhisattva guide. The first birth of the human path, when the Bodhisattva.
7. On the zodiac essay six hundred wordsHope to adopt, O (∩_∩) O Thank you!
The Year of the Pig is coming to an end, the Year of the Rat is approaching. Now is the year of 2009 and 2008 wuzi rat year alternating year. In the twelve zodiac signs, the pig is in the last place, the rat ranked first, so there is a "rat boss" said.
In ancient times, people will be divided into twelve hours a day and night, when an hour is equal to two hours now. For example, the middle of the night for the son of time, sunrise for the dawn, noon for the noon, sunset for the You time. Ancient people according to the time of animal activities, the twelve hours with twelve kinds of animals. Zi time is eleven o'clock in the evening to the next morning, this time is the most active time of the rat, so Zi time with the rat with the genus.
In our country, the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac are y rooted in people's hearts. When it comes to age, the people tend to say the first phase. To the year they belong to the Chinese zodiac, known as the year of birth. In people's minds, the year of birth is unlucky for the owner, to wear a red belt or wear a red shirt or something to avoid a sacrifice. Why is the year of birth inauspicious? It may be a psychological effect. For example, if you are a rat, in the year of your birth, you should show your true colors and stop taking human form. Linking people with animals in the Chinese zodiac, does it show that there is an inextricable chain of relationship with nature in the Chinese mind? People are a member of the natural world, people and animals live on the same planet, is a close friend relationship, with an esoteric word, that is, "everything and I am one".
Twelve zodiac signs, half of the domestic animals, and five are common tiger, rabbit, snake, monkey, only a virtual animal dragon. Domestic animals are raised by people, have feelings with people, and serve people. The other five have a more complicated relationship with people. Such as the tiger, is hurtful to the animal, but it is in people's impression is a symbol of might; rabbit and monkey is not listed as livestock, but also people's friends; only the rat and the snake, is an animal that people loathe, why the rat is listed as the zodiac? Some people analyze because of the rat's fertility, and clever, for the ancients envy, so the rat as the first of the twelve zodiac signs. As for the snake, the image is very bad, describing the bad guys as "snakes and scorpions". But because the image of the dragon is a manifestation of the snake totem, our ancestors played the imagination, there is a dragon this noble identity, the snake can not help but climb, so called "small dragon".
It is said that people born in the year of the rat is smart, cheerful, romantic, rich in sense of humor and observation, I wish everyone who belongs to the rat so say.
Said the tiger
Along with the bell of the new year, the golden pig swayed to us, and in my mind appeared twelve live little animals. These little creatures always represent so beautifully, and I often see them dashing about in all sorts of little books.
In the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, I like the tiger the most, the tiger is brave and courageous, I am most like him is the head, my head is round, my ears are small, its ears are also small, so every time my mother led me out, met her friends will say that I look like a tiger's head, how about it? It's not nonsense to say I look like a tiger! When a tiger sees a monster, it will bravely pounce on it and bite it, no matter what kind of difficulties it encounters, it is not afraid, and this is also my advantage, because I am a man. I once hand was stool clip, then hand purple, although very painful but I did not cry, I am brave like a tiger.
I really want to be a really brave tiger in the Chinese zodiac. I would like to be a really brave tiger in the Chinese Zodiac, so that I can be the center of attention every day in the next Year of the Tiger!
8. Five animals in the Chinese Zodiac 200 wordsDo you know why there is no cat in the Chinese Zodiac? Do you know why the mouse is in front of the old ox? If not, let me tell you!
Legend has it that a long, long time ago, there were no zodiac signs, and the gods in heaven, in order to rank the zodiac signs, put up a big notice for the animals to come and sign up. At that time, the cat and the mouse are very friendly with each other, the cat got the news, immediately told the mouse, and said to the mouse: "Mouse brother ah, I am a sleepy person, tomorrow morning when you wake up, can you wake me up ah?" When the mouse heard this, he readily agreed. The cat was so relieved about the mouse that he went to bed peacefully. The next morning, before the sun came up, the mouse got up, and it yawned lazily and stretched itself. Because he was so excited, he had long forgotten about waking the sleeping cat. The mouse 'giggled' and walked out of the house, happily striding towards the place where he had signed up. As he walked, he suddenly saw the strong old ox, hurrying towards the enrollment place. The mouse saw, very anxious, in this urgent moment, the mouse eyeballs a turn, an idea like lightning deep into its mind, it smiled up to the old ox, false to the old ox, said: "Dear uncle cow, hello, you are not going to enroll ah? You are up so early, the sun is only out for a little half a head. I didn't sleep well last night." Saying this, it pretended to yawn and put on a helpless face, and without waiting for the old ox to answer, it went on to say, "Excuse me, may I sit on your back? It is just right to have a companion on the road." The old ox was confused by these sweet words, and it stopped dumbly where it was; the mouse seemed to read its mind, and put on a pitiful and pleading expression, and then sighed. The old ox looked at it, and hastily agreed: "Yes, of course." Just as the old ox finished speaking, the mouse jumped onto its back and proudly raised its legs and looked around. When the old cow and the mouse arrived at the registration place, the sun had already come out most of the head, the rooster chirped loudly, and the animals set off to the registration place in groups. The cat did not hear the mouse called it, so huffing and puffing, do not know that the sun has been in the *** on the. The sly mouse saw the enrollment site, it jumped up, quickly slipped from the head of the old cow down, gleefully to the enrollment site to fly. The old bull found that he was fooled, angry and furious, to the mouse rushed over. But it was too late, the mouse has long been to the registration site, the old ox can only be next to the sigh. The cat, when it woke up, the sun was already shining, it rushed over, the registration has long been over.
Now, do you know why there is no cat in the zodiac, and why the mouse is ahead of the ox?
9. how to write an essay on how to become a zodiac signIt took us about an hour or so by cab from the Zhangjiajie Railway Station to reach the Yellow Dragon Cave Square.
The square is huge! I was in awe: it was about a dozen times the size of our school playground! But it's not monotonous at all. The square has a Victorian concert hall, there are pocket gourds and pumpkins, twelve Chinese zodiac marble statues, and large and small waterwheels.
I marveled in my heart: Huanglong Cave, the periphery of the scenery is still so rich, that the scenery inside the cave must be even more fascinating. Thinking about it, unknowingly arrived at the entrance to the Yellow Dragon Cave.
Above the cave entrance, "Huanglong Cave" three big words with red paint are particularly conspicuous. Approaching the cave, a cool breeze came to us, making us cooler under the scorching sun.
But once in the cave, only secretly complained bitter: as if to the winter, cold people shivering. But I have no choice but to shiver and follow the guide.
After walking through the cave "throat" 100 meters long corridor came to the first attraction we viewed - "Dragon Dance Hall". See high on the cliff wall there is a not too small grottoes, grottoes all over the large and small, different forms of stalactites and stalagmites, in the colorful light backdrop, can really be like a brilliant light, fantasy stage.
Listening to the guide said that this is the place where the Dragon King dances, and it is also the smallest hall in the cave. Looking at the Dragon Dance Hall, I suddenly thought: maybe the Dragon King is in this hall, is enjoying the dance! After leaving the "Dragon Dance Hall", I viewed many stalactites and stalagmites that surprised me.
I don't know how far to go, but to the cave in the first dark river - water depth of more than ten meters "ringing water river". Listen to the guide introduced in this bottomless river actually live in this national second-class protected animal giant salamander (also known as dollfish).
We sat on the boat, while playing in the cool water while watching the guide pointed out the scenery on both sides of the river bank. One of the most striking was a vivid "dragon head" (a huge stalactite).
The stalactite is above a pair of tree-like branches of the exquisite "dragon horn", "dragon horn" below, a pair of green bowl mouth large "eyes" staring at us menacingly, making a person look at the creepy. Make a person look at the creepy, more terrible is the "eyes" below the door as wide as the half-open half-closed to reveal the sharp teeth of the "mouth", it seems that a bite can be swallowed alive to eat the whole life. Although the dragon head is very scary, but it is one of the most striking sights of Huanglong Cave, "Huanglong Cave" name also comes from.
On the shore, I really feel the beauty of the Yellow Dragon Cave: as if entering the "Dragon Palace". There are lofty "cedar"; layers and layers of "thousands of fields"; straight up in the sky "rocket" 1, 2; naughty "Huaguo Mountain "little monkeys" of the "Mountain of Flowers and Fruits"; the "granary" of the "grain harvest"; the marvelous and touching "piano"; the glorious "Harem" ...... is really dazzling, dazzling.
But the most attractive to me is the Dragon King's treasure - the top of the "sea god needle". Just see a thin and long stalactites towering between the stones, the height is far more than the stones, like a branch of the plum alone, cranes.
This is the longest stalactite in Huanglong Cave, only 5, 6 meters from the top of the cave, but also the iconic scenery of Huanglong Cave, Huanglong Cave is not to view the "Sea Needle", that can be a pity. Huanglong Cave in addition to the "Dragon Palace" known, there is a hole in the only need to buy another ticket sightseeing "labyrinth" is also very famous.
We left the Dragon Palace and went to see the Labyrinth. "The stalactites and stalagmites in the Labyrinth are not spread out like in the Dragon's Palace, but many of them are connected and most of them are dripping with water.
It is so connected, visitors will be a little lost, so the name "labyrinth". In the "maze" natural alabaster stalagmites all over the place, there is a wave roll like a stone flower.
I thought: this ticket is really not in vain, compared to the majestic rough "Dragon Palace", this "labyrinth" is more delicate and lovely. Out of the "labyrinth", through the second dark river in the cave - "labyrinth" under the "crystal river" on the bridge
The cave is the only place where you can see the Huanglong Cave, and it is the only place where you can see the Huanglong Cave, and it is the only place where you can see the Huanglong Cave.
To this day, the sights of Huanglong Cave are still in my mind from time to time, and I really hope that I will have the opportunity to revisit it again! Your article has begun to mature: the shift is well used, the article is clear. Descriptions are detailed, imaginative and relatively rich, emotionally real, clear center.
There are shortcomings: the attractions are too rich, with our temporary language level to write or a little difficult to grasp the feeling. I suggest that the detail of the attractions of one to two to write some of the fullness has been enough.
10. How to write the ancient Chinese characters for the zodiacThe ancient Chinese characters for the zodiac are written as follows: 1, Rat 2, Ox 3, Tiger 4, Rabbit 5, Dragon 6, Snake 7, Horse 8, Sheep 9, Monkey 10, Rooster 11, Dog 12, Pig
Expansion Information: Analyzing the animals associated with the twelve Earthly Branches, it can be found that in the Yellow River Valley and Yangtze River Valley of ancient China, there were animals such as rats, tigers, snakes, monkeys, rabbits, etc., which had a very close relationship with the daily life of human beings. The mouse relies on human life; monkey and ape similar to the ancient ape is the ancestor of mankind; snakes and tigers called "poisonous snake tiger", although often infested with people, but also intervene in the daily life of people; snake is the immortal immortal guardian deity; officials pay attention to the tiger, will be called the tiger after the door. The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac are also known as the "six animals", that is, cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, chickens, pigs and other six kinds of livestock. The "six animals" were first domesticated animals and birds for economic or other purposes. The term "six animals" was first used in Zuo Zhuan - Xi Gong 19 years, in which "six animals were not used in ancient times, and large animals were not used for small things". The term "six animals" was first used in Zuo Zhuan - Xixi Gong Nineteen, "In ancient times, six animals were not used for small things". By the Han Dynasty, the six animals had become a common word, "six animals Fanchang", "six animals Fanxian" is often used as an auspicious phrase engraved on the bronze mirror or bronze seal. The six animals are the core of the Chinese zodiac, accounting for half of the total number of zodiac signs. The dragon was recorded in the pre-Qin period, but not yet deified. Zuo Zhuan - Xiang Gong 21" said: "deep mountains and swamps, real dragons and snakes". By the Han Dynasty, the dragon was listed as one of the four spirits, and images of the dragon appeared in various works of art, which became familiar to people. Later, the dragon became the symbol of the Chinese nation, and the Chinese people called it "the heir of the dragon". In this way, the dragon has become one of the core animals of the Chinese zodiac, along with the six animals. The correspondence between the characters of the Earth's branches and those of the Chinese zodiac may also come from people's observation of the animals' habits. East Han Dynasty scholars such as Xu Shen claimed that the word "巳" is a pictogram for snake, and the word "亥" is a pictogram for pig. Recently, people have studied the oracle bone inscriptions and gold inscriptions, and they also believe that the glyphs of some of the characters of the earth's branches and the Chinese zodiac characters are similar or of the same origin. In short, the animals of the Chinese zodiac are closely related to human life, as is the case in foreign countries. The twelve beasts of the Indian calendar include the lion; the twelve beasts of the Egyptian and Greek calendars include the lion, donkey, crab, cat, crocodile, flamingo, and eagle; and the twelve beasts of the Babylonian calendar include the cat, dung beetle, donkey, lion, falcon, flamingo, and crocodile which are not found in the Chinese Zodiac. All of these animals originated from the natural environment and the life of the local people in each country. And China in the pre-Qin period, the Yellow River basin and Yangtze River basin appeared in the six animals as the core of the zodiac, the other animals have not yet been fixed; to the Han Dynasty, added the dragon, the zodiac stereotypes and began to popularize; the Wei, Jin, North and South Dynasties period is gradually common, to the Sui and Tang dynasties, a great flourish, decorated with a large number of objects of the zodiac.