Twelve Chinese Zodiac Signs 十二生肖(2 / 3)

Snake - 蛇 (巳) (Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Fire)

Hor - 馬 (午) (Yang, 3rd Trine, Fixed Element Fire)

Ram - 羊 (未) (Yin, 4th Trine, Fixed Element Fire)

Monkey - 猴 (申) (Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Elemeal)

Rooster - 雞 (酉) (Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Elemeal)

Dog - 狗 (戌) (Yang, 3rd Trine, Fixed Elemeal)

Pig - 豬 (亥) (Boar in Japan and Elephant in Northern Thailand) (Yin, 4th Trine, Fixed Element Water)

12生肖的來曆如何呢?我國古籍中記載,我國古代的中原地區,最初使用的是“幹支紀年法”。另外,關於12生肖來曆的說法還有:洪巽的《陽穀漫錄》中說,12地支中位居奇數者,以動物的指或蹄也為奇數相配,如子位居首位,與它相配的鼠為5指,地支中居偶數位的,則取相屬之偶數以為名,如牛與醜相配,為4爪。

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Eaimal reprents a different “personality”.

每一種動物有他們自己的“性格”。

Acc to legend, people held a fereh all the animals, inf them that they would pick the 12 to reprent the zodiac.

根據傳說,人們當初和動物們開了一個會,最先到會的動物們就可以進入十二生肖。

However, in spite of being fast, the cat was not picked as its clo friend, the rat, did not wake it. This a sparked off a rivalry that tiill this day.

而身為貓最好的朋友,老鼠卻沒有把貓叫醒去開會。因此,它們之間的戰爭一直持續到今天。

The year of the rat is regarded as a year of renewal, being the first year in the e zodiac cycle.

鼠是十二生肖之首,鼠年也因此被視為萬象更新的一年。

If you don’t want to reveal ye, give the name of an animal not in the cycle, like cat or elephant.

如果你不想透露你的年齡,就說一個不在周期(十二生肖)裏的動物,如貓或象。

In e there is a cycle of twelve years, each with a different animal.

在中國有十二年的周期,每年都有一隻不同的動物(十二生肖)。

Of all the animals of the e horoscope, the dog really stands out.

在所有中國的十二生肖當中,狗真的是最突出的。

Shengxiao is also the sourany traditional s and rends, and the animals are popular images that are en everywhere.

生肖同時也是影響很多傳統習俗和時代潮流的一個很重要因素,所以你在很多地方都可以看到那些讓人喜愛的動物圖片。

Uhe Western zodiac, it’s bad on a 12-year cycle acc to the lunar dar.

和西洋星座不同的是,中國生肖是以農曆來計算,十二年為一輪。

After the nap, the pig tihe rad was he12th and last animal of the zodiac cycle.

午睡醒來,小豬繼續比賽並且被命名為第十二個獲勝者,也就是最後一個生肖。

Rabbit is a meek and peaceful small animal, so in Asian tries and regions ud the twelve e zodiac signs as method for ting years, Year of the Rabbit should be a peaceful year.

兔子是溫順安詳的小動物,所以以十二生肖文化紀年的國家和地區的人們認為,兔年應該是個平和吉祥的年份。

For the e, the dargon was the greatest mascot and held sacred.

對中國人來說,龍是中國最大的神物,當然也是最大的吉祥物。

Year on has always been valued among years of twelve e zodiac signs.