十二生肖 12 Chinese zodiac

TheChineseZodiacAnimalSigns梁丹Content•Origins•Order•Belief•PersonalityandCharacteristics•ArtWhatisChineseZodiac?•Thewayofnumberingtheyears•Italsocalled“theHeavenlyStemsandEarthlyBranches(干支纪年法)1Theorigins•TheHeavenlyStemsandEarthlyBranches•Chinesenomadic（游牧的）peopleuseanimalstonumbertheyears2WhyistheChinesezodiacsystemsoimportanttotheChina?•Birthsymbolandmascot（吉祥物）withdifferentsymbolicmeaningsforeachoneaffectingtheirbehaviors,charactersanddestiny;•Peopleshowtheirstrongbeliefinfortuneandluckthroughtheanimalsigns;•Predictpeople’srelationship;3ChineseZodiacStoryTheJadeEmperoraskalltheanimalstoparticipatehisbirthdayandholdagreatrace.Thefirst12animalsthatcamecouldbegivenaplaceinthecalendar.4AtthattimeandneighborsBullied（欺负）swallowedtheangerheardthenewswakehimupThatdayriverwaitCarryratacrosstheriverHoweverdidn'tjumpoffabouttowinLeapt（跳跃）totheJadeEmperorbeforetheoxthesecondLaterThecat,onthetenthdayofthefirstlunarmonthwokeupearlyandhurriedonhisjourney.Whenhecametotheheaven,otheranimalsallmocked（嘲笑）himthathehadarrivedonedaylater.BecameenemiesChaseandtrytoeattheratWhyistherenocatintheChinesezodiac?Catisrare,notbecomecommonuntiltangdynasty.ButtheChinesezodiacappearedveryearlySothereisnocatintheChinesezodiac.5WhyinThatOrder•Folk（民间的）Story•AccordingtoChineseYinandYangTheory•Animalbehavior6WhydidtheChinesezodiacanimalsfixthenumbertwelve?Observedthephasesofthemoonandfoundthatthereis12-timesfullmooninayear.Dividedtwelvemonthsinayearand12two-hourperiodsinadayastheyregard12asthenumbergivenunderthewillofHeaven.Therefore,thetwelveEarthlyBranchesandthetwelvezodiacanimalsappearedafterwards.7Whychoosethepresenttwelveanimalsnotothers?•RelatedtoChinesepeople’sdailyandsociallife.8TheBeliefoftheChinesezodiacanimalsigns罗宇涵Content12ZodiacSignsandTimeBenMingNian(ZodiacYearofBirth)ChineseZodiacCompatibility（婚配）TheYear‘sHarvest（年成）NameNumerology（命理）Hours/TimePeriodDescriptionRatZiShi:11p.m.to1a.m.ratsactivelyseekfood.OxChouShi:1to3a.m.oxenruminate（反刍）.TigerYinShi:3to5a.m.Tigershuntpreyanddisplayfiercestnature.RabbitMaoShi:5to7a.m.TheJadeRabbitonthemoonisbusypoundingmedicinalherb（草药）withapestle（杵）.DragonChenShi:7to9a.m.Dragonsarehover（盘旋）intheskytogivepeoplerainfall.SnakeSiShi:9to11a.m.Snakesstarttoleavetheirburrows（洞穴）.12ZodiacSignsandTime1Hours/TimePeriodDescriptionHorseWuShi:11a.m.to1p.m.otheranimalsarelyingdownforanoonbreakwhiletheunconstrainedhorseisstillvigorous（精力充沛的）.SheepWeiShi:1to3p.m.ifsheepategrassatthistime,theywouldgrowstronger.MonkeyShenShi:3to5p.m.Monkeysbecomelively.RoosterYouShi:5to7p.m.Roostersreturntotheirroost.DogXuShi:7to9p.m.Dogsbegintocarryouttheirdutytoguardentrances.PigHaiShi:9to11p.m.Allisquietandpigsaresleepingsoundly.BenMingNian(ZodiacYearofBirth)Theanimalyearwhenapersonwasborniscalledhis/herBenMingNian(ZodiacYearofBirth).Itissaidthatinone‘syearofbirth,he/shewilloffend’Taisui‘（犯太岁）.Thatis,he/shewillmeeteitherexultation（得意）ormiseryduringthatyear.Thebestwaytoavoidmiserableeventsistowearredclothes,awaistband（腰带）,ordecorationssuchasaredbraceletandnecklaceasatalisman（护身符）thatmustbepurchased（购买）byothers.Ifthepersonhimself/herselfbuysthem,thefunctionofthetalismanisgreatlyreduced.Whatshouldhe/shedo?2ChineseZodiacCompatibilityInancienttimespeoplewerefaithfultoChineseZodiaccompatibilityandoftenreferredtoitbeforearomanticrelationship（恋爱关系）began.Evennowadayssomepeoplestillrefertoit.3BestMatchesfor12Signs:RatOx,RabbitandDragonOxRat,MonkeyandRoosterTigerDragon,HorseandPigRabbitSheep,Monkey,DogandPigDragonRat,TigerandSnakeHorseTiger,SheepandRabbitSnakeDragonandRoosterSheepRabbit,HorseandPigMonkeyOxandRabbitRoosterOxandSnakeDogRabbitPigTiger,RabbitandSheep4WorstMatchesfor12Signs:RatGoat,Horse,orRoosterOxDragon,Horse,Goat,DogorRabbitTigerSnakeorMonkeyRabbitOx,Dragon,RoosterorHorse.DragonDog,Ox,DragonorRabbitHorseRat,Ox,RabbitorHorseSnakeTiger,MonkeyorPigSheepRat,OxorDogMonkeyTiger,SnakeorPigRoosterRabbit,ChickenorDogDogOx,Dragon,GoatorRoosterPigSnake,PigorMonkeyTheancientsthinkzodiacyearcanreflectthequalityofthecropinthisyear.“Intheyearofthepig,thericeenoughtoeat.”“Intheyearoftheoxandthehorse,suitableforfarming”Usethiswordtodescribegoodcrop.TheYear'sHarvestTheseviewsaretooabsolute,thecycleofnaturaldisasterisn'texistrule.5NameTheancientsattachesgreatimportancetothename.Loudnamenotonly,butalsomakeupforfortune.SotheChinesezodiacnaturallybecomeanimportantreference.6Thepersonwhoisbirthedintheyearofthepig,shoulduse“豆”、“米”、“鱼”toname.Godswillblessyou,fameandfortune,wealthandcleanwillfollowyou.use“氵”、“金”、“玉”toname,thepersonwillbebraveandintelligent,shrewdandjustice,self-denialandwarmhearted,gentleandvirtuous.use“月”、“木”、“禾”toname，thepersonwillhavemanychildren,theenvironmentisgood.use“亻”、“山”、“土”、“艹”toname,thepersonwillbehandsomeandintelligent,personalloyaltyandcredit；use“糸”、“石”、“刀”、“力”、“血”、“弓”、“儿”、“皮”、“父”andsonotoname,badfortheirhealthorfamily,andfearofwaterandcar.1.Fitwithrabbit（卯）、goat（未）、rat（子）、ox（丑）喜用：①卯字根：昴、柳、卿、勉②未字根：味、妹、茉可用：①子字根：李、孙、存、厚、敦②丑字根：钮、生、特2、Notconformtosnake（巳）、monkey（申）忌用：①巳字根：虫、它、之、弓、几、陀、芝、弟、凡②申字根：坤、畅、侯3、Pigthefiveelements