from 28 animals which represent 28 stellation 星座
in ancient Chinese astronomy
trace back to animal worship
神话故事 民间传说chinese legend and folklore
The Jade emperor (玉皇大帝), wanted 12 animal guards,
so he called all the animals to his palace to run for the position
and the order in which they arrived determined the animals place in the zodiac.
a profound influence on people's lives.
in Chinese astrology, Chinese zodiac is used to determine our personality, fortune and compatibility with others.
本命年与“犯太岁”based on your Chinese zodiac sign,
定义you need to explain that the Chinese animal zodiac is a rotating cycle of 12 years,
and benmingnian (本命年) refers to the other years
which have the same zodiac as the year in which you were born.
犯太岁you are likely to offend the god, (犯太岁), and very likely to have bad luck that year.
one way to protect yourself from the bad luck is to wear red, for example red lucky charm, or even red underwear.
each Chinese zodiac animal is also linked with a certain type of personality
Take people born in the year of the tiger as an example, they are said to be independent and have high self-esteem
子主题
Or the year of the dragon. Since dragon is traditionally the symbol of nobility and power, many Chinese couples want to give birth to a dragon baby.
天干地支And if we delve deeper into the Chinese zodiac and astrology, one thing to notice is the stem-branch calendar.
Stem-branch calendar, which is a calendar consisting of 10 celestial stems (十天干)
and 12 earthly branches (十二地支)
. And when they pair up with one another, this will form a 60 year cycle.
粮食收成与国运
these zodiac signs and the calendar were said
not only to decide people's destiny
子主题
but also to influence the harvest and a fortune of the whole nation.
