中国文化十二生肖介绍英文版

有关十二生肖的英文介绍

It's interesting that we have 12 Chinese zodiacs in China,

and you have 12 sig ns in your culture.

More tha n 30,000 years ago, the Chin ese ani mal sig ns are a 12year cycle used for dati ng the years. They represe nt a cyclical concept of time, rather than the western linear concept of time. The Chin ese lunar cale ndar is based on the cycles of

the moon, and is con structed in a differe nt fashi on tha n the western solar cale ndar. I n the Chi nese cale ndar, the beg inning of the year falls somewhere betwee n late January and early February.

In traditi onal china, dat ing methods were cyclical, cyclical meaning something that is repeated time after time according to a pattern.

A popular folk method which reflected this cyclical method of record ing years are the twelve animal sig ns. Every year is assig ned an animal name orsign according to a repeating cycle: mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, drago n, sn ake, horse, sheep, mon key, rooster, dog and pig. You might found out that many Chin ese people stro ngly believe that the time of a person's birth is primary factor in determining that pers on's characteristics. Accord ing to one lege nd, Buddha in vited all the an imals

to his kingdom, but unfortunately, only a total of 12 turned up, Out of

gratitude, Buddha decided to name the year after each of the animals in their order of arrival. Actually, ox was the first, it get up early and the first set foot on the road which is the Buddha invited. By the way,

Oxrepresents the diligent people in china.In ancient times, people used ox farmland. But, the smartest mousejumped on top of the ox to be the first one to arrive, so the first arrival belonged to mouse, followed by the ox, then tiger, the rabbit and so on. The last one is pig.(cause it is lazy animal.) It is essential in China that every person knows which animal sign he is born under and most of Chinese truly believe that the signs reveal the hidden secrets of a person's birth is primary factor in determining that person's characteristics. mouse charm, 鼠Ox patient, 牛Tiger sensitive, 虎

Rabbit articulate, 兔

Dragon healthy, 龙Snake deep, 蛇Horse popular, 马Goat elegant, 羊Monkey clever, 猴Rooster deep thinkers, 鸡Dog loyalty, 狗Pig

chivalrous. 猪

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