Hang on the zodiac signs

Since ancient times, the zodiac signs have pinned the initial beliefs of the Chinese, and the beautiful meaning symbolic of the zodiac is accompanied by the growth of generations of Chinese ancestors.

We all recite the zodiac signs in order: mice, ugly cows, Yinhu, rabbits, Chenlong, viper, noon, shaped sheep, Shen Monkey, chicken chicken, puppet dog, Hai pig. Regarding the twelve zodiac annual law, the earliest "On the Heng · Chaoshi" of the Eastern Han thinker Wang Chong: "Yinmu also, its poultry tiger also. Ugly poultry cattle, no bird and bird. Mu Shengtu, so dogs and cattle and sheep are also served by tigers. Haishui also, its poultry is also. Fire also, its birds and snakes also, the son also water, the poultry and rat Also. At noon, the poultry horses also ... 酉, chicken also. 卯, rabbit also. Shen, monkey also. "

The twelve zodiac signs of the zodiac year are the unique methods of the age of the year, and the twelve animals are used as a symbol to distinguish the differences of the year.其实谈十二生肖，中国最初的历法是用甲、乙、丙、丁、戊、己、庚、辛、壬、癸十种符号，和子、丑、寅、卯、辰、巳、午、未, Shen, Yi, 亥, Hai, and twelve symbols, even with couples, Qi and Qiqi calculated year, month, day, and time. Ten Jiazi.

The Zodiac Mirror of the Sui Dynasty

13.65 cm diameter

Palace Museum

The Palace Museum has the "Zodiac Bronze Mirror" in the Sui Dynasty. The zodiac mirror bronze mirrors are mainly popular in the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. Due to the circulation of Taoism, the zodiac signs of the people have been displayed in various patterns and spread to various times.

After the Song Dynasty, due to the rise and fall of Taoism and the wishes of the rulers, the patterns of the zodiac signs also appeared in various forms of patterns with the large fusion of the nation. Pass and develop.

Qing rosewood embedded jade twelve crickets sunflower box

7.5 cm high, caliber 18.9 cm

Palace Museum

The Palace Museum hidden "Rosewood Embedded Jade Twelve Castle Flower Box" is rosewood, sunflower, mother mouth, short circle feet. The center of the lid surface is embedded with black and white jade Tai Chi map. It is surrounded by white jade zodiac signs, and the edges of the lid are embedded with silver wire. The Taiji map and the zodiac signs are constantly tipped and deformed. It can be seen that the shape of the zodiac signs is different, arranged in order, and lively.

We have a little more good and close feeling for our own animals. This simple cultural emotion is not only found in folk people, but also ancient emperors.

Song Huizong, who is the most characteristic of the Northern Song Dynasty, is a dog. At that time, a minister named Fan Zhixu played: "Dogs are his own destiny, and slaughtering dogs is a disrespectful behavior, and it should be completely banned." Song Huizong felt that it made sense, so he described it: the world banned dogs.

Of course, under the unanimous protest of the Tai students, Song Huizong had to take his life, and the banning order did not really implement it. It can be said that the zodiac culture has long been an important element in traditional Chinese culture, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and passed down from generation to generation.

Jingtai Lan Ruyi Life

This year is the year of Ren Yin (the year of the tiger), which is determined according to the traditional Chinese calendar. The "tiger" in the zodiac corresponds to Yin in the twelve earthly branches.

In the first year of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor Taishang Emperor Yuci Pension Silver Medal

Guanfu Museum Collection

Although in a long history, most of the pension cards have been merged and reconstructed, but some of them have been reserved to this day. The Beijing Pavilion of Guanfu Museum has a silver medal for the first year of Jiaqing's "Taishang Emperor Yuci". (According to the exam, the word "Yuci Pension" was written by the Minister of Military Aircraft and University A Guishu).

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