The Origin of the Zodiac Pig

What are the stories about pigs and dogs in the zodiac?

As one of the six animals, pigs have an unusual relationship with people in China, and most of their meat comes from pigs. A pig's whole body is a treasure for people to adopt. As a big agricultural country, pigs have an indissoluble bond with hundreds of millions of farmers. People recommend twenty kinds of animals as the zodiac, and naturally they will adopt the animals closest to their lives as their representatives. It is of course a natural thing for pigs to become the zodiac.

There is another folk legend about the pig becoming the zodiac.

in ancient times, there was a gentleman who was rich. The fertile land is vast, but there are no children under the knee. Who knows that when I was close to the flower, I got a son. Happy family, congratulations from relatives and friends. It's a big banquet to celebrate the successors. At the time of the feast, a Xiangtu came to the child, and when he saw the child's broad forehead, big face, wide ears, full heaven, white and fat, he asserted that the child must be a man of great happiness and great wealth. The fat boy was born in happiness and grew up in happiness. Since he was a child, he stretched out his hand in clothes, made a living, didn't practice martial arts, and didn't do farming. He just idled around, thinking that his fate was fixed and he was extremely rich, so he didn't have to work hard. I didn't know that when the child grew up, his parents died, his family fortune declined, his land was sold, and his servants were scattered. The fat boy still lived a lavish life until he finally starved to death in his room. The fat boy lingered after his death, and complained to the underworld, saying that he was born rich and expensive, and he could not die so bleak. Yan took the ghost to the jade emperor in heaven and asked him to judge. The Jade Emperor summoned the kitchen god on earth and asked how this rich-looking man could starve to death in the room. The Kitchen God told the fat boy about his behavior of not studying, not farming, living on empty land, and wasting his money. When the Jade Emperor heard this, he was furious. He told the police officer to listen to the edict and told the fat boy to be at his disposal. The Jade Emperor said, "Although you are lucky, you are lazy. Now you are punished as a pig and eat coarse chaff." This period of time coincides with the selection of the zodiac in the Heavenly Palace, and the poor officials in this Heavenly Palace have listened to "eating coarse bran" as "being a zodiac". Immediately bring this fat boy down to earth. From then on, the fat boy became a pig, eating coarse chaff and becoming a zodiac sign.

Origin of the Pig Zodiac The pig is the last of the twelve zodiac signs, and it belongs to the "Hai" with the twelve earthly branches. Therefore, the "Hai" at twelve o'clock in the day-from nine to eleven o'clock in the evening is called "Pig", and Yi Gua is called "Pig as material".

Pigs are one of the six animals, and the relationship between China people and pigs is extraordinary. Most of people's meat comes from pigs. A pig's whole body is a treasure for people to adopt. As an agricultural country, pigs have an indissoluble bond with hundreds of millions of farmers. People recommend twelve kinds of animals as the zodiac, and naturally they will use the animals closest to their lives as their representatives. Of course, it is natural for pigs to become the zodiac.

There is another folk legend about the pig becoming the zodiac.

In ancient times, there was a gentleman who was rich and had fertile land, but he had no children under his knees. Who knows that when I was close to the flower, I got a son. The family is happy, relatives and friends * * *, and there is a big banquet outside to celebrate the successors.

At the feast, a fortuneteller came to the child, and when he saw the child's broad forehead, big face, wide ears, full heaven, white and fat, he asserted that the child must be a man of great fortune and great wealth.

This obese child is blessed with happiness. Since he was a child, he only knew how to reach out with clothes, made a living, didn't practice martial arts, and didn't do farming. He just idled around, thinking that his fate was fixed and he was extremely rich, so he didn't have to work hard. I didn't know that when the child grew up, his parents died, his family fortune declined, his land was sold, and his servants were scattered. The fat boy still lived a lavish life and finally starved to death in his room.

After his death, this fat boy lingered on, complaining to the King of Hades in the underworld that he was born rich and could not die so miserably. Yan took the ghost to the jade emperor in heaven and asked him to judge. The Jade Emperor summoned the kitchen god of the world and asked how this rich-looking man starved to death in the room. The kitchen god told the fat boy about his behavior of not thinking about his studies, not farming, sitting on empty land and wasting his money. When the Jade Emperor heard this, he was furious. He told the police officer to listen to the edict and told the fat boy to be at his disposal. The Jade Emperor said, "Although you are lucky, you are lazy. Now you are punished as a pig and eat coarse chaff." This period of time coincided with the selection of the zodiac in the Heavenly Palace, and the poor officials in this Heavenly Palace listened to "eating coarse bran" as "being a zodiac". Immediately bring this fat boy down to earth. From then on, the fat boy became a pig, eating coarse chaff and becoming a zodiac sign.

Another story says that the pig became the zodiac by his own efforts. On the day when the zodiac was arranged in the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor stipulated that he must arrive at the Heavenly Palace at a certain time, and took the twelve animals that arrived first as the zodiac. Knowing that he was stupid and slow, the pig got up in the middle of the night and hurried to queue up to be the zodiac. Because of the long distance and many obstacles, the pig worked hard to climb to the Nantianmen, but the time for arranging the zodiac has passed, but the pig begged hard and the other six animals pleaded for it. Finally, he moved the gods and put the pig into the Nantianmen, becoming the last zodiac. In this way, horses, cows, sheep, chickens, dogs and pigs have all become the human zodiac.

At 9-11 pm, that is "Hai", at this time, pigs sleep soundest, snore loudest, shake their muscles the most, and gain meat the fastest, so Hai is a pig.

in the zodiac, what is the origin of the pig? Pigs are very familiar domestic animals, and people call them the first of the six livestock. It's worthy of the name that pigs are bring up the rear's thing in the zodiac, which ranks last in the zodiac. The history of raising pigs in China has been seven or eight thousand years. In many ancient tombs, as far away as Neolithic human sites, there are many remains of pigs, because they often measure their status and wealth by the number of livestock, so it is very important to bury pigs or use them as sacrifices. At the time of family sacrifice, Chen Gou stayed in the room and sacrificed his family, so "home" is the word "Gou" under the treasure cover, which is the origin of the word "home" we use today. Some people also explain that raising a pig under the living room in farming society.

in ancient Chinese, there are different expressions about pigs. Dialect says: "Pig ... Kanto is called a pig, or a pig, while Southern Chu is called an L, and his son is called a dolphin, or a pig. Wu Yang called it a pig. " The word ""in Chinese characters means boar and ""means sow. Among the people, pigs have many nicknames, such as Gang Zhui, Hai Shi, Dredger Shi, Black-faced Lang, General Wu, General Long-beaked, Marshal Tianpeng, Wu Yang, and Wu Jin ... Therefore, Du Fu said in his poem, "My family has Wu Jin, and I am stunned. Interestingly, a kind of pig raised in the southwest mountainous area of China is called Wujin. In the area of Wumeng Mountain and Jinsha River, the region, image and folk customs are so organically integrated on pigs, which shows the rich cultural connotation of pigs in China's farming civilization. People in our country often compare pigs to the image of being lazy. Pig Bajie is a well-known trinity of man, pig and god. Although it is a myth, human nature and pig love are vivid and attractive, which also reflects the folk customs in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. In the west, the symbolic meaning of pigs is similar, but in some places it is different from the East. In ancient Germany, there was a pig carving playing bagpipes, which represented * * *, and it was thought that dreaming of pigs was related to sex. Scotland has a folk custom of making pigs pull carts. There are also countries that use pigs to find pinecones, blast mines and even check drugs. In English, there are also rich expressions for different pigs. Pigs are called Pig or Swine, boars are called boars, Sows are called sow, piglets are called Piglet, and pigs are called Sounders.

The history of human eating meat is much longer than that of raising pigs. Raising pigs is mainly for eating meat. According to Pig Production, edited by Yang Commune, pork accounts for the highest proportion of all kinds of meat consumption in the world, accounting for about 4%, and it is even higher in China, accounting for about 67%. China is also the country that consumes the most meat in the world. After all, does it have a large population? Therefore, pigs are called the king of meat and livestock for urban and rural residents in China. The number of pigs in China ranks first in the world, reaching 485.6 million in 1998 and 429.1 million in 1999. According to the statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the World (FAO), in 21, the number of pigs slaughtered in the world reached 1,172.34 million, but there are obvious regional characteristics in global pig raising, and the pork production ranks first in Asia, accounting for more than 55.38% (8% of which is in China). Europe accounts for 27.46%; North America and Central America accounted for 12.72%; South America accounts for 3.2%; Africa accounts for .64%; Oceania accounted for .52%. Among the developed countries in the world, China ranks first, and the United States ranks second. In addition, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, Denmark and France are among the top countries in the world that export live pigs.

How did the pig in the Chinese zodiac come from? It is said that heaven and earth were born at the beginning of life, and there was no gap, so gas could not escape, and materials could not be used. When bitten by a mouse, gas escaped and materials could be used. Rats have the magical power to open celestial bodies, and they belong to rats when they are young. The mouse opened the gap between heaven and earth, and the cow came out to cultivate the ground, so the clown belonged to the cow. Legend has it that people were born in Yin, and the word "Yin" has the meaning of awe. In ancient times, people were most afraid of tigers, so Yin was a tiger. Maoshi has entered the early morning, but the sun has not yet come out. It is the moon that illuminates the earth, and the only animal in the moon palace is the "Jade Rabbit", so Maoshi is a rabbit. Legend has it that it is the time when the dragons are raining, and they naturally belong to dragons at this time. Snakes are good at using grass to hide their whereabouts. It is said that when they were young, they didn't swim on the road where people were walking and couldn't hurt people, so they belonged to snakes. At noon, the yang reaches the limit, and the yin is just about to produce, so the horse can't run without the ground. It belongs to the yin animal, so it belongs to the horse at noon. Legend has it that sheep eat untimely grass, which does not affect the regeneration of grass, and it belongs to sheep when it is untimely. Shen has the meaning of "stretching", and monkeys are best at stretching, bending and climbing, so Shen is a monkey. At this time, the chicken began to return to the nest, and at this time it was a chicken. When it is getting dark, the dog begins to "work" and watch the house and protect the hospital. At this time, it belongs to the dog. When it is night, everything is silent and the world is chaotic, and pigs, like the chaos of heaven and earth, know nothing except "eating", so Haishi naturally belongs to pigs.

Story of the Origin of the Zodiac There is a myth and legend about the origin of the Zodiac:

It is said that the Jade Emperor wanted to choose 12 kinds of animals as representatives, and then he sent immortals down to tell the animals about it, and set a time to run in the Tiangong at Maori, Uzuki, in the year of Mao, the earlier he came, the more he swallowed up, and the later ones could not. At that time, cats and mice were still good friends. The cat loves to sleep, but he also wants to be chosen, so he asks the mouse to call him then. But the mouse forgot as soon as it turned its head. The mouse went to the old cow, saying that he got up early and ran fast, and asked the cow to take him then. The old cow agreed

At that time, dragons didn't have horns, but chickens did. The dragon told the chicken that the chicken was already very beautiful, and there was no need for horns, so he asked the chicken to lend it to him. When the chicken heard the flattery of the dragon, it was very happy, so it lent its horns to the dragon and told him to pay him back on time after the election. The dragon readily agreed.

In the year of Mao, Uzuki, many animals rushed to the Heavenly Palace, while the cat was still sleeping.

the mouse sits on the back of the cow. After arriving in heaven, the mouse jumped. The Jade Emperor said that the mice arrived first, making them the first. Old steak is second; The tiger also arrived later, ranking third; The rabbit also arrived, ranking fourth; Dragon came late, but he was big. The Jade Emperor saw him at a glance, and saw that he was so beautiful, so he was ranked fifth, and said that his son was ranked sixth, but Dragon was disappointed because his son didn't come today. At this time, the snake behind came running and said, "He's * * * dad, and I'm in sixth place! I am ranked sixth! " The snake ranked sixth; The horse and the sheep also arrived, and they asked me to ask you: Brother Ma first, Brother Yang first, and they pushed them around. Seeing that they were so polite, the Jade Emperor let them rank seventh and eighth. The monkey was originally in his thirties, but he jumped to the front with the clouds in the sky because he could jump, ranking ninth; Then chickens, dogs and pigs were also chosen.

The cat didn't wake up until after the contest, and the mouse was chased by cats all over the world as soon as he got home ...

After the contest, the dragon came to the seaside and saw that he was much more beautiful with horns, so he didn't want to return the chicken. In order to avoid the chicken, he disappeared from the world, and the chicken was very angry, so he got up early every morning and shouted to the sea: Give it back quickly! Give it back! The hen shouted, Give him back quickly! Give him back! The chicken also calls: return! Also!

as for the origin of the zodiac, the historical record is: China has been using the "chronological method of branches and branches" with the combination of ten symbols of heavenly stems and twelve symbols of earthly branches since the time of Emperor Shun. The method of animal chronology originated from the nomadic minorities in the west and north of ancient China. "The Book of the Tang Dynasty" states: "The year of the Year of the Tiger is marked by twelve things. If the year is in Yin, it is called the Year of the Tiger." Zhao Yi, a famous textual research scholar in Qing Dynasty, made a textual research in Yu Yu Cong Kao: "In the early days, the custom of benefiting the northern part of China didn't have the twelve characters of son, ugliness, yin and Mao, but when rats, cows, tigers and rabbits were divided into years, by the time of Han Dynasty, they called Han Xie (Khan) money to live in Wuyuan, which was mixed with Qi people, and it spread in China, so it didn't waste their ears.

The zodiac was first seen in The Book of Songs, the first poetry collection in the world. The Book of Songs? Xiaoya? Car attack "said:" It's auspicious day, and it's noon, so I'm short of horses. " See also Book of Rites? Monthly order? Ji Dong: "Unearth cattle to send cold." When did the theory of the zodiac come into being? There is a historical cloud: it should be formed in the Han Dynasty at the latest. Its basis is Wang Chong's On Balance? The article "Things Potential" says: "Yin, wood, birds and tigers. Hey, the soil is also, its birds and dogs are also. " Another cloud said, "Afternoon, Ma Ye. Son, mouse also. Unitary, chicken also. ..... Shen, monkey also. " * * * Put forward eleven zodiac names. In addition, in Zhao Ye's "Wu Yue Chun Qiu" in the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Wu Zaichen is the dragon." Just added "Chen Long", and completed the zodiac. It can be seen that the zodiac has been formed in the Eastern Han Dynasty. As for the use of the zodiac, it has appeared at least in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The Biography of Yuwen Hu, a northern history, records a letter written to him by Yuwen Hu's mother, which reads: "Your brother was born in Wuchuan Town, the eldest was a mouse, the second was a rabbit, and you were a snake." It can be seen that at that time, the Chinese zodiac was widely used by the people to record people's birth years.

However, in the mid-197s, that is, in December 1975, thousands of bamboo slips were found in the unearthed cultural relics of No.11 Qin Tomb in Shuihudi, Yunmeng, Hubei Province. Among them, Sunrise? The Thief clearly records the words used in the zodiac to predict the appearance characteristics of thieves. The appearance of this miracle proves that the zodiac was used in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Because the 11th Qin Tomb was buried in the 3th year of the first emperor, that is, in 217 BC. Some people say that our ancestors used the zodiac to record the year long before Qin Shihuang proclaimed himself emperor, and specifically pointed out that "it began in summer and spread in Shang and Zhou Dynasties." However, how to cite it remains to be learned by historians and cultural relics scholars ...... > >

The origin of the pig zodiac in the Year of the Pig The pig ranks last among the twelve zodiac signs, and it belongs to the "Hai" with the twelve earthly branches. Therefore, the "Hai" at twelve o'clock a day-from 9: to 11: in the evening-is called "Pig", and Yi Gua is called "Pig as material". There is another folk legend. In ancient times, there was a gentleman who was rich and fertile, but he had no children under his knees. Who knows that when I was close to the flower, I got a son. The family is happy, relatives and friends * * *, and there is a big banquet outside to celebrate the successors. At the feast, a fortuneteller came to the children's face.