1、12 Symbolic Animals,周依格 郭妙涵高赟 党珍洁 袁凡,content,Origin,Function,Religion,Comparison,Knowledge,Origin,Why the amount of symbolic animal is 12？,how did the 12 kinds of animal be determined？,How did the12 symbolic animal be ranked？,What is the order of 12 symbolic animal？,Why the amount is 12？,1. The cycl
2、e of the moons phases are related to the “year”, 12 times of the wax moon is one year，and one day was traditionally divided into 12 two-hours period,2. And 12 is an important number for ancients. there are many things about 12,12律,12经脉,12时辰,How did the 12 animal be determined？,Theories of Yin-Yang a
3、nd the Five Elements said that 12 kinds of animals were determined because of physical defect.,鼠无牙、牛无齿、虎无脾、免无唇、龙无耳、蛇无足、马无胆、羊无神、猴无臀、鸡无肾、犬无肠、猪无筋,The theory of totems(图腾),Six livestock: horse, ox, ram,rooster, dog, pig,Six beast: rat, tiger, rabbit,dragon, snake, monkey,Raise for economic benefits,Dist
4、urbed by them and scare them,So these 12 animal were regarded as the symbols of ancient tribe to be worshipped,What is the order of the 12 symbolic animals?,Rat ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse ram monkey rooster dog pig 鼠 牛 虎 兔 龙 蛇 马 羊 猴 鸡 狗 猪,How did the12 symbolic animal be ranked？,friend,The F
5、unction of the Chinese Zodiac Animal Signs,Year Time Poem,the chinese zodiac animal sign,Chinese era the ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches,the ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches,戊戌变法,the Chinese Zodiac Animal Signs are generally reckoned it should not be later than Han dynas
6、ty.,They first present in the Book of Songs吉日庚午，既差我马 -诗经 小雅,In the East Han, a person named Wangchong had this article寅，木也，其禽，虎也。戌，土也，其禽，犬也。午，马也。子，鼠也。酉，鸡也。 -论衡 物势篇,Use for record years and peoples age,There are evidences indicate back to Qing dynasty(217 B.C)People use the twelve zodiacs to keep rec
7、ord of years and age.昔在武川镇生汝兄弟，大者属鼠，次者属兔，汝身属蛇 -宇文护传,Use to record time,There are 24 hours in a day, and ancient astronomer devided it into 12 parts and each parts represent each 12 animal.24点 8点 16点2点 10点 18点4点 12点 20点6点 14点 22点,子时,丑时,寅时,卯时,辰时,巳时,午时,未时,申时,酉时,戌时,亥时,Also used to retouch the poem.,水鼠饮河
8、河不干，牛女长年相见难。 赤手南山伏猛虎，月中取兔天漫漫。 骊龙有珠常不睡，画蛇添足适为累。 老马何曾有角生，羚羊触藩徒弅嚏。 莫笑楚人冠沐猴，祝鸡空自老林邱。 舞阳屠狗沛中市，平津放豕海东头。,Religion,Divination House 卦馆,Zodiac Religion,Astrology (术数) Culture,Philosophy of Religion,Zodiac Properties （生肖属性）,Benming Year,Exorcism evil 驱邪避凶,Harvest,Horses and cattles year,good harvest 牛马年丰收田Tig
9、er year,bad disaster 饿虎年灾连连,Name,邹应龙 （1172）,唐伯虎 （1470）,小狗尾巴 （1899）,Numerology命理,早鸡劳碌命 牝鸡司晨,Baby Boom 生育高峰,Marriage,Six Good Six Bad六合 六冲 Rat Cattle Rat Horse Tiger Pig Cattle Sheep Rabbit Dog Tiger Monkey Dragon Chicken Rabbit Chicken Snake Monkey Dragon Dog Horse Sheep Snake Pig,Data of Acca13-1,La
10、zy 1996,Honest 1995,Writer Scientist Communication,Repairing Educator Business,Characters,Clever,Diligent,Actor Scholar Doctor,Framing Politician Artist,Self-esteem,Judge Police Civil servants,Gentle,Educator Medicine Planting,Bank Financial Business,Ambition,Cold,Diplomat Catering Clothing,Comparis
11、on,Difference-minority,Ethnic Chinese zodiac selection and sequence is different with han,because of the living environment, and familiar with animals.,傣族：鼠、黄牛、虎、兔、大蛇、蛇、马、山羊、猴、鸡、狗、象,黎族：鸡、狗、猪、鼠、牛、虫、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴,彝族：龙、凤、马、蚁、人、鸡、狗、猪、雀、牛、虎、蛇,蒙古族：虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪、鼠、牛,维吾尔族：鼠、牛、虎、兔、鱼、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪,Differe
12、nce-other countries,India,Thailand,Korea,tiger lion,Vietnam,rabit cat,Difference-other countries,Constellation is a representative , in the life through constellations to get along well with others is a unique way.People can equip with different date of birth , pay attention to characters about each
13、 one,concern about the element of luck, and other aspects of content,Difference-other countries,This is a sign table, if you want to know your sign, you can go to the query,Difference-other countries,Our class:This is according to each persons date of birth on the identity card of data, there may be
14、 errors,just as a reference.,The chinese zodiac animal signs vs Twelve constellations,Twelve dataRepresentative.On behalf of the characters, love,luck and other aspects, we can through this to understand others Mostly marked by animals,due tothe worship of animals, totem. There are ox and sheep that
15、 two kinds of animals, because the agriculture is very important,SAME,The chinese zodiac animal signs vs Twelve constellations,Different of the originHave different myths and legendsHave different cultural backgroundOn behalf of the length of time is different, the Chinese zodiac is 12 years, twelve
16、 constellation is 12 months,difference,The methods of numbering the year-abroad,general,Iran,ancient Greek,Maya,After the Meiji restoration,the founding era is popular in Japan. The first emperor do work in 660 BC for era.,In the fourth dynasty,纳波纳沙尔 began to reign as the era in 747 BC,Mohammed esta
17、blished the Islam in the Arabic region.Mohammed flee for era in 622 AD.,In ancient Rome,it occupies large areas bordering the Mediterranean, and use the Roman calendar, to create the Rome in 753 BC for era.,A.D. Formerly known as the Christian.,To the world of legend flood for the first time in 3373
18、 BC to the end of the era.But the Maya kingdom perish under Spanish invasion.,Japan,Babylon,The methods of numbering the year-minority,In northwestern, Dulong（独龙族）, they put this snow mountains to next snow mountain as anniversary.Points throughout the year, such as 青黄不接月、降雪月and so on,The methods of
19、 numbering the year-minority,Dai calendar rules the day on which the sun into 金牛宫 for songkran festival（泼水节） , namely the Dai New Year, generally three to five days,The methods of numbering the year-minority,Jino基诺族, they use solar is divided into 13 months of the year, for the years start in Januar
20、y, 13 month for years end.Month of the New Year is fixed, but the specific date by someone to consider.,The methods of numbering the year-minority,The Tibetan use Tibetan calendar, they have a lot of customs.such as with dry flour to paint good patterns and write 卍 with lime powder on the door,YIN &
21、YANG,Yin and Yang is the category of classical Chinese philosophy ,the Chinese zodiac is an important part of Chinese traditional culture.The insightful summary in Zhouyi “one Yin and Yang is called dao“ 周易一阴一阳之谓道, influence all aspects of China.For the chinese zodiac animal signs are link to Yin an
22、d Yang.,Yang odd number子 寅 辰鼠 虎 龙 五指 五指 五指午 申 戌 马 猴 狗单蹄 五指 五 指,Yineven number丑 卯 巳牛 兔 蛇四爪 两爪 两舌未 酉 亥羊 鸡 猪四爪 四爪 四爪,Relevant Knowledge Expansion-The Chinese Zodiac Animal Signs,袁凡,Contents,Comic / MoviesPaintingZodiac Stamps- 邮票Proverb-谚语Idiom- 成语Specific Collocation,Comic-Zodiac legend,Twelve Chinese
23、 Zodiac -General Mobilization,（2010）,Twelve Chinese zodiac -闯江湖,（2010）,Twelve Chinese Zodiac -Happy Street,（2011.5.25）,Movie-The chinese Zodiac Animal Signs,Boxing office: 25Million in China,Actor: JC - 成龙 Simon - 权相佑 David - 廖凡 Bonnie - 张蓝心 Coco - 姚星彤,Painting,Xugu, painter in the Qing Dynasty, cre
24、ated The Twelve screens in 1844.,Whats Transaction Price of the picture?,2.97Million,Painting,Qi Baishi took four years to complete the ink painting, the twelve genus picture in 1944.,Donated by Guan Weishan in 1959, Beijing citizen.,Painting,In Panxi, Chongqing, Xu Beihong created the twelve zodiac
25、 Atlas in the winter of 1945.,Whats the auction price in Beijing?,46Million,Painting,twelve zodiac signs of Fan Zeng, who is the contemporary Chinese painter.,Whats the auction price of the twelve zodiac signs?,3.74Million,Stamp （ three types ）,The name or face of stamps text with a clear sign of th
26、e zodiac.Stamps were issued under the twelve zodiac pattern series in the name of “new year stamps“ .Although the name of the stamp has nothing to do with the zodiac, but the pattern design consciously choose the contents of the Chinese Zodiac twelve.,Stamp,The first zodiac stamps in the world were
27、issued by Japanese in 1950 of the year of tiger.,issue the whole piece 10million medalsabout 115RMB per medal,issue the little whole piece 0.902million medalsabout 2800RMB per medal,Stamp,The first zodiac stamps in the China were the monkey stamp, issued in February 15, 1980.,Designed by Huang Yongy
28、u,Worth more than price of a gram of gold so far,History Price Changes of the Monkey Stamp,Proverb,A good will never turn round to graze on an old pasture,A does not nibble the grass near its own hole.,born , born , son can make hole.,Once bitten, twice shy of ten years- ( ),Selling meat under the l
29、abel of a s head,Fierce-browed, I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers, Head-bowed, like a willing I serve the children,horse,rabbit,Dragon,dragon,rooster,rooster,mouses,Snake,dog-,ram,ox,Idiom,鬼 神倚 可 待盘 踞狡 死,走 烹,rat,ox,tiger,rabbit,dragon,snake,horse,ram,monkey,rooster,dog,pig,ox,snake,horse,dra
30、gon,tiger,rabbit,dog,鸣 盗投 忌 器肠 小 道沐 而 冠肥 拱 门,Rooster,dog,rat,ram,monkey,pig,Specific Collocation (MATCHING),A. play cat and mouse with sb 忍耐、克制、别急躁 B. paper tiger 害群之马 C. a snake in the grass 自私自利的人 D. hold your horses 无稽之谈 E. a wolf in sheeps clothing 貌似强大而实质虚弱的敌人 F. a black sheep 生气，发脾气 G. get one
31、s monkey up 欲擒故纵 H. a dog in the manger 过困苦的生活 I. lead a dogs life 潜伏的危险或敌人 J. pigs might fly 披着羊皮的狼,D,F,H,J,B,G,A,I,C,E,Summary,Summary,In modern time, more people regard the Chinese Zodiac as the mascot of the Spring Festival, which is the symbol of entertainment and cultural activities. As the lo
32、ng folk culture symbols, the Chinese Zodiac has always been leaving a lot of potery, couplets, paintings, calligraphy and painting and folk art works, which describe the image and symbolic significance of the zodiac.,Summary,Besides China, during the Spring Festival, the worlds many countries issue zodiac stamps to express their wishes for the Chinese New year.,Summary,integrate Gregorian calendar Symbolic animal magnanimous nomadic the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Chinese Zodiac Animal Signs,融合,公历,属相,圆融通达的,游牧,干支纪年法,生肖,Thank you !,
