The origin of the zodiac sheep

The sheep ranks eighth in the Chinese zodiac , and the twelve lands are dominated by "Wei". It is said that at this time, the sheep urinates the most frequently, and the spilled urine can be cured. It is a panic disease of its own, therefore, it is a sheep . Therefore, the twelve o'clock of the day is the "beyond time"-one to three o'clock in the afternoon, also known as the "sheep time". The hexagram of Yi is "due as a sheep". In the five elements, sheep is a fire, so it is a fire animal.

In Chinese folklore, the sheep is a person as great as Prometheus in Greek mythology. Prometheus was sent to power for stealing the sky and fire to the world, and the sheep was sacrificed for stealing grains and seeds to the world. Righteousness.

In the ancient times of floods, there were no grains in the world. Humans depended on vegetables and weeds for their livelihoods. Serious malnutrition made humans look hungry and thin.

One autumn, a sacred sheep came to the mortal world from Tiangong, and found that human beings had a disheveled look and a look of wilt. When I asked the reason, I realized that humans don't grow food, and they don't even know what food is. The god sheep showed great kindness and immediately told people to bring them some food next time. It turned out that nutritious food was only grown in Tiangong Yutian at that time. The stingy Jade Emperor did not want to share the delicacy of food with mankind. After the sacred sheep returned to the Tiangong, while the guardian deity was asleep in the middle of the night, he sneaked into the imperial field, plucked the five grains (rice, grass, wheat, beans, hemp), held it in his mouth, and slipped to the earth before dawn. Human beings are very curious when they hear that the god sheep has brought them grains and seeds. The sacred sheep gave the seeds to the humans, and instructed the method of planting grains, and then quietly returned to the Tiangong.

Humans sowed five grains and seeds, and they grew crops that year. When harvesting, humans see the ears of the grains, which resemble sheep’s heads and sheep’s tails. The harvested grain is fragrant and sweet, and the clothes woven from the harvested linen are light and warm. After harvesting in autumn and collecting in winter, people held grand sacrificial ceremonies to thank the gods for their kindness. Such farm ancestor worship ceremonies for harvesting and collecting in autumn and winter are still held in some rural areas.

The ceremonial sacrifice of sheep in the fire alarmed the Jade Emperor, and the Jade Emperor thought of the emergence of grains in the world. Immediately thought of God Sheep bringing Gu Ge to the world. After ascertaining the situation, the Jade Emperor angered the sacred sheep, ordered Tiangong to slaughter the sheep in the world, and asked people to eat the mutton.

A strange thing happened in the second year. In the place where the god sheep walked, grass grew first, and then lambs grew. The sheep have been passed on from generation to generation, eating grass for a living, and selflessly disposing of their own meat and milk. Contributing to mankind, mankind, out of gratitude to the sheep's body, holds a wax sacrifice every year to commemorate it.

When humans heard that the Jade Emperor would choose twelve animals as the human zodiac and bestow them as gods, people unanimously recommended the sheep as this type of zodiac. Although the Jade Emperor was stubborn about the sheep stealing the valley, he could not confuse everyone's opinions and had to agree that the sheep became the Chinese zodiac. (Chinese Zodiac http:///shengxiao/)

Sheep people are often praised for their grace and compassion. Sheep people like children and small animals and are naturalists. Sheep people are very good at home. Sheep people can easily forgive the faults of others and understand the difficulties of others. People who belong to the sheep are generous in time and money. When others have nowhere to stay and their bags are empty, others must believe that friends who belong to the sheep will never see others in trouble. No matter where you go, people of the sheep family love to interact with others and treat those who are willing to cooperate with people of the sheep family with sincerity. A person who belongs to the sheep means that a person who belongs to the sheep will have a happy marriage in the future. A person who belongs to the sheep will not only be loved by their life partners, but also be loved by their relatives who belong to the sheep. People who belong to the sheep family do not like very strict constraints, cannot demand themselves very strictly, and seldom criticize others. Although the sheep are gentle and not good at resisting, it is impossible to ask the sheep to do things under pressure.