十二生肖英语PPT.pptx

12 Symbolic Animals ——周依格 郭妙涵 高赟 党珍洁 袁凡contentOriginFunctionReligionComparisonKnowledgeOriginWhy the amount of symbolic animal is 12？how did the 12 kinds of animal be determined？What is the order of 12 symbolic animal？How did the12 symbolic animal be ranked？Why the amount is 12？1. The cycle of the moon’s 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 period12时辰2. And 12 is an important number for ancients. there are many things about 1212律12经脉How did the 12 animal be determined？Theories of Yin-Yang and 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 Raise for economic benefitsSix beast: rat, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, monkey Disturbed by them and scare themSo these 12 animal were regarded as the symbols of ancient tribe to be worshippedWhat 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？ friendThe Function of theChinese Zodiac Animal SignsYearTimePoemthe chinese zodiac animal signChinese erathe ten heavenly stemsand twelve earthly branchesthe ten heavenly stemsand twelve earthly branches戊戌变法the Chinese Zodiac Animal Signs are generally reckoned it should not be later than Han dynasty.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 people’s ageThere are evidences indicate back to Qing dynasty(217 B.C)People use the twelve zodiacs to keep record 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 pa