An Introduction to Chinese Order History.ppt

The Chinese Zodiac initially originated from the division of time. Nowadays, we divide a day and night into 24 hours while ancient astronomers divide it into 12 shichen时辰. The Order History Its the time of “hai” from 9 pm to 11 pm. In the still of night, we can hear pigs dig the trough with their snouts, so we call it hai pig “亥猪”。. The Chinese Order History In this way, the 12 shichen and animals are matched and sequenced: zi rat, chou ox, yin tiger, mao hare, chen dragon, si snake, wu horse, wei sheep, shen monkey, you rooster, xu dog and hai pig. Later, people use this method o