Introduction to Chinese Zodiac Culture-十二生肖.pptVIP

The Chinese Zodiac animals ，is a scheme that relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes, according to a 12-year cycle. It has wide currency in several East Asian countries besides mainland China and Taiwan. Do you know the12 zodiac animals？ The origin of Chinese Zodiac The Chinese Zodiac came into use in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was first used in our western and northern nomad(游牧民族). It was the combination of animal totems(图腾)and the 12 Earthly Branches(12地支) Han people used to designate years. 12 Earthly Branches(12地支) Zi 子 (Earthly Branch 1)---rat Chou 丑(Ear