This Star is a bit Salty

After the bear children stared at them for a while, Dongzi said, "Brother Han, we don't know this problem, and we have never thought about it. Do you know why?"

Li Han smiled and said: "This question can only be guessed as the answer. The Chinese zodiac was formed very early, as early as the pre-Qin period. It was almost officially formed as early as the pre-Qin period. At that time, our country did not have a'domestic cat' animal. So, There are no cats in the Chinese Zodiac."

So this is ah! The bear children nodded one after another.

Although they don't know exactly when the pre-Qin period was, the reason is that they understood it. When the Chinese zodiac was formed, there was no such animal as a domestic cat.

Although the reason is understood, the children's reaction is rather flat. They are obviously not interested in this reason.

Li Han is not surprised, he knows that these little guys are not interested in this kind of formal answer.

Therefore, Li Han said again: "Actually, there is another reason."

"What's the reason? Brother Han." The bear children said in unison.

They may not be interested in the answer, but what is the answer? They are very curious again.

Li Han said: "This reason is a long story. It's a long, long time ago. At that time, there was no such thing as the Chinese zodiac.

One day, in order for the people of the world to vividly remember where he belonged in the year he was born, the Jade Emperor decided to choose twelve animals in the world as zodiac signs.

Therefore, the Jade Emperor informed all the animals in the world that any animal that wants to become a zodiac sign can go to a certain place to sign up the next morning. The twelve species of animals that arrive at the destination first are twelve species of animals of the zodiac. "

Li Han said while observing the expressions of the bear children, and saw that all the bear children looked very interested. They listened very carefully, and their reaction was completely different from the previous answer.

Sure enough, it is still a story answer, which can interest these little guys.

So Li Han continued to finish the story.

This story has been widely circulated in previous lives. In the back, cats and mice both wanted to be animals of the zodiac. At that time, they were still good friends, so they made an appointment to set off together the next morning.

But the cat likes to sleep late, so let the mouse wake it up the next morning.

As a result, by the next morning, the mouse thought that one less animal would be one less competitor. Without waking the cat, he set off on his own.

The final result is naturally that the mouse was selected successfully, and the cat was unsuccessful.

This is a legendary story, of course not true, but people often like and are willing to process such a legendary story.

And this can also be said to be a kind of precious cultural wealth.

Such an interesting story, bear children will definitely be very interested.

The fact is indeed the case.

After the bear children listened to the story, they all had very excited expressions. Dongzi said, "Brother Han, where did you see this story? Why haven't I heard it before."

Li Han smiled and said: "You kid is right if you haven't heard it. Because this is a story I came up with myself."

"That's it." The bear children didn't doubt, they all knew that Li Han wrote the story.

They all liked the stories written by Li Han such as "The Adventures of Shuke and Beta" and "The Calabash Brothers".

"Brother Han, according to your story, the reason why the cat wanted to catch the mouse was because the mouse went to campaign for the zodiac animal by himself without waking it up? Because before that, they were still good friends. "Ryoko said with some excitement.

Li Han smiled and said, "You kid! You can say it well, you can think so. However, this is just a story, you can't take it seriously!"

Liangzi said: "Brother Han, we are not kids anymore. Of course we know it's just a story."

Li Han smiled and said, "You little kid thought that he would not grow up."

Liangzi laughed and said, "It's not young anymore. Brother Han, let me tell you that you can use your story to fool Li Tao and Li Tong. They are young, and they might take it seriously."

Li Han said angrily: "I didn't say that I was going to lie? This is a story, a story, a legendary story, this is a kind of culture, don't you understand?"

"Culture?" Liangzi said without understanding, "Brother Han, is this also culture?"

Dongzi said at this time: "Of course this is culture. This is a story about the Chinese zodiac. The Chinese zodiac is a culture, and stories about it must be culture. Right? Brother Han."

Li Han said: "That's okay to understand."

After Dongzi listened, he looked at Ryoko a little proudly, as if you didn't know anything about him.

He lost the battle over whether there was a sheep in the Chinese zodiac before. This time I found some face.

Liangzi rolled his eyes, and then said, "Brother Han, do you have any stories about the Chinese zodiac? It's not bad that a mouse can be selected as an animal of the zodiac. Why can it be ranked first? But there is something behind it. Dragons and tigers are amazing animals."

Li Han said: "Yes, there are many more stories about the zodiac signs. The question you are talking about can of course be explained by a story."

"It's really okay. Why? Brother Han, let's talk about it." Liangzi urged, and the rest of the bear children looked very interested.

Li Han was a little funny, these little guys thought they were not young anymore. The result is not so interested in the story.

That being the case, let me tell another story.

This story and the story just now can be linked together.

To put it simply, the mouse didn't wake up the cat, after being on the road alone. I met a cow on the road, and then sat on the cow's back.

The cow was the first to reach the place designated by the Jade Emperor. He thought he was the first, but the mouse on his back suddenly jumped up and rushed past the finish line.

In this way, the little mouse became the boss of the Zodiac.

Of course, in addition to this story. There are other legends about why the rat is ranked first.

For example, rats and cows compete for first place, and whoever is bigger will be ranked first.

Then we went to the street together, and everyone said "what a big mouse", but no one said "what a big cow".

The result was naturally the mouse won.

There are many such stories. These interesting stories are all very well explained. Why is the mouse the boss? This is a somewhat incomprehensible question.

Of course, it is precisely because it is difficult to understand that so many interesting stories are born.

These stories are very absurd, and they were not eye-catching in previous lives, but it can be said that they are very precious.

Of course, in addition to these fictional and interesting stories, there are also scientific analyses and speculations.

For example, the reason why rats are ranked first may be related to the laws of animal activities.

As we all know, the ancient astronomical calendar divided a day into twelve hours, namely: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai.

These twelve hours correspond exactly to the twelve zodiac signs.

Therefore, we talk about Zimo, Ugly Bull, Yinhu... and so on.

The main activity time of the rat happens to be in the middle hour. And the sub-time is when the heaven and the earth meet in one day, and the yin and yang meet at the beginning of the chaos.

But the rat is a waste, and if it is not consumed, the energy of the world cannot be opened.

The ancient Yin-Yang Five Elements believed that only the mouse could bite the chaotic energy generated when the heaven and the earth intersect, so as to distinguish the boundary between Yin and Yang.

In addition, in the twelve o'clock hour, the child is the beginning, which is the youngest, and the mouse is the smallest animal in the twelve zodiac signs.

Adding up to the above reasons, the rat is at the top of the Zodiac.

There is also a saying that the ancients emphasized yin and yang. According to the odd and even numbers of the animal's toes in the twelve zodiac signs, they were divided into yin and yang.

The mouse’s forefoot is four-toed ~www.ltnovel.com~ the hind foot is five-toed, which is the most impressive and special existence, and belongs to the yin and yang species.

Its main activity time is the time when the yin and yang of heaven and earth converge.

That is, the moment connecting the end of the first day (yin) and the beginning of the second day (yang).

Such a large group of animals and a special rat, it naturally ranks first in the Zodiac.

These can be said to be speculations with scientific and technological content. Maybe they are true, maybe not. No one can be 100% sure.

However, people tend to prefer those interesting stories more than these scientific and technological conjectures.

And in this world, there are those speculations with scientific and technological content, but not those interesting stories, which is really very regrettable.

However, it doesn't matter now, because Li Han has already told those stories to the bear children.

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