The twelve zodiac， is composed of eleven from natural animal mouse， cattle，tiger， rabbit， snake， horse， sheep， monkey， chicken， dog， pig and the legend of the dragon， for dating， in order for the rat， ox， tiger， rabbit，dragon， snake， Wu Ma， no sheep， monkey， rooster， dog， pig. Is widely used in many countries and nationalities. There are many poets write poemsdepicting twelve zodiac. At the same time， the twelve animal is also used intraditional Chinese medicine and the animation name.

Twelve animals are the twelve kinds of animal imagery， animal life andclosely related to human beings， but also the splendid culture of human in a magnificent flower. Has its own unique concept of China's ancient selection on the twelve zodiac， given the profound cultural connotation and meaning.The western nation although no twelve zodiac said， but they are on thetwelve animal in the western viewpoint， entrusts western national cultural connotation of color， as the western culture with a dense heavycolor ink.

In China the twelve zodiac， also known as the twelve beasts， twelve birds，twelve， twelve， twelve or twelve genera from God， is a symbol of a Zodiaccalendar， calendar and zodiac method， a kind of Chinese traditional folkculture. Twelve zodiac "students" refers to "the year of birth"， "Xiao" means "similar， like"， so "life" and "Xiao"， is "man is born with a similar animalassociations". Twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac is to represent humanbirth year for Chinese characteristic culture in twelve kinds of animal. In the long course of history， the twelve animals developed from generation to generation， prosperous， all the children of the Yellow Emperor， always enjoy it， proves its vitality exuberant， influence widely， the attraction of the big，strong cohesion.

Our country the twelve zodiac two two， six of reincarnation， the embodiment