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  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 of our ancestors to our Chinese all expectations and requirements.

The first group: Rats and cattle. Rat represents wisdom， bovine represent the industrious. The two must be combined together， if only smart but not hardworking， became little smart， just hard work， not their brains， it becomes foolishness. So the two must be combined， this is our ancestors first set ofexpectations and requirements of Chinese， also is the most important group.

The second group: tiger and rabbit. The tiger represents bravery， the rabbitrepresents prudence. The two must be combined together， to be bold but cautious so-called. If left fiercely discretely， becomes a reckless， but blindlycaution turned timidly. This group is also very important， so is put in the second.

The third group is the dragon and snake. The Dragon represents strength，the snake represents flexibility. The so-called just easy to fold， so just the easy to break; too soft easy weak， too soft can easily lose idea， so the rigid flexible and economic history is our zuxun.

      The fourth group of horses and sheep. The horse represents press forward with indomitable will， to forge ahead of the target， the sheep represent unity.The Chinese nation is a big family， we need the unity and harmony of theinternal environment， only the collective harmony， we can hand the pursuit of their ideals. If a person only to their own interests， do not pay attention tothe unity， harmony， will alone. So， the individual endeavor and collectiveharmony must be tightly together.

The fifth group is the monkey and chicken. The monkey represents flexibletiming， chicken crow， on behalf of the constant. Flexible and constant must be tightly together. If you are light and flexible， not constant， the good policyfinally will not harvest. But if your light is constant， a pool of stagnant water，a piece of iron， it will not have today's reform and opening up. Very perfectbinding only between them， hand has stability， maintain the overall harmony and order， on the other hand， can continuously.