| ? ? ??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. Finally，?dogs and pigs.?The dog represents loyalty，?the pig represents affability.?A person who is loyal，?not amiable，?he will reject others.?On the other hand，?a person too?easy-going，?no?loyalty，?that person will lose the principle.?So either?on?a?national?loyalty，?loyalty，?or on their own ideal of loyalty，?must?be closely combined with the easy-going，?so easy to?maintain real?deep?loyalty.?This is what we?Chinese?has always insisted the?velvet glove，?"harmony but not sameness | 
