Chinese Zodiac Cultur——中国生肖文化 完整版.ppt

Chinese Zodiac Culture——中国生肖文化; 1、Origin Legend 2、History Origin 3、About Personality 4、Own Zodiac 5、Modern Culture 6、Conclusion; In Chinese Zodiac, twelve animals are used to represent each year in turn in a twelve–year circle. According to their order, the animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey,rooster, dog and pig. In each Chinese New Year, one of these 12 animals is used to represent the year. ;1、Origin Legend There are different legends about the origin of the twelve animals used in Chinese Zodiac Culture. It is said that in ancient times, in order to make people easily remember the years , our ancestors came up with an idea ―― using the animals to represent the years.; 2、History Origin The actual history behind the Chinese Zodiac is hard to find. It is believed to be the results of the combination of animal totems（图腾） of minorty peoples and the twelve Earthly Branches(十二地支) Han people used to designate years. ; Ten Heavenly Stems(十天干)： 甲（jiǎ） 乙（yǐ） 丙（bǐng） 丁（dīng） 戊（wù） 己（jǐ） 庚（gēng） 辛（xīn） 壬（rén） 癸（guǐ）;Twelve Earthly Branches (十二地支) 子（zǐ） 丑（chǒu） 寅（yín） 卯（mǎo） 辰（chén） 巳（sì） 午（wǔ） 未（wèi） 申（shēn） 酉（yǒu） 戌（xū） 亥（hài）;3、About Personality;;Courage Strength Strong ability Sensitive Passionate Daring; Agility Faithfulness Intelligent Well-mannerd Head for business A pacifist Affectionate Careful; Vigor Power Proud Self-confident Intelligent Perfectionist;Great wisdom Soft-spoken Deep thinker Different ; Reliability Cheerfullness Attractive Independent Hate petty rules Explore Perceptive Quick-witted ;Strong beliefs Compassion Easy-going Imaginative Creative Team-work Gifted Sense of humor ;Inquisitive Intelligent Observant Good at solving prob