中国文化 十二生肖介绍英文版学习资料
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有关十二生肖的英文介绍
It's interesting that we have 12 Chinese zodiacs in China, and
you have 12 signs in your culture.
More than 30,000 years ago, the Chinese animal signs are a
12-year cycle used for dating the years. They represent a
cyclical concept of time, rather than the western linear concept
of time. The Chinese lunar calendar is based on the cycles of
the moon, and is constructed in a different fashion than the
western solar calendar. In the Chinese calendar, the beginning
of the year falls somewhere between late January and early
February.
In traditional china, dating methods were cyclical, cyclical
meaning something that is repeated time after time according
to a pattern.
A popular folk method which reflected this cyclical method of
recording years are the twelve animal signs. Every year is
assigned an animal name or sign according to a repeating
cycle: mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep,
monkey, rooster, dog and pig. You might found out that many
Chinese people strongly believe that the time of a person's birth
is primary factor in determining that person's characteristics.
According to one legend, Buddha invited all the animals to his
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kingdom, but unfortunately, only a total of 12 turned up, Out of
gratitude, Buddha decided to name the year after each of the
animals in their order of arrival. Actually, ox was the first, it get
up early and the first set foot on the road which is the Buddha
invited. By the way, Ox represents the diligent people in china.
In ancient times, people used ox farmland. But, the smartest
mouse jumped on top of the ox to be the first one to arrive, so
the first arrival belonged to mouse, followed by the ox, then
tiger, the rabbit and so on. The last one is pig.(cause it is lazy
animal.) It is essential in China that every person knows which
animal sign he is born under and most of Chinese truly believe
that the signs reveal the hidden secrets of a person's birth is
primary factor in determining that person's characteristics.
mouse charm, 鼠Ox patient, 牛Tiger sensitive, 虎Rabbit
articulate, 兔Dragon healthy,龙Snake deep,蛇Horse popular,
马Goat elegant,羊Monkey clever,猴Rooster deep thinkers,鸡
Dog loyalty,狗Pig chivalrous.猪
Zodiacs[ˈzəudiæk]生肖Constellations[ˌkɔnstəˈleɪʃən]星座
cyclical[ˈsiklik(e)l] 周期性的linear[ˈliniə] 线性的rooster [ˈru:stə] 公鸡
assigned [əˈsain]分配legend [ˈledʒənd]传说diligent [ˈdilidʒənt]勤劳的
essential [iˈsenʃəl]基本的，必要的represent [ˌrepriˈzent]代表
articulate [ɑ:ˈtikjulit] 善于表达的chivalrous [ˈʃɪvəlrəs]彬彬有礼的
