Chinese zodiacTo make of anecdotal stories

In the Chinese zodiac, cow in ugly, in rats after.To this, people of all ages have been rough, make a lot of stories to choreographyThe mouseThe opportunistic, accounts for the cattle, and to hard-working cattle.Of course, these stories to explain the cow of ugly little meaning, but it reflects the people to the cow.

Played a crucial role for cattle in the farming society, shells oracle common "plough" word, like cattle pulling the plow and the shape of soil.In cattle shoulder blades compose the era of the ugly cows words, don't know in heaven looking at the stars of the ancients did find the image of the cow.

According to the natural history ", according to legendThe seaAnd tianhe are interlinked, there was a man on the island found a raft drifted to August every year, not last long.Once, the man sat down in the raft with the raft drifted for nearly a month, came to a big river, the shore has pavilions, beautiful.Then, he saw a pretty lady in weaving, he saw a man holding the cow to the river to drink.Island people remember the date, and return the imago, ABU person answer: "that day, have a guest star made petunia."Island people know the oneself to the tianhe, so pull ox is petunia stars in the sky.This story will further anthropomorphic, petunia stars into daily life.

Ox night at one of the seven nights to the north, is located in the north region, close to twelve birthday - will be ugly ugly palace for cattle, cattle lodge coincided with ugly palace bearing.Cattle stars lodge neighbour for amada, earth oxen-led earth field, the cattle natural farming is in the sky "TNT group".Cattle great monuments, so have been set up in the side of the Milky Way.

Cattle so important status and role, of course, also can derive many about to make custom, let the ancient yi fang take you see below, the story about the cattle and the customs.

The 1:

Living in guizhou zunyi, kelao people love cattle as treasures, renhuai area respect cattle as a bodhisattva, never the cattle cattle, scold, more to eat beef.Lunar calendar month will be October "lady", for the cattle.

"Cow group" that day, all the cattle all want to take a day off, no longer work.This day, GeLao people not only feed for cattle eat the most, also want to buy the meat to kill chicken, do BaBa, rice wine, to the ox as a long life.They PiHongGuaLu for cattle and hang well BaBa on horn, and then put the cow the edge of the pond or paddy field for cow from the water to see his own reflection, ate BaBa, side to enjoy myself.Such as no near ponds, paddy fields, the use of fresh water tub instead.This is called to the ox as a long life.Finished the long life to the ox, the whole family sitting at the table, drinking eat meat, to show celebration.

This respect cattle GeLao why?According to legend a long time ago, GeLao people in Zimbabwe ruling class under the press of life is very poor.One day, the stronghold of GeLao people pull up the flag of the rebellion, and struggle is very intense.Surrounded by the brutal ruler will hold seven days and seven nights, see the insurgents will be brutal crackdown.At that moment, an old bull rushed up, bit the uprising leader clothes, to guide GeLao people into the stone to the mountain, escaped the encirclement and suppression of rulers.

From then on, GeLao the ox as a savior, do not eat beef eat custom continues today.

The 2:

The opinion about 15 km to the east, in a town called the white buffalo.Why the market town of a white buffalo name, it has a beautiful legend.

From the western han dynasty period, nanyang county is located in the city of opinion.Satrap called his letter I diligence, and see the opinion irrigation water shortage, and try to water conservancy project.Around the white buffalo is more diffuse slope, whenever the rainy season, the sides of water was poured on to the low-lying white cow, called letter I call it the convergence of jiujiang, accumulation, often even overrun, causing serious losses.So called positively mobilize the people to move, he want to build a dam block in the downstream irrigated.

As the saying goes: "mellow soil from the" hard, many people loathe to give up this piece of fertile soil treasure -- here fields of Chinese cabbage to eat no reinforcement, there is a specialty known;Two near the opinion to the nanyang officer Ma Dadao, traffic is very convenient, so most of the people who don't move.

One year the world sounds, pouring 9980 day under the bowl straight.Although people burn incense, everyday and night wishing, beg god to bless, but the rain still not to live, have to ditch under full river plain, a vast expanse of water everywhere, in all directions of the water is still coming in here, many ordinary houses collapsed, the heart panic.

Is a time of crisis, a lightning flash, I saw a great white cattle tread water, full of bright as white like snow, plows, two horns like a pair of eyes as the light of electricity.See a buffalo in the middle of the water, looking around, and see the flow of water.Then it lower his head down, double Angle into the mud, arch to kick his bow against a forward, a trip is a county in the past, mud heap ridge was split open, all the waters along the hog the surge.There is not much time, hog a few long groove, water was poured out, water level drops rapidly.People fleeing the will dare to go home.Someone along the shore looking for buffalo, I saw several big hoofprint in mud, has gone the shadow of the buffalo.This matter quickly going, rounds, people are gratefully said: really save people suffering god cattle ye!

After the waters receded, street east depression is hole by water, cut off from the east avenue.Can't, because of the depth of pit, bridge made of merchants and pedestrian road walk, can only hope the water, looking street legend.

As people do, they found a silver hair like frost on the surface of the old man, stand on a raft, hold to toward the shore.Looked at his age is big, but it is very spirit, although the raft so many people, and also pile with a lot of goods, but the old man up easily secure, temple side smile to ask this, ask that, sometimes stir a little Eva, seems to be no sweat.Here many coming and going, the old man, from morning until night, never rest, mientkiewicz lasted for many days, until the water recedes, road way unimpeded, the old man didn't leave a raft, walked away alone.Someone back to the old man and want to see where he lives, cannot be in again.They watched the old man walked into the forest, such as into a look, see the figure of the old man, saw a buffalo, only the trance to the east away from the woods.

From then on, people miss this only help white bull god, the town renamed the white buffalo as a souvenir, called the few white buffalo hog waterway drought jiujiang.The legend of the beautiful for generations.

The 3:

Deang village,riceAfter that, the first bite of new rice to feed cattle,'s respect and gratitude to the cow.About custom deang worship cows have such a legend: long long ago, lived in a mountain with the two brothers, parents early death, left a house and a head of cattle.

Honest hard-working brother greedy lazy shameless, brother.One day my brother was working out, cattle suddenly speaks, it tells the younger brother, you go back, your brother at home to burn BaBa eat?Brother came home uncertainly, see brother is eating BaBa.Since then, the younger brother of cattle.One day again, cattle told him, your brother and eat Fried sod in the home, my brother go home have a look at it as scalpers said.Brother to see brother suddenly, and by the pan to overthrow splashed out spilled oil on my brother's feet.

Brother is very sad, decided to breaking up with my brother.As long as the cattle separation, honest brother.After breaking up, brother is holding an oxClimbing the mountainWade, don't know how much walk, and finally shelter in a cave.There is a pond in the hole, every day a fairy came to hereTake a shower.One day cattle stealing a fairy clothes, fairy could not find clothes won't back to the heavenly palace, and a younger brother and wed.The next year, after marry fairy gave birth to a son.Soon, the younger brother to tell the fairy cattle stealing clothes, and take out clothes for her.Fairy see clothes, then immediately rob put on in the past, embrace the son back to the heavenly palace.(Chinese zodiac /shengxiao/ )

Cattle are also loaded with brother chase to the heavenly palace, ask god for his son.God said: "you can open one hundred acres of land, I will give you your son."My brother had to holding cow back land reclamation.He works, arrive early, finally opened one hundred mu, and crops planted in the ground.The gods were moved, son will return to him.He was ecstatic, take son rode on scalpers back to the stronghold.From then on, DeAng people learned of the grain.To thank their cattle, so he will be a year of new rice to feed cattle.They think that the cow new meters, Tian Li well, can grow good crops, to hold happiness auspicious.