Sheep areChinese zodiacIn the eighth, "not", and the twelve earthly branches attachment 1-3 PM (that is, "at the seventh hour"), it is said that sheep at this time, pee is the most frequently, sprinkle the urine can cure the disease itself a surprise, therefore, at the seventh hourBelong to the sheep.So the day "at the seventh hour" - afternoon 12:00 Chen one to three also known as "sheep".Easy to get "the sheep."In the five elements, the sheep belong to fire, so fire for livestock.

In the Chinese folklore, the sheep is a bit like the Greek myth of Prometheus great man, Prometheus was office for stolen skyfire to human, sheep, or die trying for stealing the corn seeds for human.

In ancient flood panic era, human has no grain, humans by vegetables and weeds and severe malnutrition, make human face yellow hungry thin.

One day in the autumn, and a sheep came to earth from heaven, god found human face sallow, look weak.Asked why, just know the human being is not food, doesn't even know what is food.God sheep with benevolence, promptly tell people must give them to bring some seeds next time.Originally was only tiangong royal field kind of nutritious food in abundance.Stingy, the jade emperor wouldn't share delicious food to human.After the sheep back to the heavenly palace, guardian angel was sleeping in the middle of the night, while sneaking into the field, remove the grain (rice, millet, wheat, beans, hemp), contain in the mouth, in the morning, sneak to the earth, humans heard god brought them corn seeds, sheep are very curious.God sheep give seeds to humans, and commanded the method of planting grain went quietly back to the heavenly palace.

Human sow corn seeds, that year to grow crops.At the time of harvest, the human see the corn ear, namely like sheep head, entered, and like grain fragrant and sweet, the harvest of linen clothes, light and warm.People after the autumn harvest winterizing, held a grand ceremony of sacrifice, the grace of the sheep to thank god send a such peasant ancestors still have part of the autumn harvest winterizing held in rural areas.

Sheep ritual of fire shocked the jade emperor, the jade emperor and thought about the world in the grain.Immediately think of god bring human valley of the sheep.Sheep, after find out the situation, the jade emperor angry god commands tiangong slaughtered sheep in the earth, and people eat mutton.

The second year in a strange thing happened, in the place where god sheep line type, the first long out of the grass, then long out of the lamb, sheep from now on in the human family, eating grass for a living, his own meat, milk selflessly contribution to human beings, human is out of gratitude, for sheep give the Greek festival, held each year, as a souvenir.

When humans heard Chinese zodiac jade emperor want to choose twelve animals to human beings, and given to god, after people rallying around the sheep for this type of Chinese zodiac.In spite of the jade emperor to the matter of the sheep stolen valley, but difficult to spread public opinions, so we have to agree to sheep when the Chinese zodiac.(/ shengxiao/Chinese zodiac)

Sheep people often because of the elegant, caring for people and the people.The sheep people like children and animals, that naturalists.Sheep people are going home.Sheep people can easily forgive mistakes, understand the difficulties of others.Sheep people generous on time, on the money, while others end up nowhere, empty bags such as washing, others believe that is a sheep friend never meet with others regardless of the difficulties.Wherever she went, belongs to the sheep people like working with people, to be willing to cooperate and sheep people are honest with each other.A man belongs to the sheep mean sheep people have a good marriage in the future, belong to the sheep people not only will be affected by the love of life partner, also will be affected by the sheep is the affection of his relatives.Sheep people don't like very strict constraints, not very strict demands on themselves, to people rarely criticize.Despite of the sheep gentle people, not good at resistance, but requirement is a sheep under pressure to do things people is impossible.