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　　十二生肖

　　十二生肖是中国用十二种动物所组成的记年方法。我国自古就有“干支记年法”，而我国西北地区游牧的少数民族则以动物记年，两种记年法相互融合，形成了现在的十二生肖，即：子鼠、丑牛、寅虎、卯兔、辰龙、巳蛇、午马、未羊、申猴、酉鸡、戍狗、亥猪。属相的基本意义在于使人们圆融通达、和衷共济。

　　The Chinese Zodiac

　　The Chinese Zodiac is the Chinese way of numberingthe years. It attributes an animal to each year, according to a12-year cycle.Since ancient times, the Chinese people began to use the Heavenly Stems andEarthly Branches to record the passing of years. At the same time, Chinesenomadic people who lived in northwest China instead used animals to number theyears. The two ways of numbering the years were smoothly integrated, and theChinese Zodiac took shape. The 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac are: rat, ox,tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. Themeaning of the symbolic animal of the birth year is that it can make peoplemagnanimous and be of one mind in times of difficulty.

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