This Star is a bit Salty

After the bear children stared at each other for a while, Dongzi said, "Brother Han, we don't know this question, and we have never thought about it. Do you know why?"

Li Han said with a smile: "The answer to this question can only be speculated. The zodiac was formed very early, as early as the pre-Qin period, and it was almost officially formed. At that time, there was no 'domestic cat' in our country. Therefore, There are no cats in the zodiac."

So this is ah! The bear children nodded.

Although they didn't know exactly when the pre-Qin period was, they understood the reason. When the zodiac was formed, there was no such animal as the domestic cat.

Although the reason is understood, the reaction of the children is relatively flat. They are obviously not interested in this reason.

Li Han was not surprised, he knew that these little guys had no interest in this kind of formal answer.

Therefore, Li Han added: "Actually, there is another reason."

"What's the reason? Brother Han." The bear children said in unison.

They may not be interested in the answer, but what is the answer? They are curious again.

Li Han said: "This reason is a long story. It was a long, long time ago. At that time, there was no such thing as a zodiac sign.

One day, the Jade Emperor decided to choose twelve animals as their zodiac signs in the human world in order to let the people of the world vividly remember the year he was born.

So, the Jade Emperor informed all the animals in the world that any animal who wants to become a zodiac sign can go to a certain place to sign up the next morning. The twelve animals that arrive at the destination first are the twelve animals of the zodiac. "

While talking, Li Han observed the expressions of the bear children, and saw that the bear children were all very interested and listened very seriously, which was completely different from the reaction when he heard the previous answer.

Sure enough, it's a story-like answer that can interest these little guys.

So, Li Han continued to finish the story.

This story has been widely circulated in the past life. After that, the cat and the mouse both wanted to be animals of the zodiac. At that time, they were still good friends, so they made an appointment to set out together the next morning.

But cats like to sleep in,

Just let the mouse wake it up the next morning.

As a result, by the next morning, the mice thought that one less animal meant one less competitor. I didn't wake up the cat and set off on my own.

The final result is naturally that the mouse was successfully selected, and the cat was not selected.

This is a legend, of course not true, but people often like it and are willing to process such a legend.

And this can also be said to be a valuable cultural wealth.

Such an interesting story, the bear children will definitely be very interested.

This is indeed the case.

After the bear children listened to the story, they all had very excited expressions. Dongzi said, "Brother Han, where did you read this story? Why haven't I heard it before?"

Li Han smiled and said, "You're right if you haven't heard of it. Because this is a story I came up with myself."

"That's it." The bear children did not doubt, they all knew that Li Han wrote stories.

"The Adventures of Shuke and Beta", "The Hulu Brothers" and these stories written by Li Han, they all like to watch them very much.

"Brother Han, according to your story, isn't the reason why the cat wants to catch the mouse because the mouse went to the zodiac animal election campaign alone, and didn't wake it up to go with him? Because before that, they were still good friends. "Ryoko said excitedly.

Li Han smiled and said, "You can do it, boy! That's right, you can think so. However, this is just a story, and you can't take it seriously!"

Liangzi said: "Brother Han, we are not children anymore, of course we know it's just a story."

Li Han smiled and said, "You little brat thinks you can't grow up."

Liangzi laughed and said: "It's not too small. Brother Han, let me tell you, you can use your story to deceive Li Tao and Li Tong. They are small, they may take it seriously."

Li Han said angrily: "I didn't say I was going to cheat? This is a story, a story, a legend, this is a culture, do you understand it?"

"Culture?" Liangzi really didn't understand and said, "Brother Han, is this also culture?"

Dongzi said at this time: "Of course this is culture. This is a story about the zodiac. The zodiac is culture, and the story about it must also be culture. Right? Brother Han."

Li Han said: "It's okay to understand it this way."

After Dongzi heard this, he looked at Liangzi with some pride, as if you didn't know anything about him.

He lost the battle over whether there was a sheep in the zodiac before. This time, I got some face back.

Liangzi rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Han, do you have any other stories about the Chinese zodiac? It's good that the rat can be selected as the animal of the zodiac. Why is it still number one? Dragons and tigers are powerful animals."

Li Han said: "Yes, there are many more stories about the zodiac. Of course, the question you mentioned can be explained with a story."

"It's really okay. What's the reason? Brother Han, you can talk about it." Ryoko urged, and the rest of the children were also very interested.

Li Han was a little amused, these little guys thought they were not too small. Turns out I wasn't so interested in the story yet.

If that's the case, let's say another story.

This story and the story just now can be linked together.

To put it simply, the mouse did not wake the cat, and after a person went on the road. I met a cow on the road and sat on the back of the cow.

The cow was the first to arrive at the place designated by the Jade Emperor. It thought it was the first, but the mouse on its back suddenly jumped up and crossed the finish line one step ahead.

In this way, the little mouse became the boss of the zodiac.

Except for this story, of course. There are other legends about why the mouse came first.

For example, the mouse and the ox compete for the first place, and whoever is bigger will be ranked first.

Then we went to the street together, and everyone said "what a big mouse", but no one said "what a big cow".

The result, of course, was that the mouse won.

There are many such stories. These interesting stories are well explained. Why is the mouse the boss? This is a somewhat incomprehensible question.

Of course, it is precisely because it is difficult to understand that so many interesting stories are born.

These stories are all absurd and unremarkable in previous lives, but it can be said that they are very precious.

Of course, in addition to these fictional and interesting stories, there are also scientific analysis and speculation.

For example, the reason why the mouse ranks first may be related to the regularity of the animal's activities.

As we all know, the ancient astronomical calendar divided a day into twelve hours, namely: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai.

These twelve hours correspond to the twelve zodiac signs.

Therefore, it is said that Zimo, Ugly Niu, Yinhu... and so on.

The main activity time of the mouse is precisely at the hour. And Zi Shi is the time when heaven and earth meet in one day, when yin and yang meet at the beginning of chaos.

And the rat is consumed, and if it is not consumed, the qi of heaven and earth will not be opened.

The ancient yin and yang five elements believed that only the rat can bite away the chaotic qi generated when the heaven and earth intersect, so as to distinguish the boundary between yin and yang.

In addition, in the twelve o'clock, the child is the beginning and is the youngest, and the mouse is the smallest animal in the twelve zodiac signs.

The above reasons add up, and the rat ranks first in the zodiac.

Another saying is that the ancients emphasized yin and yang, and they were divided into yin and yang according to the odd and even numbers of the toes of animals in the twelve zodiac signs.

The mouse has four toes on the front feet and five toes on the hind feet.

Its main activity time is the time when the heaven and earth meet with yin and yang.

That is, the moment connecting the end of the first day (yin) and the beginning of the second day (yang).

Such cattle and special mice are naturally ranked first in the Chinese zodiac.

It can be said that these are all speculations with scientific and technological content, maybe true, maybe not, no one can be 100% sure.

However, people often prefer interesting stories to these scientific and technical speculations.

In this world, there are speculations with scientific and technological content, but there are no interesting stories. It is really a pity.

However, it doesn't matter now, because Li Han has already told those stories to the bear children.

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