The zodiac is a group of 12 animals used by some peoples in China and East Asia to represent the year.

十二生肖是我国及东亚区域的一些民族用来代表年份的十二种动物。

It is composed of eleven animals from the nature, namely, rats, cattle, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. It is

used to record the year.

它是由十一种源于天然界的动物即鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪所构成，用于记年。

Each person uses the animal symbolizing the year of his birth as his zodiac sign, so Chinese folk people often count age according to the zodiac.One cycle is one round.

每自个都以其出世年的标志动物作为生肖，所以我国民间常以生肖核算年纪。循环一次为一轮。

In China, in addition to using the zodiac to record the year, there are also 12 corresponding Ji month, Ji day, Ji hour (hour). The zodiac (animal calendar) is also widely used among the peoples of Asia and some countries in Eastern Europe and North Africa.

我国除了用生肖编年外，还用与之相应的十二支纪月、纪日、纪时（时辰）。十二生肖（兽历）也广泛盛行于亚洲诸民族及东欧和北非的某些国家之中。

What is the

zodiac?

啥是生肖？

Life points out that the year of life, Xiao is Xiao like.

生指出世年，肖是肖似。

The zodiac is also known as the animal phase, phase is the facial phase, the animal phase is the face of the

genus.

生肖又称属相，相是面相，属相即面相何属。

There are twelve animals, in order: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster and dog. The pig; This is the so-called zodiac or animal sign. Everyone can find his or her zodiac sign according to his or her birth year.

所肖或所属则是十二种动物，它们顺次为：鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗。猪；配上十二地支，便变成子鼠、丑牛、寅虎、卯兔、辰龙、已蛇、牛马、未羊、申猴、酉鸡、戌狗、亥猪。此即所谓生肖或属相。每自个都可以按自个的出世年月找到自个的生肖或属相。