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When the Yellow Emperor to select twelve animals served as the Imperial Guard,
the cat with mouse for mice to forget, the cat did not choose, and from rat with friends.
Elephants also come, rats were drilling nose, give away, the remaining animals,
originally headed by pushing cattle, mice are up to the back of the ox and pig booing followed,
so the mouse is discharged the first, pork chops at last.
Tiger and dragon refuses to accept,
was crowned the king of Wang Hehai, in the rat and bovine behind. Rabbit and refuses to obey,
and race results ranked in the dragon's front.
The dog is uneven, angrily bit rabbits, for this was sent in second from the bottom. Snake, horse, sheep, monkey,
the chicken has also been a contest, one one scheduled position, finally formed a rat, ox,
tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs, pigs in the sequence.
当年轩辕黄帝要选十二动物担任宫廷卫士，猫托老鼠报名，老鼠给忘了，结果猫没有选上，从此与鼠结下冤家。
大象也来参赛，被老鼠钻进鼻子，给赶跑了，其余的动物，原本推牛为首，老鼠却窜到牛背上，猪也跟着起哄 ，于是老鼠排第一，猪排最后。
虎和龙不服，被封为山中之王和海中之王，排在鼠和牛的后面。
兔子又不服，和龙赛跑，结果排在了龙的前面。
狗又不平，一气之下咬了兔子，为此被罚在了倒数第二。蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡也经过一番较量，一一排定了位置，最后形成了鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪的顺序。
扩展资料：
古时候，为了让贫民百姓也能记住自己出生的年号，就使用了最简单的动物纪年法，后来称其为“生肖年”。（生肖：“生”出生；“肖”相似、相像）
十二生肖的起源很早，考古发现的战国末期睡虎地秦简与放马滩秦简《日书》中已经出现配有干支的十二兽，
在兽名、干支排列上与后世十二生肖总体相似,其使用方法、占卜逻辑也与后世生肖相类，由此可推测睡虎地秦简与放马滩秦简《日书》中出现的配e799bee5baa6e79fa5e98193e78988e69d83336有干支的十二兽应是后世十二生肖的雏形。
十二生肖纪年始于东汉时期。
《北史·宇文护传》中，记载了宇文护的母亲写给他的一封信，信中说：“昔在武川镇生汝兄弟，大者属鼠，次者属兔，汝身属蛇”。表明当时民间已有12生肖的用法了。
我国古籍中记载，古代的中原地区，最初使用的是“干支纪年法”，即用10个天干符号，相配合来纪年。同时，也有采用地支配合十二种动物来简单纪年。
到隋朝时中原历法传至中国西北地区的游牧民族，他们在历法的纪年上仅吸收了十二种动物纪年法。
因此才有《唐书》中记载：“黠戛斯国以十二物纪年，如岁在寅，则曰虎年”。
另外，《宋史·吐蕃传》中也记载说，吐蕃首领在叙事时，以物纪年，所谓“道旧事则数十二辰属日，兔年如此，马年如此”。
正像清代赵翼在《陔余丛考》中指出的那样，“盖北俗初无所谓子丑寅卯之十二辰，但以鼠牛虎兔之类分纪岁时，浸寻流传于中国，遂相沿不废耳”。
这种关于12生肖来历的解释，已经被许多人认可。
参考资料：百度百科-十二生肖的来历
On the Lunar New Year story, is a very interesting topic, and the story is here, including the myths and legends, stories and so on.
In qualifying on the Chinese zodiac, why mouse small to large, it ranked first? First of all, let this issue of human philosophers and wise men of today's baffling: On the body, tiny mouse, people can play live to an open palm in the shares between the zodiac animals, it is the smallest a. ; Of brute force, with cattle strong, the mighty tiger, the dragon of the divine power, horses prance, it can not be the same day and language; on quality, ease of cattle, rabbits good, hard-working horse, the docile sheep, pigs Reality, it seems better than the rats many times; again on the wisdom of the smart monkey, a dog's intelligence, also in rats above. Said calmly, even the most vicious than anyone else, I am afraid that the snake is also the front row in the mouse. But the fact is that little mouse is the Zodiac's Top boss!7a686964616fe59b9ee7ad94339
This issue is still pending, it was said today that probably only one explanation: the guy in charge of the Chinese zodiac Ranking is corrupt corrupt officials, he collected the rats have done a great trading power for money benefits of color when , the first gold corona increases in non-German non-heads only a small mouse. This, of course, is just a far-fetched joke. But indeed, the human has never found a convincing explanation. However, human after all, is the most intelligent animals senior animals, many years identified in the Chinese zodiac, it is finally prepared a perhaps self-deception to justify folk tales to explain why the rats in the Chinese zodiac ranked first. This is called "the largest rat" stories circulating in the Central Plains area of Hunan, Hubei:
Mice and sheep, such as oxen and horses was elected after twelve zodiac, rats said: "I should put first." Cattle, horses, sheep and they are not convinced, saying: "You do what the first row?" Rat said: " I am, so I have to wait in the first. "simmer with laughter, such as oxen and horses laughed:" You have us do? "Mouse said:" We dispute several of the count, or people for it. "horses sheep, etc. agreed to allow council. So they discuss the way: leading by cattle, horses, sheep, mice successively one after another came from the streets to see how people's council.
In the streets, cattle came, people said: "This very strong head of cattle." Ma come, people said: "This horse really high." Sheep came, people said: "It is very fat sheep . "Finally, the rats cameflow freely, people can see out of the street suddenly a big mouse, are chasing it shouting:" Well you big a mouse, a rat big Yes! "This , horses sheep have nothing to say, let the mouse in the first.