12生肖是以12地支与12种动物相配组成的。因为地支在天干之下,所以取动物的足爪,从阴阳上加以区分。旧说子、寅、辰、午、申、戌这6个地支属阳,所以配以足爪为奇数的动物,如鼠、虎、龙、猴、狗都有5趾,马是单蹄。丑、卯、巳、未、酉、亥旧说都属阴,所以配以足爪为偶数的动物,如牛、免、羊、鸡、猪都是4爪,蛇虽无足,它的舌头却有两岔,也归于偶数一类。这是12动物与12地支相配的来由。那么为啥鼠与子 12 Lunar New Year is 12 branches and 12 kinds of animal matching composition. Because the ground support under the heavenly stem, so take the animal’s feet, to distinguish from the yin and yang. The old saying goes, Yin, Chen, afternoon, Shen, Xu these six places is Yang, so with an odd number of paws for animals such as rats, tigers, dragons, monkeys, dogs have 5 toes, horses are single hooves. Ugly, Mao, Pat, Wei, Unitary, Hai said all are old, so with an even number of feet of animals, such as cattle, free, sheep, chickens, pigs are 4 claws, snake though not enough, its tongue There are two fork, but also attributed to an even category. This is the reason that 12 animals match 12 earthly branches. So why rats and children