In ancient times, cows were servants in front of the Jade Emperor's palace, and they often traveled between the Heavenly Palace and the earth. One day, the farmer sent a message to the Jade Emperor, saying that nothing grows on the earth, and the earth is bare and ugly. He asked the Jade Emperor to bring some grass seeds to the earth to make the earth green and the world beautiful. Hearing this, the Jade Emperor thought it was reasonable, so he agreed to this matter and asked His Highness the gods who would like to sow grass on earth.
"Jade Emperor, I am willing to go to earth to sow grass seeds." Niu Wang volunteered to do it.
"You are a careless guy, I'm afraid not." The jade emperor said with trepidation.
"The Jade Emperor can rest assured that I am willing to be punished if I can't do this little thing well." Niu Wang insisted on going.
The Jade Emperor agreed to Niu Wang's request and asked him to walk three steps and sprinkle a handful of grass seeds after he came to earth.
The ox king walked out of the Heavenly Palace with grass seeds. When he came out of a worse paradise, he accidentally fell down. After he arrived on earth, his mind was dizzy and he mistakenly thought that the jade emperor's will was to take a step and scatter three grass seeds. As a result, many grass seeds were scattered on the ground. The next year, there were so many weeds that farmers couldn't grow crops at all. The people below asked the Kitchen God to tell the Jade Emperor that there were too many weeds to grow crops. When the Jade Emperor learned about the bad things at will, he called Niu Wang to ask him, only to know that the careless Niu Wang had sown three straws at a time and ruined a good thing.
"You careless old cow, the ground is overgrown with weeds. How do you guarantee it? From now on, you and your descendants can only eat grass and help farmers weed, and at the same time, you have to help farmers work from generation to generation. " When the Jade Emperor finished, his anger did not disappear. He flew up and kicked old Niu Yi in the foot. The ox king fell from the sky with his mouth down and a row of upper teeth fell out. As a result, cows work as coolies for farmers all their lives, and only let them chew grass. Until today, the upper teeth of cattle have not yet grown out. However, cows have a good habit. Once they learn, they will change. It is hardworking, diligent and practical, never letting go of pulling carts to plow the fields, doing all kinds of work for farmers, and finally winning people's praise. When arranging the zodiac, everyone unanimously recommended it as the zodiac. If it weren't for the speculative mouse hiding in the horn that won the first prize, Niu Wang would definitely be the eldest of the 12 zodiac animals. Cows have become the human zodiac because of their contribution to mankind. 1 until 3 am (that is, "ugly time"). Cattle will eat enough grass, "chew backwards" is the thinnest and most comfortable, and they will work in the fields early the next morning, and when they are ugly, they will be paired with cattle.
The selection and arrangement of animals in the zodiac are determined according to the daily activity time of animals. Since the Han Dynasty, China used the twelve earthly branches to record the twelve hours of a day, each hour is equivalent to two hours, and it is midnight from eleven o'clock in the evening to one o'clock in the morning, when rats are most active. From 0: 00 to 3: 00 in the morning/kloc-,it's ugly, and the cow is ruminating. It is Yin Shi from 3: 00 to 5: 00. At this time, tigers are foraging everywhere, which is the fiercest. 5: 00 to 7: 00 is the crime time. At this time, the sun has not yet risen and the moon is still hanging in the sky. At this time, Yutu is busy taking medicine. 7: 00 am to 9: 00 am is the morning, which is a good time for the dragon to rain. From 9: 00 to 1 1, the snake became active. From eleven o'clock in the morning to one o'clock in the afternoon, the sun is shining, and at noon, it is the time to be unconstrained. In the afternoon 1 until 3 o'clock, it is late. At this time, sheep will grow stronger if they eat grass. From 3 pm to 5 pm, it is the Olympic Games. At this time, the monkey became active. It's one yuan from five to seven. When night falls, chickens begin to return to their nests. From 7: 00 pm to 9: 00 pm, the dog began to watch the night. From 9 pm to 1 1, it is Shihai. At this time, all was silent and the pig was snoring. Every 60 years, the zodiac will make a big tour from the beginning.