The exclusive nickname of the zodiac.

The exclusive nicknames of the Chinese zodiac animals are Zishu, Ugly Cow, Yinhu, Maotu, Lapras, Sishe, Wuma, Weiyang, Shenhou, Emirates Chicken, Dog and Hai Pig.

The exclusive nicknames of the zodiac are mouse, ugly cow, yinhu, maotu, Lapras, snake, afternoon horse, sheep, monkey, Emirates chicken, dog, and pig. The zodiac, also known as the zodiac, is a dozen animals in China that match the twelve earthly branches with the year of birth, including mouse, cow, tiger, rabbit and so on.

The origin of the zodiac is related to animal worship. According to the Qin bamboo slips unearthed in Yunmeng Shuihudi, Hubei Province and Fangmatan, Tianshui, Gansu Province, a relatively complete zodiac system existed in the pre-Qin period. The earliest handed down document that records the same Chinese zodiac as modern times is Lun Heng written by Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The zodiac animals are the visual representatives of the twelve earthly branches, that is, the mouse, the ugly cow, the yinhu, the maotu, the dragon, the snake, the afternoon horse, the sheep, the monkey, the chicken, the dog and the pig. With the development of history, they have gradually merged into the folk belief concept of mutual development, which is manifested in marriage, life and annual luck.

It has become an image philosophy in folk culture, such as the animal sign in marriage, prayer in temple fairs, animal year, etc. In modern times, more people regard the zodiac as the mascot of the Spring Festival and become a symbol of entertainment and cultural activities.

As a long-standing symbol of folk culture, the zodiac has left a large number of poems, Spring Festival couplets, paintings, calligraphy and paintings and folk arts and crafts depicting the image and symbolic meaning of the zodiac in the past dynasties. Apart from China, many countries in the world issue stamps of the zodiac during the Spring Festival to express their wishes for the New Year in China.