This Star is a bit Salty

Li Han thought so in his heart, and then suddenly heard a bear child shouting "Brother Han".

Looking back, I saw a group of bear children in the village running over from a distance with schoolbags on their backs.

It seems that the bear children are back from school. Seeing Li Han, the bear children were all very happy.

After the bear children approached, a bear child named Dongzi said, "Brother Han is here now, we can just ask Brother Han directly about the question just now."

Another bear boy named Liangzi said: "Okay, they say you are wrong, but you still don't believe it."

"Huh?" Li Han wondered: "What's the problem? Did the two of you just argue about something?"

Dongzi nodded and said, "Brother Han, do you think there is a 'goat' in the zodiac?"

"Zodiac?" Li Han understood and smiled: "You are arguing about whether there are sheep in the zodiac?"

Dongzi said: "Yes, Brother Han. I said that there are no sheep in the zodiac, but Liangzi said that there are sheep."

Liangzi said at this time: "I have it, I have an aunt who belongs to the sheep."

Dongzi said, "That must be your memory."

Liangzi said, "No."

The two little guys fought again. Li Han smiled slightly, a child is a child, and any problem can be fought.

However, it's not surprising that the two little guys would quarrel because of this.

Because it's normal for someone to make a mistake.

Everyone knows the zodiac, and everyone feels that they know the zodiac very well.

But if you really want to tell the twelve animals completely, without checking the data, not necessarily how many people can be completely correct.

Everyone feels familiar, but that's not necessarily the case.

For example, suddenly ask you, is there a sheep in the zodiac?

There will definitely be many people who are not sure,

"There should be."

Or, equally uncertain, "It seems not."

This is true for adults, let alone two little guys.

Li Han thought about it carefully for a while before saying, "Dongzi, you are wrong about this question. There are indeed sheep in the zodiac."

"Yeah!" Ryoko cheered, "I'll just say yes. How is it? Do you know you're wrong?"

Dongzi said, "Brother Han, are there really sheep? Why am I not impressed!"

Li Han smiled and said, "Of course there is. Behind the horse is the sheep."

Dongzi muttered, "Okay."

Next, Liangzi was proud, Dongzi was depressed, and the two little guys had completely different expressions, which made Li Han a little funny.

However, when it comes to the zodiac, it is really interesting.

Looking at the bear children, Li Han said: "We just said that there are indeed sheep in the zodiac. Now I will ask you another question."

Hearing what Li Han said, the children all looked at Li Han instantly with a look of great interest.

Liangzi is no longer proud, and Dongzi is no longer depressed.

Li Han said, "Do you think there are cats in the zodiac?"

cat?

All the bear children looked like they were thinking positively. After a while, Dongzi said, "There shouldn't be. Right? Brother Han."

Ryoko said, "It seems there is, but it doesn't seem to be there. I don't know that."

The rest of the bears said some said yes, some said no, and some said he didn't know.

After the bear children were chattering for a while, Li Hancai said, "This time it's Dongzi, Xiaotong, Xiaoxi, you guys are right. There are no cats in the zodiac."

"Yeah!" This time, it was Dongzi, Xiaotong, and Xiaoxi who cheered.

Li Han smiled and continued to ask: "So, do you know why there is no cat?"

Why?

This time all the bear children just stared wide-eyed in a daze.

How do they know why? Never thought about it at all.

Of course, they don't know why it's normal.

Because, it's not just them. In fact all people don't know why? Even Li Han did not know.

Because the formation of the zodiac has been very long. For a long time, it has been impossible to verify when did it start to originate?

It can only be traced back to the pre-Qin period when a relatively complete zodiac system existed.

Then in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were already records of zodiac signs that were exactly the same as the current zodiac signs.

So long ago, who knows why there are no cats?

It can only be a more scientific guess, it should be because when the zodiac was formed, there was no such animal as the domestic cat.

Because the domestic cat was introduced into China late, it must have been later than the period when the zodiac was formed.

So, this may explain why there are no cats in the zodiac?

However, that only explains why there are no cats? The other animals that don't have it can't be explained.

It can only be speculated that the origin of the zodiac is related to the worship of animals in that period.

These twelve animals are the twelve animals that people worship, thus gradually forming the twelve zodiac signs.

Of course, why are the zodiac signs these twelve animals? Although it cannot be explained scientifically.

However, it can be explained by something called "myth and legend".

Why no cat? No one knows the reason, but in the world of myths and legends, or in the cultural world of the zodiac, it has a reason.

Those reasons are often very interesting and form various cultures about the zodiac signs.

In the past life, there are very rich records about the culture and legends of the twelve zodiac signs.

It includes various records in historical documents, as well as a lot of legends circulating in the folk and so on.

Since the formation of these legends, after continuous processing by people in different periods, it can be said that the resources are quite rich to this day.

However, this is in the past life.

Not so in this world.

I don't know why, the legends and culture of the zodiac in this world are very few today.

Li Han suspected that at a certain period in history, for some special reason, there was a fault in the cultural inheritance of legends about the zodiac.

That is to say, there is an interruption in the process of transmission.

It's like Zhuo Wenjun's "Bai Tou Yin" and Liang Zhu's story were not passed down.

Why are there no cats in the zodiac? There is a widely circulated legend in the past life, which perfectly explains this problem.

However, that legend does not seem to exist in this world.

Maybe it never happened, or maybe it was discontinued at some point in history.

This is undoubtedly a very regrettable thing.

Li Han accidentally learned about such a situation before, but he didn't think about it too much at the time, and then gradually forgot about it.

Now, listening to the bear children arguing about the zodiac, Li Han suddenly remembered it again.

That's why he asked, why is there no cat in the zodiac?

Now that you remember it, tell the children about that legend.

It's like telling a funny story to the kids.

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