俊马腾空辞旧岁,灵羊捷足登新年。早在几万年以前,人类通过驯化,就把山上的岩羊、野羊变成六畜之一,且位居前列。据记载,五千年前,我国西北的先民就选择宽阔的大河沿岸,开始放牧养羊,羊在人类12生肖的文化中也处于居中之位,这不仅说明其在古人心目中的重要位置,也更可见,它伴随人类的时间之久远和与人类社会生活中的密切关系,的确值得大书特书。 Jun Ma Teng vacant old and old, Sheep Jie Zedong New Year. As early as tens of thousands of years ago, humans domesticated and turned the mountain sheep and goats into one of the six domestic animals and was at the forefront. According to records, five thousand years ago, our ancestors in the northwestern part of China chose broad rivers and began grazing and sheep breeding. Sheep was also in the middle of the culture of the 12 Chinese zodiac. This not only shows its importance in the ancients’ mind It is also more visible that it is indeed worthy of a great book to accompany the long history of mankind and its close relationship with human social life.