十二生肖为何鼠为先？十二生肖是以十二地支与十二种动物相配组成的。因为十二地支在十天干之下，所以取各动物的足爪，从阴阳上加以区分。旧说子、寅、辰、午、申、戌这六个地支属阳，所以配以足爪为奇数的动物，如鼠、虎、龙、猴、狗都有五趾，马是单蹄。丑、卯、已、未... Zodiac Why rats first? The zodiac is composed of twelve branches and twelve animals. Because twelve branches in the dry ten days, so take the animals of the feet, to distinguish from the yin and yang. The old saying, Yin, Chen, afternoon, Shen, Xu these six earthly branches is the sun, so with an odd number of paws for animals such as rats, tigers, dragons, monkeys, dogs have five toes, the horse is a single hoof. Ugly, d, have, not ...