所谓十二生肖,是一种带有民族特点的传统纪年方法。我国古代常用天干地支排列组合纪年,天干有甲、乙、丙、丁、戊、己、庚、辛、壬、癸等十个,地支有子、丑、寅、卯、辰、巳、午、未、申、酉、戌、亥等十二个。从甲子年排列至癸亥年恰恰是六十年,故称之为六十花甲。在这六十年中,天干要轮回六次,地支则只轮回五次。古人常以天干与木、火、土、金、水五行相配,如甲乙为木,丙丁为 The so-called Chinese Zodiac, is a traditional method of dating with national characteristics. In ancient China, the dry and dry branches of the earth are often arranged in a combination of years. There are ten such as A, B, C, D, E, G, H, Xin, Unto, Shen, Unitary, Xu, Hai and other twelve. Arranging from Jia Zi years to Guihai years is precisely sixty years, it is called sixty Hail. During these 60 years, Heavenly Stems have to be reincarnated six times and their earthwatch only reincarnated five times. Ancients usually dry with wood, fire, soil, gold, water, five elements, such as A and B for the wood, C Ding is