中国人de十二生肖十分有趣!生肖指的是:the year of the animal in which one was born,为什me会有十二个动物呢?According to legend,传说很久以前Buddha (佛)在过年的时候召集天下所有动物lai开会共商大事?but only twelve animals showed up,只有shi二个动物赶来参加、于是。Buddha就按动物到来的xian后顺序为每一年命了名,最先到的是rat,最后到的是pig。In the order of their arrival, from the rat to the pig, Buddha conferred (赐予?授予) on each a year of its own. 这样就开始了十二个动物为一轮的属相纪年法,The twelve-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac (黄道十二宫图) began. 古代中国的星相学认为人的属相。the animal sign under which a person was born?是同一个人的根本性格和命运息xi相关的、According to Chinese astrology (占星术), the animal sign associated with the year of a person’s birth determines one’s fundamental character and foretells one’s destiny (命运).!