Video: Two systems dominate the 60-year cycle of 12 animals

The 60-year cycle of 12 animals in the popular lunar calendar in Asian countries is the number of different combinations of two systems Can and Chi.

12 animals of China.

Legend has it that, Ngoc Hoang - the head of the family wanted to find a way to calculate time, so organized a race.

The first 12 animals past the river will have a place in the zodiac calendar in the order they arrive.

The mouse wakes up at sunrise to start early, but on the way to the river, it meets horses, tigers and buffaloes. Because the mouse is small and can't swim well, he asked the larger animals to help. While the tiger and the horse refused, the good buffalo agreed to take the mouse over the river.