Legenden om de 12 kinesiske dyretegn

Jadekejserens fødselsdagsfest

For mange tusinder år siden, dengang man endnu ikke var i stand til at måle tiden og dagene, brugte man i Kina 12 kinesiske dyr til at navngive år og tid. De 12 dyr var: rotten, oksen, tigeren, kaninen, dragen, slangen, hesten, fåret, aben, hanen, hunden og grisen. De 12 dyr formede en kreds – som et tidshjul.

Legenden siger at jadekejseren, Himlens Kejser i Kina, lod kalde til et dyrekapløb på sin fødseldag. Alle dyr i kejserriget blev inviteret. Kun 12 dyr kunne vinde. Vinderne ville blive optaget i dyrekredsen som tegn, og deres ånd og personlighed ville leve videre i menneskerne for evig tid. Kapløbet var ikke let. Dyrene måtte krydse en bred og brusende flod med stærke understrømninger for at komme i mål.

  Hverken katten eller rotten kunne svømme. Faktisk var de, de dårligste til svømmere af alle dyrene i dyrriget, men de var til gengæld ret kløgtige. Selvom alle ved at katte og rotter ikke kan udstå hinanden, så var er der ikke mange, der ved, at de rent faktisk var venner engang.

Sammen lagde de en snedig plan, og sagde til oksen:. ”Kære søde okse, vil du ikke hjælpe med at bære os over vandet? For vi kan ikke svømme.” Oksen, der var mild og hjælpsom af natur, lod dem hoppe op på sin ryg. Halvvejs over floden, lige da katten vendte ryggen til rotten, skubbede rotten frækt katten i vandet. Det var sådan deres fjendskab startede. Siden den dag har kat og mus ikke kunnet udstå hinanden. Det er også derfor at katte er bange for vand. Da oksen nærmede sig breden, sprang rotten af ,og løb direkte i mål som den første! Lige efter kom den stærke okse, som nr. 2.
Tigeren fik en 3. plads. Den beklagede sig gevaldigt til kejseren over, hvordan de stærke strømme var ved at trække ham ned i vandet, men kun ved hjælp af sin råstyrke, var det lykkedes ham at kæmpe imod og over floden.
Haren, den blev nr. 4. Haren fortalte, hvordan den hoppede fra sten til sten for at nå over floden, men halvvejs, var den faldet i vandet. Heldigvis nåede den at gribe fat i et stykke drivtømmer, og ved kraften fra sine store, stærke poter havde den padlet sig i over floden og i mål.
Dragen kom flyvende ind som nr. 5 – mens den spydede ild ud igennem munden. Jadekejseren undrede sig over, hvordan dragen der var en hurtig flyver ikke var kommet i mål noget før? Den mægtige drage fortalte, at han på vejen måtte stoppe op for at hjælpe alle menneskerne og dyrene på jorden med at lave regn, og derfor blev forsinket. Da han nærmede sig målstregen, måtte han stoppe op igen. Han havde fået øje på en lille og forskræmt kanin, der klamrede hjælpeløst til et stykke træ, så han fyldte sine lunger med luft og pustede på kaninen, der fik medvind og derfor kom sikkert over den rivende flod. Kejseren nikkede anerkendende til dragens gode gerninger, og gav den en ærefuld 5. plads.
Slangen kom ind som nr. 6, og hesten kom lige efter på en 7. plads. Det gik således til at hesten var før slangen, men da slangen viklede sig op ad hestens ene hove, blev hesten så forskrækket, at den faldt baglæns. På den måde formåede slangen at komme før hesten.

 Fåret, aben og hanen kom ind i mål samtidigt. De tre dyr havde hjulpet hinanden gennem løbet. Hanen havde opdaget en tømmerflåde, og fåret og aben havde sørget for at få tømmerflåden sikkert over vandet. Jadekejseren blev meget glad for at høre at dyrene havde samarbejdet og hjulpet hinanden, og gav straks fåret en 8. plads, aben en 9. plads, og hanen en 10. plads.

På 11. pladsen kom hunden. Hunden var ellers den bedste svømmer af dem alle, men den var blevet så glad, da den så det dejlige, friske bjergvand, og var derfor stoppet op for at lege i vandet indtil den huskede at den skulle videre. 

Solen var ved at gå ned, og kapløbet var ved at nå til ende. Jadekejseren skulle til at afblæse løbet, da de hørte en øffen og grynten bag en busk. Der kom grisen vraltende. Grisen var blevet forsinket, fordi den var blevet sulten på vejen, og var stoppet op for at spise et dejligt festmåltid. Derefter var den blevet træt, og faldt i søvn. Det var fra denne dag, at grise blev kendt for deres ”dovnenskab”. Det 12. og sidste dyr i dyrekredsen var derfor Grisen.

  

 

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