As a full Chinese (but not from China) it sounds a bit more digitalized and I can't blame them, speaking it _accurately_ with it's variety of tones can be very hard if you want to strive for accuracy. (I'm totally fine with them doing this, don't take this as a hate comment)
@@gloriawang5608 the narrator is credited as Pen Pen Chen if you click the link to the full lesson. But you are right that the two people credited in the title are the listed Educators.
Imagine if it was Australia who had invented the lunar zodiac, we'd have a Year of the Kangaroo, Year of the Koala, Year of the Platypus, Year of the Wombat....
My favorite story about the zodiac was not mentioned: The cat also got an invitation for the race. Because it is sleeping all day, it asked it´s friend the mouse to wake it up on time. The mouse, knowing that the cat would make it through the river faster than itself, said yes, but did not do it. The result: The cat got up too late and did not make it into the circle. Ever since then, it resents the mouse and catches it whenever it can.
Long ago, the twelve zodiacs lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Jade Emperor, master of all five elements, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished..
The story I’ve heard was that there were 13 zodiacs the very last being the cat who didn’t make the top 12 because it got tricked by the mouse and almost drowned in the water. Thus explaining why cats hate mice and why they’re afraid of water
The Japanese version is almost identical, but the mouse told the cat the race will be held on the next day of the actual race. The cat, slept over on the race day, realized the race is already over. Thus, cats always chase a mouse and constantly wash (rub) their face not to sleep over. :)
@@shunsukehaga6770 no japanese version🤦🏻♀this is chinese culture there is no need for another country to claim the STORY OF CHINA please respect intellectual property rights💁🏻♀
@@hjhghj462 I'm Chinese American and I have no problem with other versions. Yes, the OG comes from China but as stories migrate, they can have many versions and meanings to other countries. Just look at Roman and Greek literature. Don't shame someone for sharing their own version. Also, they did not CLAIM that it was ONLY Japanese. They merely stated it was a VERSION of it.
I thought the story was based around why the cat isn't one of the animals. The cat asked the rat to wake it up before the race started, but the rat didn't and he missed the race.
Eric Wang I read a version about why the dragon has horns. The dragon borrowed it from the rooster and never returned it. And the reason why cat catches rat as we see today, is because the rat broke its promise
Thailand: Dragons don't exist so let's replace it with a mythical snake Edit: I swear, people who are still replying saying Naga means Dragon, YES! I KNOW! I've read the replies already!
For 2 people to be of the exact same zodiac, even to the exact element, they would either have to be the same age or 60 years apart... You can tell which of these outcomes if ind more hilarious.
What I love about this video is on how these three animals, which are the sheep, rooster and monkey, helped each other finishing the race. Goes to show that great trio did really exist way back then.
He Wu similar thing happened to me expect I am the student. I watched a red ed video about counterfeit coins and the next day the riddle was a bonus question on my science test
I first read the Chinese zodiac when I was 24 (my second cycle) and was blown away by how accurate (at least for me) the strengths and vulnerabilities of the Tiger I possess. And knowing that in Western astrology, the sign directly across the wheel is your compliment, I was baffled by my tumultuous relationship with my Mom (Pisces-me, Virgo-her). Then I learned that in Eastern astrology, your 6-year cross-wheel sign is your immortal antagonist. My Mother, may she RIP, was the Monkey on this Tiger's back for 47 years!
Wooooow. Yeah man im a tiger too and my little sister is a monkey and ooooh man the problems we have had over the years lolol. Then my fathers mother was a dragon, my mother is a dragon, and guess what my fiance is?? Ahahaha when i realized this my head almost spun off my shoulders.. i explained it to my dad (an ox) but i dont think it hit him as hard haha
I have 6 siblings and growing up my mom would teach us about the Chinese zodiac( we’re Asian) . I find this method of understanding people to be very accurate. My family has 2 roosters, 2 dogs, one rabbit, one dragon, and one snake; also my parents are a tiger and a rabbit. I can confirm how accurate the zodiac is. It’s also very useful when dealing with one’s love life 🙏
As a Thai-Chinese person, I was overjoyed at the wonderfully presented information in the video. I’m also super glad they got a narrator whom has the ability to pronounce the words and names accurately. Amazing video!💕
although really good, i remember a part about the cat, when told by my parents. the cat and mouse were best friends but half way the mouse pushed the cat off and he never made it to the finish line. thats why cats chase mice
According to Vietnamese myth, after the race, Hằng Nga - Moon Lady (the lady owns moon palace) need an animal to become her assistant. Because rabbit is the cutest animal (u know girl always like cute and fluffy things), she chose it to come with her. Jade emperor felt so hard to decide to give her or not bcause he needed 12 animals to represent the time. At that time, cat (which slept all day and just woke up at the end of the race) arrive at Jade palace. Jade emperor gave Moon Lady the rabbit and replaced rabbit with cat in the Zodiac signs. My mom always says that everyone who were born in year of cat (like me) achieves things without any effort (definitely it's wrong, but it's funny) Some of teenagers say that Moon lady chose the rabbit just because she needed carrots. 🌝 🌝 🌝
I believe a cat makes more sense than a rabbit, because cat is supposed to be the Yin part of the tiger, also for the rest of the animals there is suposed to be like a Yin version of each Yang, like the snake with the dragon, both are reptile, one is lite but the other is the steroided one. Horse with goat and so on.
Cat suppose to join the race to but it forgetting what day the race suppose to start, so it go and ask mouse (who supposedly it best friend) and the mouse lie to the cat.....from that day on cat and mouse never get a long.
So clear and authentic! That's the version I have heard in my childhood. BTW the pronunciation of 地支 and 天干 is quite right as well as the explanation of the sixty-year-cycled year counting system. (甲子) The LCM of 10 and 12 is 60 That's why a cycle is sixty years
I don't think that it is about the LCM. The idea is much simpler - The cycle of 60 years is composed of the 12 animals and the 5 elements (12 × 5 = 60). Then, there are alternating sets of yin and yang cycles.
@@person.244 60 is correct answer. "Ten heavenly stems" is "甲乙丙丁戊己庚辛壬癸" and "twelve earthly branches" is ''子丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉戌亥‘’. The first year is the year of "甲子" . The second year is the year of "乙丑",not the year of "甲丑". "丙寅","丁卯","戊辰" and so on.
@@nathanoyeght It's not simple permutation.''Ten heavenly stems" is "甲乙丙丁戊己庚辛壬癸" and "twelve earthly branches" is ''子丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉戌亥‘’. The order is as follows: "甲子","乙丑","丙寅" and so on. The answer is 60, the least common multiple of 10 and 12
In Western astrology, what people think of as their 'sign' refers only to the 'Sun' sign. It's much more complex than that. In Eastern astrology, what people think of as their 'sign' is closely related to the cycles of the Moon. Eastern astrology is also much more complex than that. Why does one tend to focus on the Sun and one on the Moon? Solar and Lunar calendars, for one reason, but there's a deeper reason why Lunar calendars are common in the East. It has to do with Yang and Ying, the fundamental 'opposing' (mutually supporting) forces of the universe. In physics, they're called 'negative' and 'positive.'
I was just saying - In Western Astrology, each sign is for a month. But, in Eastern Astrology, each sign is for a year. Now, in Western Astrology, that is only the sun sign. There is also the moon sign, the ascendant or rising sign, and so on. There doesn't seem to be those sort of things in Eastern Astrology, with only the one sign influence.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMEONE MAKING A WHOLE VIDEO ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY AND CULTURE BUT PRONOUNCING EVERYTHING WRONG?? EVERY SINGLE TIME?? EVEN IN THE MOST RESPECTED NEWS CHANNELS ON TV????? oh god i love ted ed hearing even just decent, easily pronounceable chinese in english media is better than harry styles note change in story of my life or something
I am from Taiwan, and we do include the cat part in our stories. And we said tiger came in third instead of first because it thinks it would definitely be first, but mouse and cow were more hard-working and woke up earlier than tiger
Brigham Snyder I also am from Taiwan and there I was thought that the cat used to be best friends with the mouse and the day before the race the cat asked the mouse to wake the cat up for the race the mouse agreed but did not wake up the cat
Brigham Snyder the night before the race, the cat and the mouse wanted to work together. In the morning of the race, the mouse went withour waking up the cat, and thats why the cat hated the mouse so much
Fuhj no matter how hard you try, you’ll never be able to get rid of a western accent when speaking another language. Same with Spanish, French, Russian, any other language you are not familiar with :0 but very noticeable in Chinese, when the spoken words have subtle changes that only a native or first generation could understand and say accurately. (You can also live in a certain country and begin to lose your western accent by immersion, but even people who live there for years can still have traces of non-native accent)
@@chrysanthex i am from a country that doesnt speak english and i got rid of my accent. I never went to another country that speaks english to get rid of it. When i was learning english i just didnt have an accent even though my brother has an accent and my mom and my dad. But they dont really know english very well so...
thank you ted, I'm a Chinese Chinese who's very emerged in Chinese cultures but this is the first time someone explained to me that I can have more than one animal zodiac which can also be determined by the month, day or time of the day that you were born. Always learning about myself.
I remember watching a show called Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat that explained the Great Race, and that's how I remembered the order of the Chinese zodiac
As someone who celebrates Chinese New Year with my family every year I thought I would just watch the video to confirm what I know. I actually learned that elements are assigned to the calendar. Thanks!
@@Vor567tez according to legend, the mouse had promised to wake the cat up on the day of the race, but in fact lied to the cat and never woke the cat up, so the cat slept through the race and thus was not part of the 12 zodiacs.
The Chinese Dragon 「龍」 and Naga 「那伽」are very similar but had vastly different origins. The Chinese dragon originated from China (duh) and is not attributed to merely water, there are many dragons in China, some of them controls light, some of them controls lightning, some of them are war gods; and Naga originated from India, they were supposed to only be poisonous mythical snakes that controls water, later Buddhism entered China from India and brought along the mythical stories of Naga, the Chinese translated the Naga 「那伽」as dragon「龍」, and so the two merged, so in China, Naga and Dragon are the same thing.
Naga is not just a poisonous snake, it's a class of cobra or Serpent Gods which is worshipped and considered as protector and benefactor of good people, In Indian myth
Not really, 那伽 is still 那伽 in Chinese. Only Buddhists translate it "dragon" in Buddhist scriptures, and folks still call it Naga, which is one of the gods of Tianlongbabu .
I'm a rabbit and so are most of my friends and I’m half Chinese and seeing the Voice Actor able to pronounce everything in Mandarin correctly just proves how good this channel is.
It didn't stop there. It also deliberately cheated the cat out of the race by not waking it up on time, or outright push the cat into the water, where it nearly drowned, in the versions the cat did participate in the race.
I think in Thailand, we have both concepts for naga(the serpent looking one with no leg) and dragon( Chinese dragon which has legs, the Mushu looking one) so it's not like we can use naga when we're going to say dragon and vice versa. As to which we use in the chinese zodiac, I think we do use both images and we do call it the large snake or the dragon year.
In our country, this calendar plays an important role because the animals can show a part of our characters. It's not always clear because it belongs to spirituality, but I believe that there is a significant connection. For example, people who were born in Horse years are very patient and diligent, not everyone but I have witnessed a lot of people like that.
I'm impressed with how dedicated they are to pronouncing these correctly. I know that Mandarin is a very tonal language and ti seems like this was pronounced very accurately. Great job on Ted Ed's part!
Wow, this version makes some of the animals seem a WHOLE lot less selfish. In the version I heard, they all wanted to come in first; y'know, because it's a race with the prize being a great honor. Of course, that was from the PBS series, "Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat"; IMO, it's one of PBS's best shows.
Most Chinese people don't care about the 60-year cycle but only the 12-year cycle. Also, I've never heard of the inner animal, true animal or secret animal in my life...
In the Chinese Fortune-Telling methodology, Bazi, there are four combinations of sexagenary cycles which correspond to four different representations of your birth time. Inner animal is the animal of your birth month, which determines your personality; while true animal is the birth animal of your birth day, which means your true self; while secret animal stands up for the timing where you were born, which entails the sub consciousness. It exists just in theory, but most of them aren't true. Only those who lack self-esteem seek the truth through this approach.
Just want to point out that the year of birth applied in this zodiac system is based on the Chinese Lunar calendar, not the commonly used Gregorian calendar. For example, 1990 is labeled as the year of horse and 1991 is labeled as the year of sheep in the video. That is not accurate since 1990/1991 is the year index from the Gregorian calendar. I was born in January 1991, which was right between the global new year day and the Chinese new year day. Therefore my zodiac is still horse not sheep, even though most people born in 1991 have sheep as their zodiac.
Yea the cat told the mouse to wake the cat up for the zodiac race because its a first come first serve basis the first 12 animals will get to race but the mouse did not thats why cats hate mouses
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Revanaught No, not really. Chinese dragons are associated with the forces of nature, water in particular, a lot. Stuff like typhoons, waterfalls, floods, and rain
Naga is dragon for the Asian people, but it's actually very different from the Western dragon so i just call them Naga. Chinese Naga is like a giant snake with 4 legs and can fly using magic. South East Asian Naga is a giant snake with no leg sometimes with many heads and can also fly (originate from Hindu mythology). Western dragon is a giant lizard with 4 legs and 2 wings.
Aan Juanda your moon sign is what people think of you as and your rising sign is what you feel on the inside or smth? I may have accidentally swapped them around but you can search on google for more info
Western astrology is not constellation based. It just uses the names of the constellations. It's a system based on the position of the Sun relative to us (Tropical)
In my country, Thailand, Naga not same as dragon. Naga means one of Legendary creature that found in Thai's Buddhism. It is a very big snake which always do 8 precepts.(normal people should do only 5 precepts). They have human form. Sometimes We see it in front of the temple. P. S. Sorry for my English... P. S. 2 Naga story is very interesting for me. You can find it when you read Garuda(krút)'s story or Sermon on the Three Worlds(Buddism).
Naga, in folklore, were large serpent-like creatures that slightly resembled Chinese dragons, although they were distinct deities. The two are not hard to distinguish; if it looks more like a snake (sometimes with several heads, but still a snake), it's usually a Naga. Sure, there were depictions of Naga that resembled dragons, but for the majority of folklore, especially that of Hindu or Buddhist origin, Naga were serpentine creatures. You can imagine a Naga as a dragon-like snake deity. In technical terms, Naga is sanskrit for Indian Cobra, although in modern Indonesian it translates to Dragon instead.
It depends also in what month you were born, because the traditionnal Chinese new year's day is around the end of January and the beginning of February. So you may be born in 2007 but if you were on the beginning of the year, it might be a different sign than the rest of the year. Hope that makes sense ^^
Thomas DYOUX you're actually correct though. Here's an example: My dad was born in early January and his animal was a dragon and even though my mum was also born in the same year as my dad she was born later in may and now, her animal is the snake. It is also some reasons why some Chinese call the month August, '七月' which means 7th month even though august is the 8th. As the Chinese calendar is about half a month behind.
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I’m half Chinese and seeing the Voice Actor able to pronounce everything in Mandarin correctly just proves how good this channel is.
As a full Chinese (but not from China) it sounds a bit more digitalized and I can't blame them, speaking it _accurately_ with it's variety of tones can be very hard if you want to strive for accuracy.
(I'm totally fine with them doing this, don't take this as a hate comment)
lol they got a Chinese person to say the mandarin words it's in the title the name is Pen Pen Chen
Only my family can do chinese
@@user-fi1vh7yg5b No the people credited in the title are the people who researched and created the story. They get a voice actor to do the speaking
@@gloriawang5608 the narrator is credited as Pen Pen Chen if you click the link to the full lesson. But you are right that the two people credited in the title are the listed Educators.
Your Chinese pronounciation in this video is prefect.
except her 'sheng xiao' tone is off
Naga pronunciation was off.
Naga would translate to snake in hindi.
The first one is off , but the second one is fine
The first one was far off bit the others were okay :)
Darcey O'Shea few off them are miss pronounced and the people WHO Said so up There is true only a true chinese would know
Imagine if it was Australia who had invented the lunar zodiac, we'd have a Year of the Kangaroo, Year of the Koala, Year of the Platypus, Year of the Wombat....
No, we will worship only Emu
Ohhhhhh no
Year of the Cassowary
old but..
year of the emu
Year of the Rainbow Serpent.
My favorite story about the zodiac was not mentioned: The cat also got an invitation for the race. Because it is sleeping all day, it asked it´s friend the mouse to wake it up on time. The mouse, knowing that the cat would make it through the river faster than itself, said yes, but did not do it. The result: The cat got up too late and did not make it into the circle. Ever since then, it resents the mouse and catches it whenever it can.
Fruit basket
I thought they will mention this on this video because it really something important to the story.
Haha
Ya I also know abt it through fruits basket but they didn’t mention it
That's so fruit basket
"The dragon stopped to help some creatures get across."
1:26 _literally flies over them_
Maybe the dragon was like- blowing or smthin
The creatures the dragon helped aren’t the one in the river 🤡
Bahaha 😂
@@hyun-ll5ol LMAO
Dragon: I don’t go on *water*
Love how the dog just frolicked and doesn't seem to care about his or her place in the race.
R/me_irl
What a coincidence because that's what I do and I'm year of the dog XD
I'm a dog 😅
Hahaha... That gave me such a sweet laugh, it made me happy to be a true dog
No greyhounds?
dragon: nice. big race, idc. help some little animals lol lmao
could have easily flown over the river to get first place but nah friendship molecules go brrrrrr
honk honk bigger animals: no don’t help then I don’t like the small animals why dont. Dragon: haha help go brrrrrrrrr
Everyone: NOOO YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO GO AND FINISH 1ST
Dragon: Haha wings go floo
The dragon is wholesome, gotta agree with that.
What was even the point of the race? Do you get anything if you come first? If not, then it makes total sense to help the other animals.
1:50
I loved that the monkey and the rooster gave the 8th place to the sheep “who had been the most comforting and harmonious of them.”
Long ago, the twelve zodiacs lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Jade Emperor, master of all five elements, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished..
*avatar the last air bender theme plays*
AVATAR FANS UNITE
We unite heheheheh
Hahahaha
Yass👍👍
Anyone else remember hearing about how the mouse tricked the cat so that it could take place instead of the cat.
YES
I heard about that! I watched it instead of hearing about it. I learn about it when I was in school Chinese school of course!!
YES! Was slightly disappointed when they didn't say that part
or the dragon helping the rabbit.
In Vietnamese zodiac the cat replaced the rabbit
Did anyone else say “AWWWW” when they told us about the sheep monkey and rooster lol, those 3 are BFF ! Lol
😄😄😄🐑🐓🦧
Lmaooooo
My zodiac is monkey meanwhile my sister is rooster. We can't get along together 😅
🐀 🐮 🐅 🐇 🐉 🐍 🐎 🐑 🐵 🐔 🐶 🐖
I'm sheep😃
The story I’ve heard was that there were 13 zodiacs the very last being the cat who didn’t make the top 12 because it got tricked by the mouse and almost drowned in the water. Thus explaining why cats hate mice and why they’re afraid of water
I'm a cat
The Japanese version is almost identical, but the mouse told the cat the race will be held on the next day of the actual race. The cat, slept over on the race day, realized the race is already over. Thus, cats always chase a mouse and constantly wash (rub) their face not to sleep over. :)
@@shunsukehaga6770 no japanese version🤦🏻♀this is chinese culture there is no need for another country to claim the STORY OF CHINA
please respect intellectual property rights💁🏻♀
in Vietnam, the cat does exist to replace the rabbit as seen in the video
@@hjhghj462 I'm Chinese American and I have no problem with other versions. Yes, the OG comes from China but as stories migrate, they can have many versions and meanings to other countries. Just look at Roman and Greek literature. Don't shame someone for sharing their own version. Also, they did not CLAIM that it was ONLY Japanese. They merely stated it was a VERSION of it.
I thought the story was based around why the cat isn't one of the animals. The cat asked the rat to wake it up before the race started, but the rat didn't and he missed the race.
Eric Wang disney movie? i remember that film
Eric Wang Correct. The rat purposely didn't wake up the cat. the cat arrived after all 12 spots were taken, leading to how cats hate rats today.
Eric Wang I read a version about why the dragon has horns. The dragon borrowed it from the rooster and never returned it. And the reason why cat catches rat as we see today, is because the rat broke its promise
I'm not chinese but these stories are so interesting!! Next time my cat catches a rat i'll remember this lol
Eric Wang I read it like the rat pushed the cat off the ox
Thailand: Dragons don't exist so let's replace it with a mythical snake
Edit: I swear, people who are still replying saying Naga means Dragon, YES! I KNOW! I've read the replies already!
Xynnful and after all Malaysians and Indonesians in the comments say that Naga means dragon literary)))))
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@@everydaypersonz7542 And I know I love it))))
@@polarmouse5029 also Myanmar, Naga means dragon
@@polarmouse5029 yup naga means dragon here in indonesia
"oh my god that's such a yang water Dragon thing to say"
"Shuuut uuppp Kelsey! I'm a ying metal monkey."
"Noo waaayyy me too!"
I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING AT THIS
LMFAOO why is this comment so underrated
What a bunch of- useless information that conveys what you think about yourself but is solely based on what it says and it’s weird
For 2 people to be of the exact same zodiac, even to the exact element, they would either have to be the same age or 60 years apart...
You can tell which of these outcomes if ind more hilarious.
“Yin”
me a chinese person who already knows this story: mmm yes interesting
Wow😂but it is so confusing 😅
I was here just to see which animal is mine zodiac sign but I can't find it 😔
Hemanshi Parmar which year were you born? I can help you with that
Can you do mine, I was born 1998
@@charnith5017 2004
David Ishola 🐯 tiger
What I love about this video is on how these three animals, which are the sheep, rooster and monkey, helped each other finishing the race. Goes to show that great trio did really exist way back then.
Oh I think I've read that somewhere, it was a book I suppose (?)
That’s me and the boys doing our homework together
All of those signs are considered team players, which makes sense.
And the ox and dragon help other. I like how kind they are.
@Rick Simpson That has nothing to do with any of it.
I'm teaching my students about the zodiacs tomorrow and this shows up directly to my feed. I love the Internet.
He Wu similar thing happened to me expect I am the student. I watched a red ed video about counterfeit coins and the next day the riddle was a bonus question on my science test
this is called synchronicity.
@@minecraftkid3737 How did the counterfeit coin riddle get on your science test though?
@@stewedtea My teacher always put riddles as bonus questions.
Wow Chinese astrology is lit
My favourite is the dragon but I am the ox
I’m a doge
I am dragon and metal dragon
Eliora Puppy puff same
Are you a real alien
I first read the Chinese zodiac when I was 24 (my second cycle) and was blown away by how accurate (at least for me) the strengths and vulnerabilities of the Tiger I possess. And knowing that in Western astrology, the sign directly across the wheel is your compliment, I was baffled by my tumultuous relationship with my Mom (Pisces-me, Virgo-her). Then I learned that in Eastern astrology, your 6-year cross-wheel sign is your immortal antagonist. My Mother, may she RIP, was the Monkey on this Tiger's back for 47 years!
Wooooow. Yeah man im a tiger too and my little sister is a monkey and ooooh man the problems we have had over the years lolol.
Then my fathers mother was a dragon, my mother is a dragon, and guess what my fiance is?? Ahahaha when i realized this my head almost spun off my shoulders.. i explained it to my dad (an ox) but i dont think it hit him as hard haha
PROPS TO THIS VOICE OVER PERSON THE CHINESE PRONUNCIATION AND THE TONES
Robert Dobbs lolol, "speak American"
there's someone else doing that.
YAS THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING
@@gabriellet-j the credits state just one person.
I’m not Chinese or anything but the pronunciation just seems so perfect
'cause it is :)
It seems like it was from google translate
I’m Chinese and hearing them say it so perfectly is just- *chefs kiss*
They used another actor
it doesn’t just seem perfect, it is perfect!! chinese is my first language and she pronounced it really good.
Its so funny that the dragon's legs are still moving even though he's floating
Ever heard of "galloping through the air"?
balance baby
Wading
When u ride a zipline don't we all do that
It’s at
I have 6 siblings and growing up my mom would teach us about the Chinese zodiac( we’re Asian) . I find this method of understanding people to be very accurate. My family has 2 roosters, 2 dogs, one rabbit, one dragon, and one snake; also my parents are a tiger and a rabbit. I can confirm how accurate the zodiac is. It’s also very useful when dealing with one’s love life 🙏
im a tiger!
Hearing you say this makes it sound like you are the imperial zookeeper
@@mariustan9275 lmao 🤣
Omg I thought at first you were listing your pets like roosters dogs and rabbits but then when you kept in going with dragons I understood 😭😭😭
@@person.244 lmao that’s so funny
As a Thai-Chinese person, I was overjoyed at the wonderfully presented information in the video. I’m also super glad they got a narrator whom has the ability to pronounce the words and names accurately. Amazing video!💕
* who has the ability
I'm glad that they actually used a person who knew mandarin
Mean Jean me
Mean Jean 你此下流
I hate it when Americans that know nothing about Chinese and pronounce it like it's an American name
Sorry I mean American word
but her 'sheng xiao' tone is off
The Chinese pronounciation my god its perfect
Cos it's not the same person speaking the Chinese part. They either got a Chinese speaker for that or it is done by a computer
@@purplespark8 it is the same person, its clear
actually her sheng xiao pronunciation was a bit off, it should've been shēng qiào. but good on her for trying.
Welp it’s not perfect but it’s still great considering it’s being said by a western person
Some Chinese speak English just as good as Americans
although really good, i remember a part about the cat, when told by my parents. the cat and mouse were best friends but half way the mouse pushed the cat off and he never made it to the finish line. thats why cats chase mice
Aww, this is so much more wholesome than Greek mythology
It leaves less arguing amongst people of who gets to be who
Oh god not the Greek drama
I'm Chinese-American, it is more wholesome, but i would say greek mythology is a bit more interesting
Yeah, I'm a big fan of Greek mythology but the players are quite ratchet! Lol
And boring
3:53 Naga is the snake who devoted it's live to protect Buddha by the way
Marie BCFHS cool
According to Vietnamese myth, after the race, Hằng Nga - Moon Lady (the lady owns moon palace) need an animal to become her assistant. Because rabbit is the cutest animal (u know girl always like cute and fluffy things), she chose it to come with her. Jade emperor felt so hard to decide to give her or not bcause he needed 12 animals to represent the time. At that time, cat (which slept all day and just woke up at the end of the race) arrive at Jade palace. Jade emperor gave Moon Lady the rabbit and replaced rabbit with cat in the Zodiac signs.
My mom always says that everyone who were born in year of cat (like me) achieves things without any effort (definitely it's wrong, but it's funny)
Some of teenagers say that Moon lady chose the rabbit just because she needed carrots. 🌝 🌝 🌝
Moon lady loves carrots 😂😂 because she feels lonely
chang'e hahaha
Nguyên Bùi Quang it’s a tiny difference between cultures
I believe a cat makes more sense than a rabbit, because cat is supposed to be the Yin part of the tiger, also for the rest of the animals there is suposed to be like a Yin version of each Yang, like the snake with the dragon, both are reptile, one is lite but the other is the steroided one. Horse with goat and so on.
Yes. The Moon Lady, or Hằng Nga, is Chang'e.
By listening the voice actor pronounce everything right it shows how good this channel is along with everything else
I didn't even need a notification. I'm on TH-cam too much.
i never need one i watch almost everyone and no notifications
me too
same xD
Martin Vium
Ohime-sama '3' yep
There was a cat, but cat got piss off by the rat
( ͡ʘ ͜ʖ ͡ʘ)
chiaohong cheng yea
There was no cat, because he was eaten.
chiaohong cheng noo thats a rabbit
Cat suppose to join the race to but it forgetting what day the race suppose to start, so it go and ask mouse (who supposedly it best friend) and the mouse lie to the cat.....from that day on cat and mouse never get a long.
*And then the fire nation attacked*
Do you like avatar the last airbender
Sammie Cave hg
@@samreengharu480 i think he likes naruto
Ox here
Yes!
So clear and authentic!
That's the version I have heard in my childhood.
BTW the pronunciation of 地支 and 天干 is quite right as well as the explanation of the sixty-year-cycled year counting system. (甲子)
The LCM of 10 and 12 is 60
That's why a cycle is sixty years
OHHH THANK YOU I was confused because I would think 10x12 is 120 but that makes sense
I don't think that it is about the LCM.
The idea is much simpler - The cycle of 60 years is composed of the 12 animals and the 5 elements (12 × 5 = 60). Then, there are alternating sets of yin and yang cycles.
@@person.244 60 is correct answer. "Ten heavenly stems" is "甲乙丙丁戊己庚辛壬癸" and "twelve earthly branches" is ''子丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉戌亥‘’. The first year is the year of "甲子" . The second year is the year of "乙丑",not the year of "甲丑". "丙寅","丁卯","戊辰" and so on.
@@nathanoyeght It's not simple permutation.''Ten heavenly stems" is "甲乙丙丁戊己庚辛壬癸" and "twelve earthly branches" is ''子丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉戌亥‘’. The order is as follows: "甲子","乙丑","丙寅" and so on. The answer is 60, the least common multiple of 10 and 12
Fruits Basket fan-girling intensifies
hahhayes
👌🏻
yes lol
But what about the cat😢 KYO MY DARLING
@@vittley1826 i wonder!!
In Vietnam, we change "sheep" into "goat" too
ohhhh so that's the reason why in Malaysia we were confused whether it's the sheep or goat year
Actually In Chinese, Yang means goat sheep and ram all together.
yup, you're right
because sheep and goat are called Caprini（羊）and in the China there is no sheep at all. So you also use goat following us.
Chickie Hằng It doesn’t matter cuz the sheep and goat share the same Kanji
In Western astrology, what people think of as their 'sign' refers only to the 'Sun' sign. It's much more complex than that. In Eastern astrology, what people think of as their 'sign' is closely related to the cycles of the Moon. Eastern astrology is also much more complex than that. Why does one tend to focus on the Sun and one on the Moon? Solar and Lunar calendars, for one reason, but there's a deeper reason why Lunar calendars are common in the East. It has to do with Yang and Ying, the fundamental 'opposing' (mutually supporting) forces of the universe. In physics, they're called 'negative' and 'positive.'
I was just saying - In Western Astrology, each sign is for a month. But, in Eastern Astrology, each sign is for a year. Now, in Western Astrology, that is only the sun sign. There is also the moon sign, the ascendant or rising sign, and so on. There doesn't seem to be those sort of things in Eastern Astrology, with only the one sign influence.
Ted-ed : Gathering information, putting efforts on animation, perfect editing within limited amount of time
People : Gosh the Chinese pronunciation of this lady 😍😍😍😍
The credited narrator is named Pen-Pen Chen, so she's most likely native in Chinese.
CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMEONE MAKING A WHOLE VIDEO ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY AND CULTURE BUT PRONOUNCING EVERYTHING WRONG?? EVERY SINGLE TIME?? EVEN IN THE MOST RESPECTED NEWS CHANNELS ON TV????? oh god i love ted ed hearing even just decent, easily pronounceable chinese in english media is better than harry styles note change in story of my life or something
I'm so glad you can leave voice messages as comments now!!!
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ummm 😞😞 why??
Jonathan Beckinham you got me 😂😂
wow you sing very well
ikr 😂😂😂😂😂
DON'T OPEN IT IT'S PORN
Didn't the ox carry both the rat and the cat across? But then the rat pushed the cat into the water and that's why the cat hates the rat so much?
There's no cat in the original Chinese one... maybe that's the story for the Vietnamese?
I am from Taiwan, and we do include the cat part in our stories. And we said tiger came in third instead of first because it thinks it would definitely be first, but mouse and cow were more hard-working and woke up earlier than tiger
高梓根 Yeah I think we say that in Japan too
Brigham Snyder I also am from Taiwan and there I was thought that the cat used to be best friends with the mouse and the day before the race the cat asked the mouse to wake the cat up for the race the mouse agreed but did not wake up the cat
Brigham Snyder the night before the race, the cat and the mouse wanted to work together. In the morning of the race, the mouse went withour waking up the cat, and thats why the cat hated the mouse so much
You know the narrator is Chinese descended, because no western TED host can pronounce Chinese this accurately.
lafkdjay agreed
How dafuq do you know that eh?
Fuhj no matter how hard you try, you’ll never be able to get rid of a western accent when speaking another language. Same with Spanish, French, Russian, any other language you are not familiar with :0 but very noticeable in Chinese, when the spoken words have subtle changes that only a native or first generation could understand and say accurately.
(You can also live in a certain country and begin to lose your western accent by immersion, but even people who live there for years can still have traces of non-native accent)
@@chrysanthex i am from a country that doesnt speak english and i got rid of my accent. I never went to another country that speaks english to get rid of it. When i was learning english i just didnt have an accent even though my brother has an accent and my mom and my dad. But they dont really know english very well so...
I am Malaysian
I know Chinese
thank you ted, I'm a Chinese Chinese who's very emerged in Chinese cultures but this is the first time someone explained to me that I can have more than one animal zodiac which can also be determined by the month, day or time of the day that you were born. Always learning about myself.
I’m also Chinese but I don’t know a lot of Chinese culture. Thanks for sharing!
Who else was excited when they heard there’s going to be a Fruit Basket reboot!!!
I like Fruits Basket
Lmaoo
Really? 😍
on going ♡
I watched a few.. the style changed a bit too much 😔
I remember watching a show called Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat that explained the Great Race, and that's how I remembered the order of the Chinese zodiac
My childhood!! Sagwa 🥺
Chinnnaaaa
***** because you're an idiot.
Donald Trump is this that Trump?
Ave Caesar!
Best country in the modern world.
+Neanderthal Man Is Donald Trump related to you?
When You know all of this because of Fruits Basket.... 0-0
wasnt it a Banquet not a race? and the Mouse told the cat a different date?
Yes
@@cinnamonchilde1311 yea it was like that or some
@@cinnamonchilde1311 i think its a japanese variation
Yeah..thats y i came
As someone who celebrates Chinese New Year with my family every year I thought I would just watch the video to confirm what I know. I actually learned that elements are assigned to the calendar. Thanks!
It's so interesting to finally know the history and lore behind this great calendar! :)
Isn't there a part about the cat?
You can't escape the phandom One story said the mouse tricked the cat. The mouse agreed to wake the cat up to do the race but the mouse went on.
You can't escape the phandom I was waiting for a Fruit Basket reference
You can't escape the phandom the cat was on the ox along with the rat but the rat pushed him off into the river
You can't escape the phandom
3.40
is not that the Japanese version?
What is the best of ted Ed's videos is their animation. It's Because it's so very satisfying and beautiful to look at
Lmao this video left out the whole fiasco with the cat...the cat was supposed to be a part of the zodiac
Can u explain?? Please.
@@Vor567tez according to legend, the mouse had promised to wake the cat up on the day of the race, but in fact lied to the cat and never woke the cat up, so the cat slept through the race and thus was not part of the 12 zodiacs.
@@foreverfriendsg thank you
The Cat is in the same spot as the Rabbit! Some use Cat or Rabbit!
I guess they both taste the same !
Just kidding sensitive little Wabbits!
david charles smith lol what a sad soul
Somewhere, Kyo is quaking at this video lol
Omg 😭
Omg yes
While akito is thrilled by the rat's cunning intelligence
Looks like kyo is vietnamese
I was looking for this comment
Jade Emperor flexed on us all, he only created the zodiac to tell time
A popular song by aero smith Steven Tyler
We had jade electric lamps
The pronunciation!! 👌👌👌 so glad this channel actually puts in the effort to get a tonal language right
I am actually watching an anime called Fruit basket which is based upon the Chinese zodiac.💜
me too
Everybody is.. its the top anime of this season..
YeAh
I watched that when I was still in high school but didn't get to see the ending.. not til TH-cam came, 😃
The Chinese Dragon 「龍」 and Naga 「那伽」are very similar but had vastly different origins. The Chinese dragon originated from China (duh) and is not attributed to merely water, there are many dragons in China, some of them controls light, some of them controls lightning, some of them are war gods; and Naga originated from India, they were supposed to only be poisonous mythical snakes that controls water, later Buddhism entered China from India and brought along the mythical stories of Naga, the Chinese translated the Naga 「那伽」as dragon「龍」, and so the two merged, so in China, Naga and Dragon are the same thing.
Naga is not just a poisonous snake, it's a class of cobra or Serpent Gods which is worshipped and considered as protector and benefactor of good people, In Indian myth
Not really, 那伽 is still 那伽 in Chinese. Only Buddhists translate it "dragon" in Buddhist scriptures, and folks still call it Naga, which is one of the gods of Tianlongbabu .
I am year of the Ox and I am happy with that cause I grateful that the Ox would give up 1st place for the mouse and I apriciate his kindness :)
I'm a ox too
Same
that's why he stupidly died in Juuni Taisen
Precious Lierobe Enriquez YEET HIGH FIVE 10 YEAR OLD
I'm a mouse XDXDXDXD
Really appreciate this video, i knew about the animals but now need to learn more! Never stop learning. Thank you!
I swear everyone knows fruits basket😂😂
Yuki💜...
@Georgia Rafalaf I’m American and grew up knowing this before I even watched fruits basket!
girl fruits basket didnt invent chinese mythology LMAO
@@emmawang5074 true, however I think it is nice that people can learn things about Chinese mythology from tv shows that they like :)
I'm half Chinese and a anime fan so fruit basket fans where are you XD
Yeah well it was my first anime 😂
Uploaded just in time for Chinese New Year :)
boy638 are you sure this ain't uploaded for Chinese New Year
boy638 When it is Chinese New Year?
Charis Aurelius always in February
nope, most of the time in February, sometimes in late January
If you want to be politically correct, Lunar New Year *
i love how the dragon guard others animal and the trio choose the most humble and funny one. love the story
I'm a rabbit and so are most of my friends and I’m half Chinese and seeing the Voice Actor able to pronounce everything in Mandarin correctly just proves how good this channel is.
The Chinese culture is amazing!!!
+Darshan Kumara According to who? You?
Darshan Kumara Both Indian cultures and Chinese cultures are equally amazing :)
Darshan Kumara 🙄does Indian always act like you?
nya meo w Nope, I'm indian and I don't act like him.
Sharvani Veeraraghavan thats it√ i do not know much about Indian culture but I know some Indian young, both of them are kind and friendly
Well, I'm happy that my sign (The Mouse) came in first, but did it have to be so cruel? Poor Ox, at least it came in second :)
well you outsmart the ox so. isn't it some kind of cheating tho? lol
Happy Poop idk, mythology certainly didn’t mind lol 😂
its okay
mine came in last :(
It didn't stop there. It also deliberately cheated the cat out of the race by not waking it up on time, or outright push the cat into the water, where it nearly drowned, in the versions the cat did participate in the race.
Fruits basket taught me about the Chinese zodiac first ngl
I think in Thailand, we have both concepts for naga(the serpent looking one with no leg) and dragon( Chinese dragon which has legs, the Mushu looking one) so it's not like we can use naga when we're going to say dragon and vice versa. As to which we use in the chinese zodiac, I think we do use both images and we do call it the large snake or the dragon year.
TED ed is awesome ...(better than ted talks in fact)
*I'm year of the rabbit.*
My favorite animal too!
Dean Natuno im a dragon.
Im the ox
Hey fellow rabbit
I'm an Ox
Snake pass by~
In our country, this calendar plays an important role because the animals can show a part of our characters. It's not always clear because it belongs to spirituality, but I believe that there is a significant connection. For example, people who were born in Horse years are very patient and diligent, not everyone but I have witnessed a lot of people like that.
I'm impressed with how dedicated they are to pronouncing these correctly. I know that Mandarin is a very tonal language and ti seems like this was pronounced very accurately. Great job on Ted Ed's part!
It is accurate
Background music is played by mongolian instrumental "Morin khuur"
what is the piece called?
In malay "Naga" is a dragon.So the Thai didn't change anything to the zodiac
But that's in Malay, not Thai
Axafir Axafir and also Indonesian
Axafir Axafir same in indonesia
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I'm thai but I di change naga. There are so many people in my country respect the naga.
Idk if someone call dragon zodiac naga in my country.
In Malay, Naga is actually a word for Dragon
It is indonesian
Doge_Donnut 1 yes it is
Its indonesian
@@degeneratedcow4209 it is not only Indonesian, also Myanmar. Naga means dragon
Cool! So I guess South East Asian countries call it Naga 🤔
Wow, this version makes some of the animals seem a WHOLE lot less selfish. In the version I heard, they all wanted to come in first; y'know, because it's a race with the prize being a great honor. Of course, that was from the PBS series, "Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat"; IMO, it's one of PBS's best shows.
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR FROM EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND!!!!!!!
Most Chinese people don't care about the 60-year cycle but only the 12-year cycle. Also, I've never heard of the inner animal, true animal or secret animal in my life...
+multiyoisi mok it doesnt matter what you think is cooler the way a culture works isnt based on the fact that your preferences
Bochao Wang 生辰八字啊哥
In the Chinese Fortune-Telling methodology, Bazi, there are four combinations of sexagenary cycles which correspond to four different representations of your birth time. Inner animal is the animal of your birth month, which determines your personality; while true animal is the birth animal of your birth day, which means your true self; while secret animal stands up for the timing where you were born, which entails the sub consciousness. It exists just in theory, but most of them aren't true. Only those who lack self-esteem seek the truth through this approach.
Bochao Wang, i heard of inner, true and secret animal.
My dear, you never heard, because you are young or don't have enough information, so sorry carry on... One day you'll reach it.
Just want to point out that the year of birth applied in this zodiac system is based on the Chinese Lunar calendar, not the commonly used Gregorian calendar. For example, 1990 is labeled as the year of horse and 1991 is labeled as the year of sheep in the video. That is not accurate since 1990/1991 is the year index from the Gregorian calendar. I was born in January 1991, which was right between the global new year day and the Chinese new year day. Therefore my zodiac is still horse not sheep, even though most people born in 1991 have sheep as their zodiac.
ukyee hi I'm born on March 1997 what zodiac sign could i have?
+Water and Colors 97 is ox
In Hong Kong I was told that they would just go according to the year.
@@GoodVideos4 That is not true
The Chinese pronunciation is so spot on, great job for the Voice Actor
I don't know if this was just me, but I remember the story with a cat?
Yea the cat told the mouse to wake the cat up for the zodiac race because its a first come first serve basis the first 12 animals will get to race but the mouse did not thats why cats hate mouses
SAINT. Thanks!
Emilee Baack fruits basket
The video should mention that your birth year should be calculated according to Lunar calendar. Not normal calendar.
agreed agreed. My sister was born on the year of the rabbit but following the lunar calandar, she's a tiger.
born in 2001, year of the snake but im born on 15 januari, so still a dragon :)
In Hong Kong I was told that they would just go according to the year.
So this means Jeff Bezos is a Rabbit, not a dragon right
Who else was thinking about Fruits Basket for the whole video??
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You're not alone
Music Is life Me too
Yep
me
It feels so good to hear someone talking about anything Chinese without butchering the names.
I actually knew this when I was small because my family followed Chinese traditions (we are not native Chinese).
I am the “Good-hearted” Ox
November Fall MEH TOOO
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Me too LoL
actually I am. 1985...
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Isn't naga and dragon the same animal?
At least in my language, naga in english is dragon.
remilia scarlet Naga is a mythical creature from Hindu origin. In Southeast Asia its associated with a giant water dwelling snake/dragon thing
So it's basicaly a water dragon in the Western meaning, as asian dragons, unless the western ones, resemble snakes
Revanaught No, not really. Chinese dragons are associated with the forces of nature, water in particular, a lot. Stuff like typhoons, waterfalls, floods, and rain
Well, based on which language you ask. In Bahasa Melayu, naga when translated to English means dragon.
Naga is dragon for the Asian people, but it's actually very different from the Western dragon so i just call them Naga.
Chinese Naga is like a giant snake with 4 legs and can fly using magic.
South East Asian Naga is a giant snake with no leg sometimes with many heads and can also fly (originate from Hindu mythology).
Western dragon is a giant lizard with 4 legs and 2 wings.
1993. Water Rooster. And I'm a Sagittarius with an Aquarius moon and Gemini rising.
wait wth I’m a wood rooster, a Sagittarius but Gemini moon and Aquarius rising woah
What the meaning about moon and rising ? Never heard before
Aan Juanda your moon sign is what people think of you as and your rising sign is what you feel on the inside or smth? I may have accidentally swapped them around but you can search on google for more info
Thanks, sir
Aan Juanda I’m more of a ma’am lmao but you’re welcome
Western astrology is not constellation based. It just uses the names of the constellations. It's a system based on the position of the Sun relative to us (Tropical)
A lot of it goes with personalities or actions
woah!! i was born in 2007...i thought i'd need to calculate a lot but she said it and the chinese pronounciation is just awesome
Same with my dads
Horse: I hate snakeu
으 omg hobi 😂😂
I love that lmao hobi is gold
No wonder
S A M E
으 omg now I understand 😂
Acually, Naga also mean Dragon....
Syabila Azri It is also a Race in Warcraft that has the Same apperance and role.
maybe they show the power of the Naga
*actually
Yea... naga = dragon
In my country, Thailand, Naga not same as dragon. Naga means one of Legendary creature that found in Thai's Buddhism. It is a very big snake which always do 8 precepts.(normal people should do only 5 precepts). They have human form. Sometimes We see it in front of the temple.
P. S. Sorry for my English...
P. S. 2 Naga story is very interesting for me. You can find it when you read Garuda(krút)'s story or Sermon on the Three Worlds(Buddism).
Naga, in folklore, were large serpent-like creatures that slightly resembled Chinese dragons, although they were distinct deities. The two are not hard to distinguish; if it looks more like a snake (sometimes with several heads, but still a snake), it's usually a Naga. Sure, there were depictions of Naga that resembled dragons, but for the majority of folklore, especially that of Hindu or Buddhist origin, Naga were serpentine creatures. You can imagine a Naga as a dragon-like snake deity.
In technical terms, Naga is sanskrit for Indian Cobra, although in modern Indonesian it translates to Dragon instead.
of course i'm a procrastinator. my sign comes last while enjoying life
Whats ur sign
Between 3:08 and 3:58 background melody is Mongolian Traditional music of the "Morin Khuur".
Hmm... I'm a fire pig apparently... but everyone says I'm a golden pig????
Ikr! They never explained it.
Estie Kung same! Some people say I'm a golden fire pig, then I'm a golden pig, now a fire pig but now a pig?
It depends also in what month you were born, because the traditionnal Chinese new year's day is around the end of January and the beginning of February. So you may be born in 2007 but if you were on the beginning of the year, it might be a different sign than the rest of the year. Hope that makes sense ^^
And don't quote me on that I might completely wrong XD You should check out by yourself just to make sure
Thomas DYOUX you're actually correct though. Here's an example: My dad was born in early January and his animal was a dragon and even though my mum was also born in the same year as my dad she was born later in may and now, her animal is the snake. It is also some reasons why some Chinese call the month August, '七月' which means 7th month even though august is the 8th. As the Chinese calendar is about half a month behind.
so if all animals participated and had to cross a river
THEN WHERE ARE THE FISH ON THE CALENDAR
LargeHippo they had to go across the river fish would have died on ground.
LargeHippo its on another famous myth of carp becomes dragon
Fish are probably lazy AP (as puck)
@@nomblob5592 that's slovenska mitologija
thanks , finally someone said it!
Nom Blob well. Magikrap become gyrados.
Glad someone finally did a video with the correct pronunciations of Mandarin.
As a Chinese man I must say the pronunciations are on point.