The Legend of the Twelve Zodiac Animals

When heaven and earth first took shape, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, ancestor of the Huaxia people, established the twelve Chinese zodiac signs. From then on, every Huaxia person born would take the animal sign of that year as their zodiac for life. What did this mean? The answer lies in a battle between two forefathers of the Huaxia people five thousand years ago, and the events that unfolded after the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou at the Battle of Zhuolu.