Each of the Twelve Zodiac Animals Has Its Own Story

Pangu opened up the sky and created the earth. The pure air rose to become the sky, and the turbid air sank to become the earth. Yin and Yang were first divided into heaven and earth, but there was no rotation of the sun and the moon, let alone the order of time. The living creatures in the world work and rest in an irregular manner, withered and disordered vegetation, and even the running of mountains and rivers follows the instinct of chaos. The Emperor of Heaven resides in the Lingxiao Palace and sees the chaos in the world. Finally, he issued a jade edict: "Heaven and earth have a way, and the time and order must be clear. Today, the world's spiritual beings are called to go to the stone platform outside the Lingxiao Palace in three months to sort them out, pick twelve of them, divide the twelve hours, determine the age and reincarnation, and protect the order of the world."