swasadopted,withoneanimalmarkingthezodiacsignofeachyear.Thisspecialwayofmarkingaperson’sisauniquephenomenoninChinesefolkculture.Astowhytheseparticulartwelveanimalsarechosen,therearelotsofinChinesefolkculture.ountisthatthewasfromtheprimitiveworshipofanimals.Anotheropinionisthattheselectionandsequenceofthetwelveanimalswasdeterminedbytheactivitytimeofeachanimal.Forexample,therathasbeenchosentorepresent,esactiveatnight.ListeningActivities21234ListeningActivities2CThetwelveanimalsignsarenotuniquetotheHanpeople.Manyethnicminoritiesalsousethemtonumberyears,buttheremaybesomedifferencesintheanimalsselected.ListeningActivities21234ListeningActivities2C1234CTalkaboutthequestionsofmodernizationandpreservationofChineseculture.PleasetalkaboutoneoftheWorldCulturalHeritagesinChina.Discusswhattheircharmis.