生肖文化是以十二生肖属相作为“表述符号”的。生肖属相最基本、最直接的功能是“纪岁”。人一出生就马上自然而然地打上这一永不改变的“文化印记”,伴随终生。这个通俗、生动、有趣的“文化印记”,在生产力低下、文化不普及的旧时代,有利于劳动大众从个人“纪岁”延伸到与天干地支相配的“纪年”。今天,生肖属相已突破了“纪岁”的功能, Zodiac culture is based on the zodiac sign as a “symbol”. Lunar New Year is the most basic, most direct function is “age.” As soon as a person is born, this unforgettable “cultural mark” is immediately and naturally enshrined in his life. This popular, vivid and entertaining “cultural imprint” is conducive to extending the working masses from “age-old” to “annals of the world” compatible with the “Heavenly and Earth” branches in the old era of low productivity and unscrupulous culture. Today, the Lunar New Year is a breakthrough in the “age” function,