丙子年是鼠年。十二生肖鼠当先,依次是牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、牛、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪。为什么排在了头一位呢?有一说认为,在十二种动物中的足趾有单双之分,不论是四足者,还是两足者,其足趾数目前后或左右皆同,唯独鼠是前足四趾,后足五趾。排列生肖时,是按足趾的奇偶参差排列的。而鼠是奇偶同体,实在特殊,不好安排, Year of the rat is Year of the Rat. Zodiac mouse first, followed by cattle, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, cow, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig. Why ranked in the first one? One said that in twelve animal toes have a single or two points, whether quadruple or bimanders, the number of its toes are the same or so, Only mouse is four feet before the first four feet, rear five toes. When arranging the zodiac, it is arranged according to the parity of the toes. The mouse is the same puppet, it is special, bad arrangement,