The Ox is one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals, ranking second. Years whose AD year number is divided by 12 and the remainder is 5 are all Years of the Ox.

As early as primitive times, humans’ animal beliefs and totem beliefs included cows.

In the ancient Chinese classic "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", there is an image of a god with a human face and an ox body;

Many ethnic groups such as the Miao and Buyi people have practiced cow worship;

Cows are regarded as sacred beasts in India's Vedas and beliefs;

Ancient Egyptian clans strictly prohibited the hunting of cows, baboons and other animals, believing that they were relatives of the ancestors of each clan;

Many clans in South Africa regard cattle as their totems;

Some tribes in Central Africa respect the bison as "father".

Folk stories say that the cow was originally a divine general in front of the Jade Emperor's palace, and later volunteered to sow grass seeds in the human world.

However, due to a fall at the Nantian Gate, the Jade Emperor was killed. The command to "take three steps and sow a handful of grass seeds" was mistakenly remembered as "take one step and sow three handfuls of grass seeds."

As a result, weeds were everywhere in the fields, and the cattle were forced to eat grass on earth and had to help farmers plant them. Work on the ground.

After the cow came to the world, he worked hard without complaining and won people's respect. In the myths of various ethnic groups at home and abroad, cows often play an important role

In Han legends, when chaos first broke out, it was the rats that bit the sky first, and the cows opened up the earth, and then there were humans and humans. Everything.

The myth of the creation of the sacred cow is also spread among the Naxi, Tajik, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kirgiz, Salar and Hani ethnic groups.

Cows are a symbol of wealth and power in Western culture, originating from ancient Egypt.

According to the Bible. According to the record in Exodus, the Israelites had not yet gotten rid of the customs they had learned from Egypt, so they made a golden calf out of gold and worshiped it as the image of Jehovah God.

The cow is a symbol of diligence in Chinese culture.

In ancient times, oxen were used to pull plows to prepare the land. Later, people realized that oxen were powerful and began to have various applications, ranging from farming, transportation and even military use.

The State of Qi during the Warring States Period also used fire ox formations, and cattle were also used in plank road transportation during the Three Kingdoms period when Shu conquered Wei.

In addition to herding horses, it is also quite common for nomadic peoples such as the Xiongnu and Mongolia to herd cattle.

The Mongolian grasslands are rich in Mongolian cattle, and the Tibetan Plateau is rich in yaks.

The Han people who are influenced by the nomadic culture will be more popular in eating beef and milk than in Jiangnan.