Monkeys rank ninth among the 12 zodiac animals and are assigned to twelve "Shen". Therefore, the "God Ten" was held on time from 3 pm to 6 pm, also known as the "Year of the Monkey".
Legend has it that the tiger was originally king in the name of "mountain beast". At this time, every wild animal in the mountain immediately avoided seeing the tiger. Of course, the tiger is proud and lonely. Monkeys and tigers were neighbors at that time. They call each other brothers. When King Tiger went out, the monkeys obeyed Zhenshan's orders. All animals are afraid of the tiger king's prestige and only listen to the lion's call. This is the origin of "there is no tiger in the mountain, and the monkey is called the king".
The story of the zodiac monkey
One day, King Tiger unfortunately fell into the hunter's net. He struggled desperately and failed to escape. Just as the monkey came, King Tiger shouted for help. When the monkey saw this, he quickly climbed up the tree, untied the hunter's net rope and rescued the tiger king.
After the tiger escaped from danger, although he kept thanking the Monkey King, he thought in his heart: I am the king of beasts. I was trapped in a hunter's trap and saved by a little monkey. The propaganda of the monkey didn't damage the prestige of my tiger king. Might as well kill the monkey. But, on second thought, I'm alone now. If I kill monkeys again, I will have no friends in the future. If there is still danger, who will help me? Besides, the monkey is afraid of me and will never tell me what happened today.
So the tiger said to the monkey that he saved his life today and will be rewarded later. If there is anything wrong with the monkey in the future, we must go all out to return it. The monkey, of course, kept silent about the pain of King Tiger and saved his face. After that, their relationship was even more unusual.
Many years later, the jade emperor began to choose the zodiac. As the king of animals, the tiger has certainly become the zodiac. The monkey saw it and wanted to be a Zodiac animal in China. But the jade emperor chose the zodiac in principle, which is to contribute to mankind. Monkeys have no choice for humans, so they have no choice. So the monkey asked the tiger king to intercede for the jade emperor and let him be the zodiac killer. Because the Tiger King owed the Monkey King a debt of gratitude, he tried his best to intercede for the Monkey King and told the Jade Emperor that the Monkey King was the best beast in the world and made contributions to the town during his absence. Therefore, the Jade Emperor ordered monkeys to be included in the zodiac.
The monkey became the zodiac, and King Tiger thanked the monkey for his kindness. Of course, King Tiger was still unhappy and listed the incompetent monkey as the World Zodiac. Since then, their friendship has been cut off. Nowadays, the beast itself is not afraid of monkeys. Of course, the truth that "there is no tiger in the mountain, and the monkey is king" has become ironic today.