On a fundamental level, the 12 forms of the Chinese zodiac are related to animal worship.
Mandarin
毫无疑问，人们最初崇拜的都是那些最常见、与人们生活关系最紧密的动物，例如马、牛、羊、鸡、犬等等。
毫無疑問，人們最初崇拜的都是那些最常見、與人們生活關系最緊密的動物，例如馬、牛、羊、雞、犬等等。
háo wú yí wèn ， rén men zuì chū chóng bài de dōu shì nà xiē zuì cháng jiàn 、 yǔ rén men shēng huó guān xi zuì jǐn mì de dòng wù ， lì rú mǎ 、 niú 、 yáng 、 jī 、 quǎn děng děng 。
Without doubt, what people worship first is what they see most often; for example, the animals that had the closest connection to people's lives, like the horse, the cow, the sheep, the rooster, the dog and so on.
In "Spreading Worry on the Dragon Boat River", san yu, also known as san yang, san ye, and san er hu, are the words used to refer to the worship of reproduction under Pandeism, as demonstrated in romantic songs sung by village people to show the strong impulse of vitality and humanity and the beauty of wildness.