Why do you call cockroaches Xiaoqiang, why are cockroaches called Xiaoqiang

We often hear in film and television dramas or in life that someone calls cockroaches "Xiaoqiang", at first glance the name "Xiaoqiang" is indeed more kind and cute than "cockroaches", as if it is their own pet, so when did the title "Xiaoqiang" arise? Why do you call cockroaches "Xiaoqiang"? Today, let's take a look at the "family history" of cockroaches.

It is said that the first cockroach called Xiaoqiang was in Hong Kong, Guangdong, and the alias "Xiaoqiang" originated from Stephen Chow's 1993 movie "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance", in the movie, Tang Bohu played by Stephen Chow pretended to be a poor man who sold himself to bury his father in order to enter Washington as a handyman, but met an opponent who sold his body to bury his whole family and even the dog that had been with him for many years died on the spot, so Zhou Lingji called the cockroach that was accidentally trampled to death next to him "Xiaoqiang" and cried as a pet that had been raised for many years.

In the 2000 Hong Kong TVB TV series "Men and Women Love", the actor Yu Letian named his pet cockroach "Xiaoqiang" and composed the song "I Have Xiaoxiaoqiang". Since then, the title "Xiaoqiang" has become rapidly popular in Hong Kong and Guangdong, and has almost become synonymous with cockroaches among Chinese youth.

The cockroach is called "Xiaoqiang" for nothing, it does have several strong points.

The first strong: strong reproductive ability, even if the adult cockroach dies after contact with insecticides or external force, if its egg sheath develops to an advanced stage, the larvae in the egg sheath can still survive, which is why we still have to deal with it carefully after killing the cockroach One of the reasons, an egg sheath can grow many small cockroaches.

The second strongest: strong survivability, they can eat any food you can think of, and the food choice is very wide, so there are many places to live.

The third strongest: strong mobility, cockroaches climb very fast, reaching 21 meters per minute, it is still difficult to catch cockroaches.

Fourth strong: relatively resistant to temperature, in general, cockroaches prefer a warm and humid environment, but if the temperature is higher, 40°C is not a problem, there are also reports that cockroaches can survive for a long time at low temperatures, such as 0°C, it is more resistant to temperature than other insects.

Fifth strong: strong diffusion ability, the origin of indoor cockroaches was initially in Africa, and then gradually spread to all continents, all indoor cockroaches in China are gradually spread from abroad through the transportation of various goods, and cockroaches at home can also be actively spread through sewers, air conditioning pipes, doors and windows, etc.

Therefore, these characteristics of cockroaches determine its high environmental adaptability and diffusion ability, and this "Xiaoqiang" is indeed deserved.