Rabbit related information, preferably cultural

Cultural symbolism of the rabbit: witty, cautious, skillful, virtuous, overly restrained, melancholy, self-showing.

The rabbit is a very tame animal, and anyone who sees it can't help but go over and pet it. The rabbit's hearing is very sensitive, and its long ears detect all directions, and no wind can escape its ears. It flies faster than many animals.

"Rabbit" is a beautiful word in China. It is not only one of the zodiac signs of people, but also closely related to human life and people's beautiful hopes. "Rabbit" is a pictogram for the animal rabbit.

Xu Shen of the Han Dynasty explained in "Shuowen Jie Zi": "The rabbit, the name of the beast, is like its tail shape after the distance. Its oracle bone inscription and seal inscription depict the image of the "rabbit" with long ears and short tail.

There are not many Chinese characters derived from the character "rabbit", but they are all very distinctive. For example, "逸" is a huiyi character. Rabbits that run fast are called "Yi".

Books such as "Shuowen Jie Zi" all believe that the word "Yi" means that the rabbit is "good at escaping". This shows that the rabbit deserves to be a long-distance running champion. As a result, there are words such as "escape", "escape", "escape", "wandering", "secluded", "comfortable", "anecdote", "super easy" and so on.

Three rabbits are stacked on top of each other to form a Chinese character, which means to run fast.

The word "injustice" is a sign of the kind rabbit "crying out for grievances". "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" explains: "Wronged, wronged.

It means that the rabbit is under the snare fence and cannot escape, only succumb, not stretch. By extension, grievances. So there are a series of words such as "wronged", "injustice", "grievance", "grievance", etc.

And the rabbit is at the top of the list. It can be seen that cute rabbits deserve people's sympathy the most.

"Rabbit" and "dodder" are connected. "Dodder" is the parasitic herbaceous plant "dodder silk", also called "dodder silk", also known as "female dill", or written "rabbit silk". "Rabbit" adds "soil" next to "堍", which refers to the part of the bridge at both ends close to the flat ground, that is, the place where the bridge is placed.

"Rabbit" corresponds to the "Mao" in the twelve earthly branches, and Wang Chong of the Han Dynasty said in "On Balance": "Mao, rabbit also." The two make up our zodiac sign "Mao Rabbit".

The original character of "卯" depicts the image of the sprouting of plants and trees. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" said: "Mao, Mao also."

In February, everything came out of the ground. In the twelve hours, the hour "mao" refers to 5 or 7 o'clock in the morning. Therefore, "Mao" means spring, represents dawn, and is full of infinite vitality.

"Willow" embodies the meaning of "Mao belongs to wood", so there is "spring breeze willow". "Mao" is a kind of aquatic weed. He also describes the appearance of overgrown grass and lush at times.

Pleiades", the name of the stars, one of the twenty-eight Nakshatras. "Mao" refers to a lake with calm water. "Riveting" means that the parts of an object are tightly joined together.

The above words are directly and indirectly related to "rabbit". Or by extension of "rabbit". Or with the temperament of the "rabbit".

Shadow Rabbit.

The "Shadow Rabbit" launched by Jingxi Shadow Puppet was originally inspired by the legend of the rabbit in old Beijing. The rabbit is a unique folk culture in Beijing, and it is also a very distinctive intangible cultural heritage item of sleepy smiling pants. Legend has it that a long time ago, the kind-hearted rabbit heard that there was a plague spreading in the Beijing area in the Moon Palace, and came to the capital overnight, worked hard to make medicine, delivered medicine door to door, and treated the people.

In order not to cause trouble to the people, it has changed its identity very much, so there are many images of the rabbit lord circulating among the people. Wang Xi, the inheritor of Jingxi shadow puppet in Haidian District, Beijing, and the director of Beijing Dragon Zaitian Shadow Puppet Art Theater, introduced that the concept of "sending health" is particularly in line with the public psychology of this year, so he designed the "Rabbit Lord" series "Shadow Puppet Rabbit", leading the shadow puppet actors to create a series of works called "Rabbit Shengbu Er Ye Sending Health", so that the shadow puppet Rabbit is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Taxonomic status of rabbits:

Rabbits belong to the order Lagomorpha in mammals. The order Lagomorphes can be divided into two families, namely the pika family (pika) and the rabbit family (rabbit and hare). The rabbit family is composed of 45 species of rabbits in 11 genera, including lepus, oryctolagus and sylvilagus.

The rabbit is a relatively docile mammal and is very timid and afraid of unfamiliar things. When feeding, it is generally sold by Hechang with carrots, sweet potatoes, cabbage, and grass, and is a vegetarian animal. The common coat color of rabbits is white, gray, black, etc., the tail is very short, but the ears are relatively long, very sensitive to sound, and the speed of running is also very fast, common domestic rabbits and wild rabbits.

In people's minds, rabbits are very kind and kind little animals. In ancient legends, in addition to Chang'e and Wu Gang, there were rabbits who first landed in the Moon Palace. This is the beautiful imagination of the ancient people.

Because the rabbit went to the Moon Palace, people in ancient times celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival and used the "Rabbit Lord" when worshipping the moon. Whenever the Mid-Autumn Festival is dusk, a bright moon hangs high in the sky, and every household sets up an incense table in the courtyard, on which moon cakes (also known as reunion cakes), fruits and other offerings are placed. In addition, there are "Moonlight Horses" and "Rabbit Lords".

The women bow to the moon one by one. After the sacrifice, the family sat around the table, drank reunion wine, and ate reunion cakes. This is the ancient custom of worshipping the moon.

Among them, the "Moonlight Horse" and "Rabbit Lord" are according to the "Dijing Scenery and Things": "On August 15, the moon is sacrificed, and the sacrificial fruit cake is necessary; The melon must be carved by the wrong petals, such as the moonlight paper of the lotus flower market, the full moon statue, the person who sits on the lotus flower, and the moonlight shines all over the Bodhisattva. Huaxia moon wheel hanging hall, there are rabbits holding pestles and people standing, pounding medicine mortars.

About three inches for the smaller, the big one, and the gold and color powder for the workers. The "moonlight paper" mentioned here is the paper god horse, that is, the "moonlight horse". "Yanjing Chronicles" says:

Jingshi said that the statue of the god is a god horse, and he does not dare to denounce the god." This moonlight horse, the upper part is painted Taiyin Xingjun, the lower part is painted with the Moon Palace Guidian and the rabbit master who pounds medicine, the color painting is gilded, brilliant and dazzling. It can be seen that the status of rabbits in traditional Chinese culture is very important, and it is also a little mysterious in the eyes of the ancients.

Regarding the rabbit master, "Yanjing Years Chronicle" also recorded: "Every Mid-Autumn Festival, the ingenuity of the city people, with loess into the image of the toad rabbit to **, called the rabbit master." "In the old days, in the area of the East Fourth Archway in Beijing, there were often rabbit stalls, which were dedicated to selling rabbits for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In addition, in the South Paper Shop, incense candles also have **.

This rabbit master, after the bold creation of folk artists, has been personified. It is a rabbit-headed human body and holds a jade pestle. Later, some people imitated the characters of the opera, and carved the rabbit into a warrior with golden helmets and golden armor, some riding lions, elephants and other fierce beasts, and some riding peacocks, cranes and other birds.

In particular, the rabbit riding a tiger is a strange thing, but it is a bold creation of folk artists. There is also a kind of rabbit with movable elbow joints and jaws, commonly known as "horn mouth", which is more flattering. Although it is an offering for the moon, it is a wonderful toy for children.

As an animal, the rabbit has been deified and has an indelible place in the hearts of the Chinese, becoming an integral part of the colorful Chinese culture.

There is a moon rabbit in the Moon Palace, which modern people say is the incarnation of Diao Chan. If you connect it with some cultures in the Three Kingdoms and other ** masterpieces, you can do a thousand words. However, 5 reward points cost 1,000 words. Dare to ask Purple Rose, where is the eldest sister sacred?