What kind of horse is the horse in Clues ?

The clue horse refers to the stove horse.

The spider silk hung from the tomb can find the location of the spider, and the traces left by crawling over the stove horse can check the whereabouts of the stove horse. The metaphor is a non-obvious clue that is connected to the root of the matter. Explanation of the "Dictionary of Common Idioms" of the Chinese Language Publishing House:

The "horse" refers to the "stove horse, an insect that burrows next to the wood stove".

Note: The "horse" here is not really a "horse", but a "stove horse" among insects. Therefore, the clues can also be written as "spider traces".

Qing Xia Jingqu's "Yesu Exposed" seventy-nine chapters: "Spider silk traces, house leakage and saliva, not that is, do not leave, intentional or unintentional, how wonderful is it." ）

There are also those who only explain the general idea, and do not mention the respective meanings of "spider silk" and "horse traces", such as the "Modern Chinese Dictionary" explains: metaphors are not obvious clues related to the root of things.

Idiom source: Qing Wang Jiaben's "Farewell Preface": "The door of the same opening is the same as the fake, flooding and vast, and there are no words in the world that cannot be used, but in fact, there are clues, the original, with the ancient books." ”

Profile of the horse

Horses are a type of mammal. About five or six thousand years ago, horses were domesticated into domestic animals and made them serve people. Horses can do many things, such as being used to plow the land, pulling carts, being ridden by people, and so on.

However, in ancient China, the most important function of the horse was to pull a cart and for military purposes.

Due to the important role of horses in ancient transportation and warfare, horses are highly valued in social life, which is reflected in the language and writing, and the sedan chair is very rich in words related to horses.

"Clues" first came from the Qing dynasty Wang Jiaben's "Biya Preface": "The door of the same transfer is opened, the pan banquet accompanies the model is indiscriminate, and there are no words in the world that cannot be used, but in fact, the clues are original, with ancient books." The "spider silk" is easy to understand, which refers to the silk spit by the spider.

The "horse track" does not refer to a horse for people to ride, but to another small insect. According to the explanation of the "Dictionary of Common Idioms" of the Chinese Language Publishing House, the "horse" of "clues" refers to the "stove horse".

There is also a similar expression in the Qing dynasty Xia Jingqu's "Wild Words": "Traces of spiders and insects, roof leakage and saliva, not that is, not leaving, intentional or unintentional, how wonderful is it." It's just that the "horse tracks" in it have become "insect tracks", which makes it easier for people to understand.

The stove horse is also known as the sudden stove mantis, and there is also a folk name called "stove chicken". The stove horse belongs to the family of Orthoptera, its body is reddish-brown to black-brown, the body is broad, and the body is dorsal or hump-like, so it is called "camel mite". It has a solid body and no wings, and makes a chirping sound when its hind legs rub against it.

Stove horses are widely distributed and suitable for survival all over the world, and can be seen in all seasons of the year. The active period is summer, often active in the fields, grasses, rocks, and soil crevices; In autumn, it enters the kitchen, stove and other warm places in the residents' rooms, so the ancients believed that it was an insect that burrowed next to the wood stove, so it was called "stove horse".

According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is recorded that the stove horse "dries the whole insect taste pungent, salty and warm, enters the lungs and spleen, mashes and applies externally, can cure the bamboo piercing into the flesh, and has the function of pulling out the thorns and reducing swelling".

The horse in the clue refers to the stove horse, which is an insect that burrows next to a wood stove. Spider is an idiom that refers to the location of the spider from the hanging spider silk, and the whereabouts of the horse can be found from the seal. It is a metaphor for the vague traces and clues left by things.

Qing Xia Jingqu's "Yesu Exposed" seventy-nine chapters: "Spider silk traces, house leakage and saliva, not that is, do not leave, intentional or unintentional, how wonderful is it." ”

The scientific name of the stove horse is "Orthoptera", which belongs to the family of Orthoptera crickets. Its name varies from place to place, Chongqing calls it "Stove Chicken", Hangzhou calls it "Stove Chicken", and Guangdong region calls it "Stove Shrimp". Stove horses inhabit both north and south of China, inhabiting wild grass, rocks, and soil crevices when the weather is warm, and perching on the stove when the weather is cold, feeding on leftovers, rice crumbs, plants, and small insects.

Stove horse, this insect generally appears in our usual home debris pile or cooking stove, will eat leftovers and plants, or some small insects, its habit is to like warm places, and in many places can survive, adaptability is relatively strong.

Stove horses are widely distributed and suitable for survival all over the world, and can be seen all year round. The active period is summer, often active in the fields, grasses, rocks, and soil crevices; In autumn, it enters the kitchen, stove and other warm places in the residents' rooms, so the ancients believed that it was an insect that burrowed next to the wood stove, so it was called "stove horse".

The horse in the clue refers to the stove horse. The scientific name of the stove horse is the sudden, and the folk in eastern Sichuan and the Hakka area of Longyan in Fujian Province are called "stove chickens", which belong to the family of Orthoptera. Stove horses often haunt the crevices between stoves and debris piles, feeding on leftovers, plants and small insects.

The insect has no wings and makes vocalizations by rubbing its legs.

The reason why the stove horse is called the stove horse is because this insect likes to live very much around the warm stove, and eats the rice grains and vegetable crumbs on the stove as food, and the ancient people agreed that it is a good thing to find this insect next to their stove. Because the humble grip symbolizes that there is food at home and that you can avoid hunger. Stove horses will leave footprints on the stove when foraging, which is the origin of horse tracks.

This insect is commonly found in fields and rocks, and in the cracks of soil, and in autumn, it enters the kitchen, stove, and crevices of bricks and tiles in the interior of residents, and likes to live in warm places such as stoves. In the wild, they feed on the stems, fruits, and leaves of plants, and indoors they feed on rice grains and vegetable crumbs. It has phototaxis, and sometimes at night it jumps near the light.

Clues, meaning that the spider can be found from the hanging spider silk, and the traces left by crawling from the stove horse can find out the whereabouts of the stove horse. The vague traces and clues of the quarrel left by the metaphor of things.