Why is it that in the Zhuang folk, many things are closely related to frogs?

Myths and legends of frog worship. There are many myths and legends about frogs in the Zhuang area, which are closely related to their own ethnic group and have songs that have been handed down since ancient times. Some are creation myths about frogs, fertility gods, and ancestors;

1.Origin of Zhuang frog worship: Frog worship has existed in the Zhuang area since ancient times. In ancient times, the Zhuang people did not have their own character, and their cultural and historical inheritance was generally done through oral literature. Therefore, the origin of frog worship can be understood from the oral literature of the Zhuang people.

2.Zhuang frog worship phenomenon: From archaeological excavations, historical documents and folklore data, the Zhuang ancestors had or retained the tradition of frog worship in their traditional religious beliefs and customs.

Although the frog worship of the Zhuang people has changed to varying degrees in history over time, the myths, legends, festivals, customs, and folk art related to frogs are still widely spread in the Zhuang area.

There are legends about frogs and ancient customs; There are myths about frogs marrying and mating; There are ballads and myths about the relationship between frogs and fertility cults. In these legends, we should pay more attention to those who demonstrate the reproductive power of frogs through their marriage and mating.

Frog worship has permeated every aspect of the Zhuang people's lives. So far, there are still many festivals and customs related to frog worship in the Zhuang area. One of the most famous is the annual leech sacrifice in Donglan, Bama, Fengshan and Guangxi along the Yahe River in Guangxi, generally speaking, the Zhuang people call the frog "Worm Another", but in the sacrificial ceremony, people call the frog "Frog Po".

Many things in the Zhuang people are closely related to frogs.

The frog is a totem and a cultural symbol in this Zhuang folk, indicating good luck.

Because frogs have a relatively high status in the Zhuang people, many things are related to frogs.

It means that the nation is growing stronger and stronger, and the wind and rain are smooth.

It has to do with the environment in which they live, and they worship frogs more.

The ancestors of the Zhuang nationality have existed or retained myths and legends related to frogs in traditional religious beliefs and customs.

Because frogs can spit out money, they have a relatively high status in the eyes of people.

Because there are a lot of frogs in the area, the locals are also more friendly to frogs.

Because it is the custom of their place, frog means auspicious.

Because this is also the case with me. My parents were born before the liberation, and they didn't remember that they were a minority at all, and it wasn't until the fifties that there was a so-called ethnic division, which is actually not good. Singer Wei Wei's hometown is also in Shandong, her father is an officer of the People's Liberation Army, and when he went south to Guangxi, he was transferred to work in Guangxi and established a family in Guangxi.

After liberation, the state changed the family to Zhuang. China's Zhuang people are a typical artificial people, most of the ancestors of the Zhuang people came to ancient Shandong and northern places, they are the true inheritance of our Chinese nation.

For example, the original Chu State, which migrated from the Central Plains and came to Chu, changed its customs, and was later not recognized by the Central Plains Dynasty for a long time, and was still treated as a barbarian. These people slowly merged with the locals of Guangxi to become today's Guangxi people, so it is not surprising that many people say that their ancestors were Han ancestors. After Di Qing of the Song Dynasty defeated Nong Zhigao Yongzhou, Guangxi, he left many northern soldiers to defend Guangxi, including many "Baima County soldiers".

Therefore, this part of the Zhuang people is very likely to be the descendants of the northern soldiers who married a local Zhuang woman.

<> Zhuang people or ancestors who have had Han and Zhuang intermarriages have deep eye sockets, while Han people have flat eye sockets. The Zhuang people are a nation that can follow their father, and they can also follow their mother's nation, and my mother's hometown is Lingyun County, Baise, where Zhuang dialect is spoken, and everyone generally agrees to speak Zhuang dialect in modern times. Of course, it is also common sense to settle down in the south for many generations, or to cross with local races and evolve into strong people!

The totem worship of the Zhuang people is the frog, in the hearts of the Zhuang people, the frog is like their ancestors, and the tablet of the ancestors has been passed down: Jiangxia Hall, the ancestors came from Shandong. According to this, we of the Huang family were Han at first, and it should be true.

Of course, it is also common sense to settle down in the south for many generations, or to cross with local races and evolve into strong people!

Maybe they think that frogs are a very amazing species, although they are ugly, but they will not do anything to harm humans, and this is the main thing.

Because their fields are rich in frogs eating pests, they have a good harvest, so they are very grateful and worship frogs, and there are many customs.

Because they have had this belief since time immemorial, in fact, I think it is a kind of fertility cult, which looks very much like a human being, and can give birth to a lot.

The totem worship of the Zhuang people is.

Copy frogs, frogs are widely used, even copper.

The du drum is also cast with a three-dimensional frog. The Zhuang DAO people believe that there are three gods in the sky: the god of thunder, the god of Bulotuo, and the dragon.

The frog is the son of Thor and Jiaolong, and is the most favored of Thor's many sons. Because the Zhuang people are a people who grow rice, the amount of rain is related to the livelihood of the people, and the thunder god often does not hear the voice of the people in the sky. So in order to sympathize with the Zhuang people, the thunder god sent the frog to the people, as long as the frog called the thunder god, it will send sweet rain, and then call the rain to stop.

In this way, the frog became an angel between heaven and earth, and its status was equivalent to that of Apollo in Greek mythology.

In the hearts of the Zhuang people, frogs are respected and worshipped, just like their ancestors. The Zhuang people were not allowed to eat frogs. Legend has it that a long time ago, a Zhuang man accidentally ate a frog, and the frog god was furious and ran to the Jade Emperor to complain.

The Jade Emperor also believed that frogs were like the ancestors of the Zhuang people, how could anyone eat their ancestors? It was decided that no one would be allowed to eat frogs in the future. When the frog god heard the joy, he jumped up happily, and suddenly jumped on the head of the Jade Emperor, and he urinated on the crown of the Jade Emperor without paying attention.

The Jade Emperor was furious and said, "It's better to eat it." Since then, some people of the Zhuang people will eat frogs, and some people will not only not eat frogs, but the graves will be made into the shape of frogs after death.

Through the legend, it can be seen that the frog has a position in the hearts of the Zhuang people.