Deer are soft, good at running, beautiful and spiritual. Throughout the history of China, it symbolizes "beauty, love, auspiciousness, health, longevity and rights". Everyone said: "Deer are fairy beasts, and they can have fun; All deer are good for people. "
First, deer is a symbol of beauty: the ancients explained that deer are good at gathering and dispersing, and they are strong in nature, but they are particularly timid and rush as soon as they drink water. It can be seen that the ancients paid attention to deer and observed it carefully. This is the basis of the emergence and development of deer culture. Beautiful traditional beauty is beautiful, and beautiful words come from deer, which shows that people think deer is beautiful since ancient times.
Whether it's the unique horns, the glossy spotted fur, or the slender and strong limbs, especially the deer's natural kindness, femininity and introverted temperament, it is worthy of praise. The word "Li" was originally a hieroglyph related to deer, like the shape of two deer skins. When the ancients married the man, they gave the woman two pieces of deerskin as a dowry. It means to marry a beautiful girl!
Second, deer is a symbol of love: there were two idioms in the past. One is "the arm of a deer cart", which was used to praise the unity and happiness of husband and wife in the old days. There is also a story called "Hong's Deer Car", which is also a metaphor for mutual respect and understanding between husband and wife, sharing weal and woe, and Oracle Bone Inscriptions's kind words highlight a pair of antlers. Shuowen said, "Li, it's ok." If a deer is hungry, it will travel. "
When a stag and a doe travel in pairs, it means getting married. Li also wrote "Li", which originally meant two deer skins in pairs, and was an engagement gift given to her by an ancient man. "The Left Book of the World": "Fuxi system is the wedding ceremony of husband and wife." "The History of Daoism and the Second Age" records that Nu Wa's surname is female, and she is confused (married). The media attaches importance to everyone's beauty. Later people called husband and wife husband and wife. So deer is a symbol of love.
Thirdly, deer is a symbol of good luck: in An Cai, where there are deer, the weather is good, people are outstanding and beautiful, and the houses nearby are prosperous. At that time, when Kangxi was on a hunting tour, he once said that "deer is a sacred thing, and all evils do not invade." In traditional New Year pictures, deer is likened to a god beast, which is used in paintings of Spring Festival together with Ganoderma lucidum, cranes and immortals.
In many modern street squares and courtyard communities, there are sculptures of deer, deer alone, deer between mother and child, and deer between husband and wife. Some trademarks, hotels and shops also use deer, which is a psychological reflection of people's yearning for beauty and wealth, and also reflects the auspicious and beautiful meaning of deer.
Deer is a symbol of health: since ancient times, people have always attached importance to the promotion of deer to human health. From eating its meat, sleeping its skin and using its bones, it began to develop to a deeper and broader level. China's famous cursive script "Rihuazi Materia Medica" in the Five Dynasties records that deer can tonify deficiency, strengthen bones and muscles, break blood stasis, prevent miscarriage and reduce qi.
Li Shizhen, a famous medical scientist in Ming Dynasty, put forward in Compendium of Materia Medica: "A deer is good for people, no matter whether it is boiled, steamed or preserved, it is a good product for wine and food. Deer is a long-lived thing with pure yang. It can pass through the governor's veins and eat good grass, so its meat and horns are beneficial. " In particular, there is such a description of deer bone: "expelling wind and removing dampness, taking it for a long time to resist aging, and treating various diseases of fatigue." However, Chinese medicine believes that wind, dampness, deficiency and evil are the root causes of disease. Deer bone can cure all diseases, and long-term consumption can prolong life.
5. Deer is a symbol of longevity: deer is homophonic with the word Lu in the three lucky stars of "Fu, Lu and Shou", which symbolizes good luck and longevity, promotion and wealth. Deer means "spring" and tortoise means "longevity", so deer is often used to express longevity and prosperity in some pattern organizations.
According to legend, deer is a long-lived fairy beast, and the first crane is often used to protect Ganoderma lucidum and fairy grass, which is a sign of longevity. According to the classical legend, a deer can live for 500 years and become a white beast. It is a rich messenger of peace, which embodies the romantic and mysterious colors and people's imagination in the classic white deer original picture.
Deer are a symbol of power: the origin of deer and war can be traced back to ancient times. Deer were often hunted in ancient times, so when people witnessed the ruling class's pursuit of power, they would naturally think of deer hunting in daily life and use it as a metaphor to make deer symbolic.
Sima Qian's Biography of Historical Records of Huaiyin Hou: "Qin lost his deer and the world chased him away." Tang Kevin·Z's poem "Shu Huai" "At the beginning of the Central Plains, I fought for deer and threw my pen at Rong Xuan." The deer here is a metaphor for kindness and political power, which is well known.