I. Basic explanation
1, function
Deer are characterized by a firm fork angle. Generally, only males have 1 diagonal, while females have no horns. There are more than 40 species of deer in the world, and there are more than 20 species in China, which are widely distributed, but the most distributed are Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Northeast China and other places. Precious sika deer live in the forest around Jingbo Lake.
2. Appearance characteristics
Deer are deer, with a well-proportioned and robust body, slender limbs, small head, long ears, short tail and a body length of 75-290 cm. Moreover, stags have antlers on their heads, all of which are forked. They can be used to attack or repel enemies, and they can also show the charm of males to females.
3. Human settlements
Deer generally inhabit food-rich tundra, forest areas, deserts, swamps and bushes, mainly distributed in Europe and Asia, North America, Southwest Africa and South America. At present, there are many common species in China, such as sika deer, red deer, Eurasian moose, reindeer and roe deer. Deer are typical herbivores and are good at jumping, running and swimming. After encountering the enemy's injury, it will run forward quickly and suddenly turn around to get rid of the attack of natural enemies.
Second, the meaning of deer
1, it looks beautiful.
The ancients' explanation for deer is: "Deer are very strong, but they are very timid and rush as soon as they drink water." It can be seen that the ancients paid attention to and observed deer. This is the basis of the emergence and development of deer culture. Beautiful traditional characters are beautiful, while beautiful characters come from deer, which shows that people think deer is beautiful since ancient times.
2, meaning auspicious and rich.
Deer symbolize good luck and wealth. In some auspicious patterns, hundreds of deer are together, called "white deer"; Deer and bats are together, indicating that both of them are blessed and blessed; Deer and "Fushou" together mean "Fu Lushou", deer and crane together mean "Liuhe Tongchun" and so on.
3, on behalf of health and longevity
From ancient times to now, the promotion of deer to human health has developed from eating its meat, sleeping its skin and using its bones to a deeper understanding in the later stage. It took a long time. Kunya said:' Lu Naixian is a beast and can enjoy himself, but when he walks, his mouth drools and he won't leave in a hurry. It can be seen that the ancients believed that eating preserved deer had the function of prolonging life, and called the long-lived deer "fairy deer".