The rabbitThe cultural symbol

Cows rabbit race, careless - lost jingzhouThe rabbitThe myths and legends

Speaking of the rabbits when the animal sign, folk there was an interesting the legend of "rabbit race" cow?

From rabbits and scalpers are neighbors, and they get along well with each other, mutual said brother.Cattle to... work to live, the rabbit by smart capable, days are all very good.

One day, is good at running rabbit in front of the cattle to show off a way: "I was running in the animal world champion, who also ran but me!!!!!!!"Cattle for advice modestly, please teach rabbit run way, the rabbit is proudly shook her head and said: "long-distance running champion by innate quality, to learn is to learn won't.Besides, run to body and light body, you the body of the thick, I'm afraid will never run fast."

Cattle heart to rabbit said very cool half, unconvinced.From then on, began to practice running cattle, with general bullishness of perseverance, finally developed a pair of "iron feet".Tail up, hooves wind, a few days and nights or fatigue.

The jade emperor the day of the animal sign, in accordance with the rules, who first to let who when the animal sign.Cattle and rabbit agreement, chicken first round, straight to heaven for mutually.

Chicken first round, the cow woke up, the rabbit has long been a man run.The hare runs for quite a while, turn head a see, see the shadow of any animal.The rabbit thought: "I got up as early as today, run the fastest, and sleep is up, the animal sign at the top is also belong to me."So, it is sleeping on the grass.

Cattle lags behind, but it with tough endurance peace practice iron feet, high-altitude, when the rabbit is still in a deep sleep, and ran to the heavenly palace first.

A hurried footsteps awoke rabbits, open a look, turned out to beThe tigerLike a gust of wind to run in the past.The rabbit nasty, hurriedly casting its legs, nasty catch up.But slow step, is behind the tiger.Because between the two horns of cattle has also spent a opportunisticThe mouse, as a result, the rabbit only row to the fourth, the top three are rat, ox, tiger.

Rabbit has when the animal sign, but feel shame, eventually lost to the old cow his sarcasm.Come back later, moved the family to soil hole.Hare now still live in the hole.However, the rabbit will be a lesson.Not letter, you today to a rabbit race "the bull" or "tortoise and the hare," to be the winner must be the rabbit.

"Rabbit" in China is a beautiful word.It is one of man's animal sign, also with human life, the good hope of people closely linked.

"Rabbit", is an animal rabbit pictograms.Han xu shen said wen jie zi ", explains: "rabbit, his name, like after the tail shape."The oracle, seal letter painted is the image of the "rabbit" short tail long ears.

By the word "rabbit" to derive the Chinese characters is not much, but each is characteristic.

"Escape", for example, is a knowing words.The rabbit runs fast as "escape".Said wen jie zi "and other books all think" escape "the word" escape "said rabbit.This suggests that the rabbit is worthy of long-distance running champion.And he has "flight of", "escape", "nonvolatile", "swim escape" and "reclusion", "at ease", "note", "free and natural" and other words discretion "word is the rabbit for good" complained "logo.Said wen jie zi "said:" right, also."For the rabbit under the net fence, can't escape, only to bow, not stretch.Construed as grievances.

It is clear that the lovely rabbit people most worthy of sympathy.