The custom of ethnic minorities in China also have sympathy cattle, known as "an ox king".Guizhou litchi, luodian, enron, buyi, cattle in order for April 8th lunar month.Is, to take a day off, let the cattle eat sticky rice.Kelao cattle group is also called the "bull god festival", "worship the cow king bodhisattva festival", "the group", on the lunar month of October every year.That day, people will no longer let labor, and use good glutinous rice do two zi ba, points on the horn, then a cow to the water to look after the shadow, in this way for birthday.In guizhou rongjiang, dongjiang area of dong, every summer people washed cow festival held in June, when the spring is over, people put the cow to the riverTake a showerAnd near stall chicken-feather duck feather and inserted a few root, said listen respectfully dust for cattle, cattle safe and robust.

The cattle areChinese zodiac, is the largest volume, andThe mouseIs in contrast to the, so people in life in order to "mouse" yu small or less, for more or bigger "cow" ".Cow body, hair more than natural, so a large number of "out there" analogy and close.The ancients with bamboo pu paint to the cow pull car, so they have the story of "the history".Liu zongyuan article: "it as a book, then fill the space, are sweating, cow."Later generations hence called the books more than "the history", visible cattle from very early on the scholarly.

Poets in the tang dynasty to yuan "with" poem: "whip cattle outside the county, soil cover silkworm."First "whip" and then "race", is an ancient determination to welcome spring breeze saying two songs.Whip tuniou ChunNiu is also called whip, and the origin of the earlier.The rites · enveloped ":" unearthed from cows to send cold."Later have been preserved, but the change in the spring, sheng in the tang and song dynasties, especially the movable promulgated after the tuniou via whip tuniou custom spread more widely, and become the important content of folk culture.

At the age of kangxi, "jinan" : "every spring the day before, and the rulers rate sergeants, ChunNiu, mountain god, winter jasmine in the eastern suburb.Five XinPan, common name for a spring plate, drink spring liquor, hairpin spring flowers.People, in the line of door play for the plow the drama, for the spring floor, and city, qu children, colorful clothes, wearing ghost face, dancing, also the ancient township nuo also.Spring day, officials in each colour, hit three tuniou, refers to the scourge of spring, to persuade farmers meaning.For small ChunNiu, send several home, bai tolled drum music in order to offer, who send spring."Whip ChunNiu sense, not limited to send cold, promoting the plowing, also has a certain meaning of witchcraft.Shandong folk to smash tuniou, everyone for ChunNiu soil, who rob spring, a cow to grab for geely.In zhejiang winter jasmine cattle, is the feature of winter jasmine cattle, in order to ChunNiu kowtow, worship, a cradle, and the people will ChunNiu cracking, then grab ChunNiu mud home and in the bullpen.Thus, whip ChunNiu witchcraft or kind of reproduction, namely after winter jasmine ChunNiu soil, and can contribute to the breeding of cattle in the bullpen.

Cow has four capsule, feed can ruminate after the content, appetite is big, people laughed at, appetite is supplied as "tripe," said one kind drink for "go", temper big called "stubbornness".Call to stop his temper or halt the liar "pull ox nose".Called slow like cattle cattle step slow ".To buy a wife for the grass was tarred as "ram cow", that is, the meaning of wearing fake and to cover up.(/ shengxiao/Chinese zodiac)

Cow is famous for its blind loyalty.People often think of not wise wandered, stupid person is called "stupid cow" or "cattle".Ancient ridiculed illiterate person as "qing Ming" cow cow (blind).The unknown words meaning "casting pearls before swine".Said traduced by human "call cow horse".As from the "chuang tzu" cloud: "I also means the cows, horses are calling me sometime."Describe there or failure is not divided into "牛骥 slaughtered together".In the han "alone read cattle garment including evil" by the way, so future generations describe rank, as his wife's poor situation for "cow dress to cry".Han Yuyun: "cattle Sou, puffball, failure of the drum skin", later generations hence describe very fine powder is also useful, so-called "trifles".