Chinese zodiacAnecdotal stories of the horse

Noon for horses, animals, horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, pigs, horses among the top of the animals.Chapter grave in shandong longshan town cliff archaeological discoveries prove that, since the patriarchal clan commune period, people started to tame horse, a horse.Many ancient books have a "phase with soil for horses," a horse is driving with four horses, as a means of transport.In front, we detailed discusses the sparkling Ma Wenhua in ancient China, which obviously think people shows the ancients believed on the horse.Various folk about horse also is varied, colorful.

Since the ancient times, the Chinese nation have the horse to folk customs.Spring the matsu, summer offerings to shepherd, fall the horse club, winter the stance.Matsu is the day, therefore, is the horse in the sky, the stars of the room;First animal husbandry, it is said that was the founder of the horse, regarded as therefore god of animal husbandry;Horse club is in the stable land: god horse stance for disasters of the gods.In fact, sacrifices to gods, the spring and autumn period has been recorded.For gods of sacrifice, so many kinds and respect, is the important performance in the ancient heart status.

Horse is ability, sages, talented person, as a symbol.The ancients often "swift horse" to compare.The horse is the excellent horse line thousands of miles.According to legend king mu has eight horses, often rode on his tour.8: the name of an amazing, never practice soil, feet do not fall to the ground, fly and fly,One is called quill, can run faster than the birds;One is called qingsong, nocturnal miles;One is called super shadow, can tore down chasing the sun;A name is more than, the colour of the horse hair bright, radiant;A name is super light, a growing ten shadow;A man named teng fog, galloping on the clouds;One is called carry wing, was covered with wings, like dapeng soaring nine miles.Some ancient books "8" imagine to eight different kinds of color, respectively, have a nice name: red horse, stolen le, Bai Yi, more than wheel, dashanzi, canal, the name of a famous horse, green ears.In fact, the magic of horse legends are described good talent, you don't really believe in myth.The eight king mu jun actually compared with his person group, talented, charismatic, each with a special ability in the common auxiliary the king of the world.

The han nationality folk belief in gods, it is also called Ma Mingwang hydrophytes, namely horse king, many areas across the country have faith.Peasant in the lunar June 23, sacrifice, sacrifice for a whole lamb a.But sacrifices to gods in all previous dynasties rulers have many system, such as in the Ming dynasty zhu yuanzhang command the matsu, make a servant temple in nanjing.Folk belief in gods and the promotion of the rulers.Let's have a look at the folk customs, customs, claim, anecdotal stories about horses.

The 1:

Qin shi huang in the second year of the unification of the whole country, that is, 220 years BC rongcheng into worship hill, on the way, I heard that tinea stones is lost when the hand that mends crafting, can bless mountain strong, made a special week tinea stones.At the time, he led the legions along the fixed special ChiDao, straight to spotted stones in place, respect and worship.Indeed as expected after back toward all the best, world peace, he incurred exultation, make her poem to celebrate.Then there is the warlock Xu Fushi yue: "legions royal ChiDao, emperor worship stone to success."But when the first gift generally didn't get the favour of emperor qin shi huang, poetry and all. Cheers.But spotted off the coast of stones in the so called ". ".". "the origin of place names is a rate of qin shi huang had legions to the stone, and the second is qin shihuang east tour repaired ChiDao passing by.Until the yuan dynasty, the famous great writer works, course, treasure, "many dissenting Confucian worship stone" by allusions to create the idiom "success".He is first mentioned in the work of the five Hou Yan he created the "success" this idiom.

The 2:

Manchu domestication and use a lot of horses shumo era began in the tang dynasty, and used to hunt step confined to shoot, then began to tame wild horses, used to hunt.Manchu can gallop on hunt soon, really.According to a report in the volume big Jin Guozhi thirty-nine, jurchen good riding and shooting, "resistance to hunger and thirst, sparkling like flying up and down, rivers, without the boat, floating Ma Nai crossing".Jin jurchen a horse dressage rise trend, the rise of the manchu, was overrun by horse, people have a ride.According to "statehood smell record" records, the manchu animals all xing, "but a horse's peak, group homes, hundreds of groups, pawn Hu Zhijia, no less than several card horse".Yongle, the Ming and manchu tribes, trade is very active, to be more of a horse, in qing dynasty, court set up the royal horses, instead, government, after therefore instead of emperor kangxi years, and set up medical officer horse disease treatment.The tube to a horse horse's service skills have a unique place, "rare moments of corn feed, each to gallop, bent knees, but the optimal, temporarily has the free time of discharge saddle, is put to take off the leopard, column not wind and snow all year, grazing in the field".Qing MAO nuerhachi often see war horse body condition, and the horses were fat. Who gives the wine, the horse whip the weak accountability.Huang taiji has spent a lot of horses as a reward, encourage the enemy soldiers.Is said to be buried in his zhao LingQian, there are two inscribed lifelike stone horse, horse two mount is according to the time of his death - white and white design.The manchu fierce riding and shooting, adept skills.By riding and shooting, in countless times in for more than half a century, the horse inThe warPlayed a huge role.The manchu origin test, so, "ravaged by fighters Mercedes Benz, conflict, all collapse".Surely with bow and arrow in qing dynasty, the qing dynasty emperors, ride a good shot, the history books, records, only know immediately at the beginning of the qing dynastyThe warPeople shut after change.

The 3:

Mongolians have mare s section and horse racing festival is a traditional festival, held at the end of the lunar calendar August, for one day.The herders in festival clothes, rode horses and took the koumiss respectively, arrived at the designated place, then prepare food festival.As the sun rose started racing, competing horses for pony at the age of two.After the game, people were sitting in the Mongol stringed instrument accompaniment, in singing, drink, until the night is coming, people carrying side are dispersed.

Its 4:

In hubei, legend bride got married in his household, all previous dynasties undead will follow to the way would be slammed against various evil spirit, god will bring family.So the procession of the day, the man will please the alchemist one, outside set a table sweetmeats JiGao and the gods of heaven and earth, and kill the chicken to dispel ghosts.The finish, and mizzah in the bride's bridal sedan chair, said out evil spirit god.The groom salute the sedan around at the same time, also rise to enter.

Its 5:

In northeast China, marriage customs of the han, the manchu stepped horse laughed, the bride after you get off, foot horse laughed, feet without ever touching the ground, to ward off evil spirits are special one.Guizhou miao "spoken back sabre" marriage customs.Young men and women love each other, the men and women both parties about marriage after three times in the home, back to sabre, propose to formally.

The 6:

Ever waThe Spring FestivalTo feed the horse eat sticky rice, and watch the horses in the stables posture to account for good or ill luck, thought head towards the east for the lucky year, is unlucky one million head toward the west.

The 7:(/ shengxiao/Chinese zodiac)

In the hengduan mountains XianShan waters, between the roof of the world from the cross to the northwest of yunnan wild jungle, rolling plate turning with a mysterious trail.We call it "tea ma gu".I dare say it's on our planet is one of the most stunning domain road west of the cardiac cycle.Caravan of one thousand years, numerous silently through on this path.The ancestors of many of my friends are out of the way the caravan, laden with tea and all kinds of forest products, and from between frozen and yunnan.Especially during the period of Anti-Japanese War, all routes are truncated entering China, via Tibet diverted to southwestern India tea ma gu to be middle and later periods of the Anti-Japanese War behind the major international commercial channels.Caravan, with time along the way a firm gathers, the bustling place than we can imagine today.