Chinese zodiacAnecdotal stories of sheep

To dominate the animal sign, is notBelong to the sheep.When the horse galloped in the up, the sheep is leisurely, erbil, "wind Ma Chi rate, and the sheep to please and" and write a simple Spring Festival couplets "three Yang kaitai, five blessings", and then to hang a picture of a traditional subject of New Year pictures, picture for the sun three gentle lovely sheep - this thick is not the festival atmosphere came out.

Has long been a "great beauty" sheep said.Analysis the ancient anecdotal stories "oracle" beauty "is the lower part is made of human, namely, the first half of the word is a bit like sheep, but not sheep, but wears ornaments of the four horns on the top of the head.It seems that the beauty of the early word is also a pictograms.This is a man with two horns and is made of the image.But along with the beginning of the 20th century to henan anyang guizhang progressed through the research and the rise of human studies, people begin to question this, another "sheep artificial beauty", its theoretical foundation is still primitive man to wear Angle for beauty.Scholars Yu Shengwu explained: "wear Angle is common in many of the original ethnic customs, scholars at first when hunting camouflage wearing Angle to lure the beast and hunting, followed by the custom gradually evolved into a general popular adornment.But have a clan tribal dance to celebrate holidays when wearing two horns on the champions league for costumes;Some tribal leader or noble women wear Angle as the honor;Some clan wizard to wear two horns when casting crown respectful;Some clan to exalt god also shape the image when the house is decorated with two horns in order to show respect.So far there are a lot of areas to the customs there are a lot of sheep, let's look at the customs, anecdotal stories about sheep, customs, and stories.

The 1:

In ancient China, Yang and sheep homophones, sheep is Yang."Three Yang" in accordance with the literal analysis, explanation for three more intuitive, the sun is early Yang Yang, zhengyang, late.Chaoyang qiming, its light fluorspar;Zhengyang zhongtian, its XuanLang;The sunset glow, the machine shoot.Including their vitality."Tai" is divination, dry on the gentry, in heaven and earth and all things also.We see "tiger", is always big geely.Kaitai, to "seek", is the open funds;To as the "proposal", love is open the door.The sheep, that is, cheung also.Ancient palace in the car said more sheep car, that is, take meaning auspicious.People often say "three Yang kaitai" as one of the auspicious words.Such as smooth, two dragons boom, three Yang kaitai, four seasons peace, five blessings, lucky, seven stars shining, eight party to wealth, concentric, perfect, Pepsi prosper, thousand things auspicious and all the best.The sheep, "lucky" in Chinese folk writing "ji sheep".Sheep, elegant gentle, gentle, loving, in ancient times and Chinese ancients elbow of the partners, loved by people."Beautiful" words in ancient Chinese oracle that a head of big horn sheep, is a symbol of good.During the Ming and qing dynasties, folklore has put qingyang, red sun, white, represent the past, present and future.The "three Yang kaitai" of "is a kind of auspicious, it said the earth rejuvenation, vientiane update.Praise is also a thriving, prosperous, design with three sheep (homophonic "Yang") are eating grass in the warm sunshine to symbol.

The 2:

Kazakhstan, Mongolia, tajikistan and Afghanistan, some countries and nationalities popular diao "sheep" of the game immediately.On festive days, people put a few hundred metres away a sheep, riders rushed into flash into several teams ready to rob.Also have a young handheld sheep riding rushed out from the cavalry, following closely behind, some of them fit for the sheep, also some people to protect the sheep, the sheep to diao to the finish line to win, the victory of the people, the sheep cooked on the spot, then we could enjoy together.

The 3:

The old han folk have "sheep" at the age of the customs, popular in south of hebei province.Lunar calendar in June or July, grandfather, uncle give little nephew sheep, originally send live sheep, then switched to send sheep.Legend has it that the common associated with aloes opened to save the mother.Aloes split huashan save birth mother, want to kill maltreat uncle Yang, Yang silurian to rebuild good brother and sister, each year for aloes, sent an live sheep (sheep and Yang harmonics), leaving out the sheep of the customs.In addition, the folk people a month, the ninth for the sheep, qinghai Tibetan this day catch sheep is prohibited.Shandong, hubei, Jiang Xize has a proverb: "Yin on June 6, cattle and sheep as gold."Think againBelong to the horse, dog, rat, avoid the sheep, the sheep who avoid rat, cattle, horse, dog day.

Its 4:

Xibo nationality folk have "rob sheep bones" marriage customs, popular in xinjiang region.After the ceremony, the father and mother set out on the edge of a kang of the bride and groom put a piece of sheep to the femur, the sisters and brothers in the bridal chamber, in meet the mother will be tied with red line with two glass on the pan and mother quickly to meet two to switch to the goblet, so that the couple can't distinguish which is water, which is the wine, and then let them choose one cup, to drink wine to happen, then to drink three cups.Later, the brothers and sisters began to steal the sheep bones.His family get the sheep bones as the bride industrious capable, can raise his wife, family happiness;Her family get the sheep bones, think that the bride will keep house and not love, family peace.

Its 5:

Xinjiang kazak play pop "sheep head to" social customs.New friends coming, sheep for slaughter.Eat coin, apex on practice and face to the guest the location of the sheep, and then master treat with a knife to cut the sheep rib meat to elders in sitting, after cutting a piece of sheep ear to all of their young, cut a piece of yourself at will again, and then hold the sheep head plate to the owner.In addition, the whole lamb is Mongolian, kazak, kirgiz, tajik ethnic traditional delicacies.On the table, put large pieces of lamb in a tray, put into the whole sheep armed, to offer the guest.

The 6:(/ shengxiao/Chinese zodiac)

There was once a very cautious personality good man, named huang ChuPing, shepherd is Dan brook this place.One day, a practice into the monk saw him, that is a talent that can make, he brought him to the jinhua mountain to uniting the gas.Yellow ChuPing after entering Chambers of uniting, after forty years to return to earth.Initially yellow ChuPing taken away, for he is worried about his relatives and friends worry, thought he'd be evil.Yellow ChuPing brother often miss lost brother, sheep, firmly down that you go around looking for younger brother's whereabouts.After many years, finally let him in kinkazan found yellow ChuPing.Yellow ChuPing and brother happy together a few days later, the elder brother can't help but think of the sheep in the home, so he told huang ChuPing row to read in the heart.Yellow ChuPing meal smile to say: "elder brother, you rest assured, absolutely is peace in the home, the sheep alive."Yellow ChuPing say that finish, with a brother at home.They came to the house near the wilderness, where there are sheep, only see a white rock!The elder brother can't help to hurry up, turn round to ask ChuPing wong: "sheep?""Sheep is not here" then, listen to yellow ChuPing shouted, pulled out a whip out white rocks, that a piece of white rock, immediately into the tens of thousands of only continuous white sheep.