A dog is man friends sharing weal and woe, is considered to be human nature of the animal, it particularly loyal to human, and therefore has a sense of constancy."Shepherd three li found the Lord", "righteousness dog savior" example illustrates this well, such as "render one's services" is used to describe things loyal.But dogs love battle, "running dogs" with negative, on the description of lu xun "capitalists spent running dogs" symbolizes the class without the shameless scholar of national character.However, from the perspective of folklore, the dog and some other means.

Dogs, in general, the Chinese regarded as auspicious animals, if who had suddenly to a dog at home, the host will be very happy to adopt it, because it indicates wealth comes, the so-called "to poor cat, the dog to rich".Dogs and their owners share the joys and sorrows, and if there are any evil comes, it will also indicate precursor, such as the dog went to suggest to thieves.Like barking dogs, but its bark and reason, so the ancients dogs hour to take as a sign of good or ill luck.Such as timing dogs, housewife will quarrel;ChouShi dogs, upset sleepless;YinShi barking, the god of wealth rimmon;MaoShi dogs prosperity;SiShi dogs, and loved ones to;Noon dogs, some people treat;At the seventh hour the dog, the wife is external, will encounter little;ShenShi dogs,The childA curse;YouShi dogs, promotion JinLu;Born QuShi dogs, beware of right and wrong;HaiShi dogs, beware of prosecution.

The dog's coat, often have yellow, red, white, or more than two or three colors such as black, brown, brown markings, according to the ancients, different color of the dog, its quality is also different.Author think animals phase method: Huang Mei black dog appropriate guards, was all black eyebrow is costly the root of the trouble;Poodle is auspicious thing in the world, especially in black poodle can let more people to get rich;Black dog if white chest douc, there would be a disaster;Yellow dog eyebrow color should be light, if it is too deep, also not lucky.And miscellaneous five lines of book thinks, yellow dog best quality, quality of white dog is the worst.But the white dog because of the specific situation is different, its symbolic significance, will also be different.The book says: white dog with black, can make the owner get rich;White dog black tail, can make the master many generations have a car rideBlack dog with white ear, can make the master precious.Black dog with white former bipedal, host children thrive;Yellow dog white tail, master and clothing not sorrow.

The ancients thought in our country, the omen of dogs in addition to the good or ill luck calamity symbolic role, and in addition to the role of a disaster.Why is that?According to the theory of "ritual", belong to the dog: "livestock" of to Yang, cook the dog in the east, can make the sun be the spirit erupt, thus raising the universe.And the eastern han dynasty YingShao in the customs through righteousness have another explanation, he said: son of heaven live in the city a total of 10 second, the door of the three is angry of the east, in order not to make the power at the door appeared, so in front of the other 96 kill dogs to disaster.Dog in five elements theory of Yin and Yang, and the microstructure of the five elements, and corresponding, and the azimuth of the west and the east square phase grams, kill dogs have never put off till tomorrow what you can check the gas damp epidemic of spring, the role of recovery in all things grow.Dogs can go to escape, this is not what oddness, even in the Ming dynasty famous medical li shizhen recognized this special function of dog, he recorded in compendium of materia medica: art home that dogs can rid all evil spirit's black magic.Shiji said: the state of qin in the city of east, south, west and north four door crack mutilated dog against disasters.At the same time, with a white dog blood cast an ominous painted on the door, this is some customs since time immemorial.According to the account of the hua tuo so, 琊 is a woman's ass long a DaChuang, itch and pain, recurrent, cannot be cured, hua tuo after inspection, take a rice husk color dog tie the dog, after the horse horse walk five miles, then put the dog's neck twist off button in the women's disease sores, for a moment, I saw a worm crawling under the skin, with hooks to bug out, the worms for up to three feet, seven days later, the girl's illness is cured.Li shizhen thinks, although in this case is very strange, but it is the dog's bloody the derivation.

Dogs, and so closely related to human, dog, and then the magic effect, therefore, the dog became the ancients worship at one of the most commonly used livestock.The zhou dynasty to a "dog person", is in charge of the dog "sacrifice".The ancients have study also woven grass for dogs, "or" means.Gown with embroidery, Chen and offering, the sacrifice is over, just leave it in avenue chariots and horses trampled.Lao zi said: "heaven and earth goes to all things to live;Saint goes to the people to live."There are many differences has always been the understanding of this sentence, but the implications of the word "or" or certain.

Dogs are people's good partners, "dog" is people fear of evil.Tell fortune a Sir To choose auspicious day before the wedding, after selected must be on a piece of red paper written clear wedding detailed slightly and note.One important item is not to offend the "dog".Offend the "dog", "dog" and the some taboos are at the ceremony.

Once upon a time many infertile women who were enshrined "Zhang Xian" to "qi son, known as" SongZi Zhang Xian ", there is no statue."Zhang Xian" in the history of painting, the handsome man of gown is a Angle, his hands holding a slingshot, looked up to day to make target position.Is said to be in with a slingshot to shoot "dog".So the north customs sacrifice "Zhang Xian", in addition to flowers, wine and a plate of five use knead dough into a ball, sent him to shoot the "dog".

Of "dog" is not only make women infertile the folk legend "eclipse" is "heavenly dog swallowing the moon.So when the eclipse, people want to knock acoustic save, it is said that knock on acoustic sound, will frighten the "dog" spit out the moon.In ancient times on acoustic save the moon, not a few "ignorant people can do that," is the palace in the days of the beadle, also want to knock bronze save month, until the moon has recovered.

Not only humans have a dog, the god of heaven will also have a dog as a pet.Folk legend er lang shen Yang Jian there is a "dog" xiao days, at any time, close to the two lang absolute being accompanied him decline demon catch blame.(Chinese zodiac /shengxiao/)

The symbolic meaning and legends about dog, both natural factors in it, and others, for the mystery of the ingredients in it, comprehensive deny or totally believe that all is not desirable, the right attitude should be through the mysterious appearance, seize dog in people's minds and psychological tendency.