The things you don't know about the zodiac ox

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As a long-standing folk cultural symbol, the zodiac has left a large number of poetry, spring couplets, paintings, calligraphy and folk crafts depicting the image and symbolic meaning of the zodiac throughout the ages. In addition to China, many countries in the world issue zodiac stamps during the Spring Festival to express their blessings for the Chinese New Year. Regarding the zodiac, although you have a certain understanding, there are definitely many things you don't know. Let us take a look at the things you don't know about the zodiac ox.

Zodiac Ox

Because of cattle farming, the Chinese people have a deeper and deeper affection for cattle, attaching excellent qualities such as honesty, hardworking, and not asking for rewards to cattle.

Lu Xun stated his ambition as "bending his head and willing to be a ruling ox".

"Dadai Liji·Zengzi Tianyuan": "The sacrifice of the princes, the cow is called the tailao." "The Qing History Draft · The First Lizhi": "Tailao, the cow one, the sheep one, the hog one", the cow is the most noble The sacrificial items of the emperor are used by the emperor to offer sacrifices to sheji and heaven and earth. In the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States, the monarchs cut blood and smeared them in their mouths.

The creation myth of the Hani tribe, "Osemise", records the story of the transformation of various parts of the cow into all things in nature. The area of ​​the Han people worships the Niu King. The "Shui Jing Zhu · Wei Shui Zhu" by Yun Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty called the Niu King originally Nanshan Da Zhang, which was stolen and felled. "The tree gradually turned into a cow into the water, so Qin became a temple." Later, it was gradually personified and evolved into the body of the cow head, and then became Ran Bo Niu again. In Chengdu, there is the Niuwang Temple built in the seventh year of Kangxi.

Buddhism believes in the king of Yama, "The Five Sorrows Chapter Sutra" records: "The name of the jailer is Ah Bang, the man has the hands of the bull head, the two feet of the ox hoof, the strong line up the mountain, and the steel fork." Later it was absorbed by Taoism and became a bull head horse face.

Buffalo horns, yellow ox horns, and yak horns are among the most common door decorations. Tibetans still hang horns on the door after killing cows. The number of horns symbolizes the level of hunting. They even use horns as ornaments when they dress up.

The things you don't know about the zodiac ox

The bull is diligent and practical, not good at talking, and always gives people a very serious impression. In fact, he has a smart and fiery heart deep in his heart. There is still a childish side to a cow in life, but he often likes to pretend to be stern and frighten others. He feels very satisfied when he looks at the scared expressions of others.

Many times what we see is only one-sided. In today's society, we are easily confused by what is in front of us. In fact, the heart of the cow is very hot, but they don’t know how to express it. The biggest secret is to pretend to be serious and serious.