The Zodiac Sign of the Snake

It is a snake , and people born in the new year belong to a snake. When asked about their zodiac signs, there may be three answers, either snakes or insects, while more people answered that they belonged to Xiaolonger.

People do not say that they belong to the snake but the dragon is probably because they hate snakes. The so-called "venomous snakes and beasts", snakes are not good things, so they are not talking about snakes, but they really have a special liking for dragons, because dragons are divine creatures. Admire, regarded as a "sweet beast". The most important of these is the similarity between snakes and dragons. There are snakes but no dragons in nature, and the tone of the dragon image is taken from snakes. Zhang Mengwen, a researcher on the history of science and technology in China, said in "Long Kao": "The dragon is a kind of virtual creature that has never existed... Its keynote is a big snake, especially close to the five-step snake, which is frightening and frightening because of its poison. It is regarded as a fetish." However, with Xiaolonger instead of snakes, no matter whether you admit it or not, how many dragons and snakes have a relationship. The snake is called Xiaolong, not only the zodiac sign, but there are many superstitions in this area in the old days. Now let Gu Yifang take you to look at interesting talks, customs, and customs about snakes.

No. 1:

Snake shedding, also known as "snake shedding", is one of the evil omens believed by the Han people in the old days, and it spreads in Guizhou Duyun, Anshun, Guiyang and other places. The common belief is that seeing a snake peeling is a bad omen, that is, the folk saying goes, "When you see a snake peeling, you will peel if you don't die," especially in spring.

Sacrifice to the snake tree is also called "sacrifice to the snake god". In the old days, the custom of sacrifices by the De'ang people was popular in the Lujiangba area of Baoshan, Yunnan. This ethnic group believes that snake gods can bless farm animals, so a sacrificial activity is held every year on December 20th of the summer calendar. People usually choose a larger tree around the village as a place to worship the gods, called the "snake tree". The "snake tree" is surrounded by a wall, passers-by must go around and not approach it, and logging is strictly prohibited. Legend has it that in ancient times, there was an old mother who cut a branch of the snake tree and took it home to burn . At night, the snake god came to the door and twisted her neck. Since then, no one dared to approach the "snake tree" or fell down, and the custom of offering sacrifices to the snake tree was formed. When offering sacrifices, all villages do not do farm work, and after people take a bath, they collectively hold a meal offering. Participants in the sacrifice should be clean and tidy, each bring some fans, tofu, vegetables, etc., and bring a ox bridle, a long knife, and hang it on the snake tree. The Buddha chants the scriptures and everyone bows and prays to the snake god to bless the village Qingji is safe and six animals are prosperous. Snake pan, also known as "snake mother", is a traditional folk food of the Han nationality, a kind of pasta, popular in Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places. Use fermented white flour into a snake-like dish, use two grains of sorghum as eyes on the head, and a copper coin in the mouth. Money is wealth, snakes are ropes, which means getting rich.

No. 2:

March 5th of the lunar calendar is the Thrilling Sting Festival. Folk customs in Guizhou avoid thunder, otherwise there will be snakes and insects in those days. The folk proverb goes: "Thunder stings, and there are many groups of insects and snakes."

No. 3:

Snake festivals are held in different ways and times in different parts of India. The grander one among the series of festivals is the Indian Snake Festival held in Sherralai City, Sanjali, Maharashtra, India. It is held on the 15th day between July and August. It is said that this small town is the place with the most snakes in the world. The legend about the celebration: A farmer accidentally killed a little snake while farming. The mother snake came to the farmer’s house in order to get revenge. She saw the farmer’s eldest daughter worshipping the snake god Naga religiously. The mother snake was moved by her sincerity. , Decided to let go of the farmer’s family and promised to bless the family. At the Snake Festival in August every year, the citizens of Shellalai, regardless of gender, will all go to the suburbs to catch snakes once by appointment. They will gather the caught snakes and "hoard" them in an ancient temple. After dinner, they will come to the temple, scrambling to catch a snake or several snakes with their bare hands, step out of the temple and start carnival and dance with the snakes. Although many people are bitten by snakes injury, wrapped around the wound, but they are proud of. These people believe that being bitten and entangled by a snake is a sign that there is no disaster and disease in this life and this world. After bathing, people use mud and cow dung to paint snake images on wood and walls respectively, dedicated to the giant python in Hindu mythology, and pour milk next to the snake hole to offer metric desserts. The newly married daughter will also return to her natal family to reunite with her family during the celebration.

No. 4:

A black non-venomous snake grows in Sanping Village, Wenfeng Town, Pinghe County, Fujian Province, which is as small as one foot long. The local people regard the snake as a fetish for blessing the safety of the home, and respectfully call the snake "the waiter." They think that the presence of snakes in the family is a symbol of good fortune. The more snakes, the more auspicious they are. Therefore, the people here are forbidden to fight snakes . For thousands of years, snakes have coexisted with humans, and there has been a phenomenon that snakes are not afraid of people and people are not afraid of snakes. It is common for people to sleep on the bed and snakes crawling under the bed. People have no "worries about the future" and sleep peacefully. Sometimes the snake would get into the bed and curl up at the feet of the owner. Some people accidentally stepped on the tail of a snake at night and got bitten by the snake. They laughed and never retaliated. According to legend, more than one thousand and one hundred years ago, in the deep mountains and dense forests here, snake monsters often made trouble and endangered the people. In the fifth year of Huichang in the Tang Dynasty (845 AD), the monk Yang Yizhong used magic power to subdue the snake demon. From then on, the snake demon changed from evil to the righteous and became the attendant of the monk Yang Yizhong. Another way of saying is that the Minyue people who lived in ancient Fujian worshipped snakes as "totems", and the worship of snakes in Sanping Village is also a relic.

No. 5:

Due to the mild and humid climate, the southern part of Fujian Province is suitable for all kinds of snakes to thrive. If a snake is found in the home, it cannot be killed. People think that the snake was sent by the ancestors to patrol the peace. Whoever enters the home indicates that the home is safe. If you find a few snakes on the side of the road, you must rush off a certain button on your body and throw it away to express your repentance, and then walk away as if you didn't see it. It is said that this is the mating of snakes, and the viewer is rebellious. Zhanghu Lake in the southernmost part of northern Fujian Province is a thousand-year-old town with outstanding local people, simple and unrestrained folk customs, and profound community culture. Many historical sites and unique local folk cultures are still left, such as the Snake King Temple, Wanshou Pagoda, and Shangtang Temple , Cangxia Cliff Carvings, Shang and Zhou Sites and other historical sites. Lantern Festival Snake Lantern, July Snake God Race, Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race and other folk activities. Zhanghu snake worshipping folklore activities originated in the Ming Dynasty. Through thousands of years of inheritance and development, a folklore cultural system with unique local characteristics has been formed, which can be called a unique "living fossil" of folklore. Zhanghu unique snake light, colors papered giant triangular flat bar snakehead vivid, two sparkling, flashing green, Xuepentaikou spit fire flame-like snake letter, red unsteadily. What’s more distinctive is the snake body, which is composed of two-meter-long wooden boards and 3 elaborately crafted large lanterns of different shapes. There are red candles in the lanterns. Each light board represents a household, and there are three large lanterns on the lanterns. The auspicious patterns made of various paper-cuts and pastes indicate the prayers and wishes of each family. The parade is composed of a light board with hundreds of people, three or four miles long. At night, under the guidance of the ceremonial team and the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers, the "Long Snake Array" is like a long fire snake prancing in the night sky, which is extremely spectacular.

No. 6:

Cantonese snake-eating is a kind of eating habit inherited from the ancestors of the ancient Yue nationality. But despite this, it was only at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic that it became common for Guangzhou people to eat snakes. This has a lot to do with the opening of the city's earliest snake restaurant, Snake Wangman. Although many people love to eat snakes, they dare not kill them , let alone how to cook them. Snake King Mansnake opened its first snake shop in Guangzhou in 1855. It purchased snake products from all over the country and outside the province to make snake gall and tangerine peels and three snake wine. However, it was difficult for the snake meat to find a way out, so it had to be boiled and sold in a big pot . Because the diet is monotonous, few people care about it. Later, the snake was removed from the bones and meat, and shredded chicken, shredded ham, shredded pork, mushrooms, fungus, and horseshoe were added as ingredients to boil it into snake soup. Several wooden tables were placed in the store for customers to try. Due to the proper preparation and deliciousness, the number of diners gradually increased. The "Snake King Man" Sanshe Geng soon became famous all over Guangzhou. Since then, Guangzhou's famous restaurants Dasanyuan, Nanyuan, Beiyuan, etc. have all followed suit. Every autumn and winter season, Sanshe Geng is regarded as a famous dish to attract diners.

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People in Guangzhou now eat snakes. Compared with the past, it has developed a lot. In addition to the three-snake soup, there are more than one hundred varieties of fried snake silk, snake soup, stuffed snake breast, and fried snake skin. If it is paired with various kinds of cats, chicken, abalone, ginseng, water fish, shan Rui and other delicacies, it can make an ever-changing rich snake feast. The brave can eat the flesh of the snake, which means that the snake can be seen in its entirety on the plate; the invisible way of eating, it is not known that it is a snake after eating. The scene of killing three snake gall with wine is even more breathtaking in restaurants and restaurants in Guangzhou. During the banquet, a master carried a cage with three live snakes, one was a cobra, one was a golden ring snake, and the other was a "crossing tree banyan". The master grabbed one at random, pinched the head of the snake in his left hand, and stepped on the tail of the snake with the other foot. , Click in the belly of the snake, cut a small mouth with a knife, gently squeeze out a snake gall the size of a bodhi seed, and place it in a small white dish, and then put three green crystals with warm snake gall Cut it, pour it into a bottle of rice wine, mix well, and then divide it into half a cup for each person on the table to taste. Snake gall wine is sweet and cool, without bitterness. If the snake gall is made into dry gall, it can be stored for one year. Cut it with scissors before eating, soak it in boiling water or wine and steam for a few minutes. It has the effects of dispelling wind, activating blood, promoting blood circulation, relieving cough and relieving asthma.

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