Cultural Interests of Sheep

Sheep is docile and intelligent. Sheep has long become people's favorite domestic animal. Therefore, people often use sheep to form different words. These words can be said to have different interests. Self-trouble or death is called "making the sheep lead the wolf"; as a metaphor for the ruthless ruling class and corrupt officials, people call it "like a wolf and shepherding a sheep"; losing the small and gaining the big is described as "losing the sheep and gaining the cow" "In fact, it was a blessing in disguise.

Sheep are fire animals with strong sex, so when the weather is cold, people like to eat mutton for protection from the cold. Sheep are slaughtered, and the goods are small and the price is high. Occasionally, criminals want to make huge profits. Those who often hang the sheep's head and sell it for dog meat, defrauding customers, are commonly called "buying dog meat with sheep's head."

Sheep are most afraid of rain and rush to escape when it encounters light rain. If the dwelling is too damp, they will often faint due to dampness. Therefore, the shelter for raising sheep must use bamboo and wood as the bed shed for them to live in. Because of this, Taiwanese describe people who are anxious and flustered when they encounter trivial matters as "frightening sheep." In Chinese medicine, they are called "goat seizures" or "ram's horns. Crazy", the original name was "epilepsy".

Sheep's head resembles a three-pronged head, so any arrow that controls the three-pronged sickle is called "the head of a sheep." There was a kind of wheelbarrow in ancient times. One person pulls it in front and the other pushes it behind. It is called a "sheep's head cart". The shofar bends like a whirlwind, so the whirlwind is called "the shofar". In "Zhuangzi", there is "thirty thousand miles on the horn of the shofar", which means exactly this. Shofar is another name for "jujube tree" and also a person's "surname". The brush made of wool is called "Yang Hao", which is soft and flexible. It is the best brush for calligraphy and Chinese painting. We often use "raising sheep and shearing" and "wool out of the sheep" to compare that our labor is not in vain. The intestines of sheep are twisted and narrow, so the "sheep intestine path" or "sheep intestine bird road" is used to compare roads and dangerous environments.

Sheep In Western religions, Christianity describes sheep as human nature, and it is easy to get lost. It must rely on the power of faith to influence it so that the lost lamb turns back to rock, so Jesus called himself a shepherd. In the history of China, the "red sheep" is called catastrophe. Every time the country encounters a catastrophe, for example, in a book by Lizong of the Song Dynasty, it is said: "There is one in Bingwu and Dingwei, and its year is the year of catastrophe and war in China." Later generations regarded C as a fire, red color, but not a sheep, hence the name "Red Sheep Tribulation". ( Chinese Zodiac http:///shengxiao/)

In the Warring States period, Zuo Botao and Yang Jiao Ai met. They went to Chu to apply for a job together. There was heavy snow on the way. The two of them wore very thin clothes, and they didn't have enough food for them to eat. In order to perfect his friends, Zuo Botao gave all the clothes and food to Jiaojiao, while she hid in the empty tree and committed suicide. Later generations called the most intimate and deep friendship "Yang Zuo".