Characteristics and symbolic significance of sheep. Sheep are very common animals, and many people have a docile impression of sheep, which also has a certain meaning in China. Next, I will take you to understand the characteristics and symbolic significance of sheep.
The characteristics and symbolic significance of sheep 1 sheep symbolizes tenderness, peace and kindness, and is also a symbol of antai and peace.
First, "sheep" is an pictographic character, "shaped like a head, horns and feet" (Shuo Wen). The ancients lived a nomadic life in the world, and sheep were considered lucky because they were strong and prolific. But the word "auspicious" came later, and "auspicious sheep" was later "auspicious". Shuowen explained that "sheep are also auspicious". The ancients created the word "sheep" by pictographic method, which is widely used. In the Dictionary of Chinese Characters, there are more than 200 Chinese characters with "sheep" as the radical, which fully shows its great influence on the lives of our ancestors.
And unconsciously, the influence of sheep has penetrated into all aspects of human life. There is such a famous sentence in Wang Zhihuan's Poem on the Dyke in the Tang Dynasty: "Why should a strong flute complain about the willow?". Spring breeze is not enough. " What's Johnny? The flute played by the ancient Qiang people. The "Qiang" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is a diagonal in the upper part and a person in the lower part, which shows that the "Qiang" people are a people who live by herding sheep.
Second, sheep is a symbol of antai and peace. There is an old saying called "Three sheep open Thailand". Textual research on "Three Yang Kai Tai" should be called "Three Yang Kai Tai", which originated from the Book of Changes. Taking November as the complex divination, one yang is born in the next; December is divination, and Er Yang is born next; The first month is the Thai hexagram, and the next month is the birth of Sanyang. It means that winter goes and spring comes, and the yin disappears and the yang grows, which is a symbol of good luck. Another explanation of "Three Yang Kai Tai" is: 165438+ The daytime is the shortest from winter to October, and then the daytime becomes longer.
The ancients thought that this was the gradual disappearance of yin and the birth of yang, so it was called the birth of yang in winter. In February of 65438, Yang was born in the first month. Therefore, in the past, "Three Yang Kai Tai" was often used as a greeting at the beginning of the new year. And "sheep" and "yang" are homophones, and over time, they mistakenly think that "three sheep open Thailand". Moreover, future generations will also attach a specific shape of "three big-horned sheep standing in one place", which will become an auspicious thing that women and children know and love to see.
Characteristics and symbolic significance of sheep II. The first symbolic meaning of sheep: virtue.
Sheep are born beautiful, symbolizing purity and preciousness. In the concept of the ancients, sheep was a symbol of beauty and kindness. There is a poem named Lamb in The Book of Songs, which uses a lamb as a metaphor for a noble doctor. Sheep are docile by nature, and the moral of sheep is kindness, easygoing and good luck. There is a saying in Shuowen that "beauty and goodness are synonymous". Sheep have the idea of nursing on their knees, and lambs seem to understand the hardships and difficulties of their mothers, so they will nurse on their knees and are given the meaning of "filial piety" and "knowing courtesy". It is recorded in The Story of the Spring and Autumn Period: "When a lamb eats its mother's food, it must kneel down and collect it, as if it were a polite person."
The second symbolic meaning of sheep: good luck.
"Sheep" was connected with "Xiang" in ancient times, and "Xiang" can also be written as "auspicious sheep", which means good luck. Sheep are a symbol of good luck. In ancient times, it was auspicious for someone to hang a sheep's head on the door at the beginning of the year, send the sheep in communication, or use the sheep as a dowry or sacrifice.
The third symbolic meaning of sheep: tenacity and unyielding.
The ancient Romans thought that if the first animal they saw that day was a sheep, it would be a symbol of love and happiness. "Christ calls himself a good shepherd" because sheep have the characteristics of gentleness and peace. In the wilderness without aquatic plants, sheep will obediently follow people. Sheep's strong endurance and continuous progress are the characteristics of people born in the Year of the Sheep. Gentle appearance, but strong vitality.
A sheep covered in treasures.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "mutton can warm the middle warmer, tonify the middle warmer, stimulate appetite, strengthen the body, tonify kidney and qi, benefit gallbladder and improve eyesight, treat fatigue and cold, and treat five strains and seven injuries". Since ancient times, mutton has been a frequent visitor on people's table and a favorite food. It can not only keep out the cold, but also replenish the body. It is most suitable for eating in winter, so it is called winter tonic and is deeply loved by people. Sheepskin can be used to make paper and clothes.
Characteristics and symbolic significance of sheep 3 What are the characteristics of sheep?
Sheep are docile and have a good performance in house feeding and grazing. Although rams are good at fighting, they rarely come into contact with people. If properly trained, they can also obey orders and show obedience to their owners. The ewe's reaction is a little slow, not as fast as that of the ram, and her performance is relatively docile.
Lamb heaps have a strong ability to digest roughage and are used to eating roughage such as hay, bean stalks, sweet potato seedlings, corn leaves and leaves. Normal growth and development with little or no supplement of concentrated feed.
The small mouth is narrow and sharp, the lips are thin and the teeth are pointed, the cutting teeth are inclined forward, and there is a cleft lip in the center of the upper lip, just like the lips of rabbits, which increases the flexibility of the upper lip, so it can eat loose stems and leaves and chew the roots of low grass. Mutton has a wide range of recipes, and there are few picky eaters. They will only be picky about food when they are full. Lamb 10 day old began to chew forage, which had certain digestion and utilization ability.
Lambs are more adaptable than other domestic animals, especially to diseases. Under normal circumstances, I seldom get sick and have good resistance to damp heat and foot rot. It can grow and develop normally in dry climate and lack of juicy feed.
Generally speaking, lambs also like to be dry and hate to be wet. It is necessary to have a relatively dry and hygienic enclosure condition, which not only plays a certain role in ensuring the health of sheep, but also is necessary to ensure the quality of wool.
Small-tailed Han sheep, like other breeds of sheep (such as Hu sheep), also have the characteristics of being clean and dirty. They like to eat clean forage and drink clean water, but they are not as picky as other breeds of sheep. When cattle and sheep are raised in the same column, the forage left by cattle can still be picked by lambs. Most sheep have the habit of defecating in places where they don't often lie down, so there can be a clean place to lie down and rest in the pen. However, when there are many sheep in the pen, this habit is not obvious.
Sheep have thick fur, which can resist the attack of cold wind, but the cold climate will also cause some harm to sheep, so winter cold-proof and warm-keeping facilities are still essential. When the summer is hot and the fur is thick, the heat in the sheep is not easy to dissipate, and it will also affect some physiological functions. However, under the general shading feeding conditions, the reproductive function and growth and development of small-tailed Han sheep are not affected.
Sheep are gregarious and can eat grass in small groups or large groups. Although they appear scattered when grazing, sheep will not get lost easily. The production area is an agricultural area, and there are few opportunities for large groups to graze. Small groups can only eat grass by roadside ditches. As long as the first sheep leads the way, the other sheep will follow. For those who leave the team to steal crops, as long as they shout at any time, they will generally not fall behind.
Sociality is related to the age and training of sheep. Little sheep that have not been herded are unsociable, and adult sheep and trained sheep are gregarious. In addition, the herdsman's sense of responsibility has obvious influence on the herding order of sheep.