"Rabbit Chi Green Field Adds New Joy, Tiger Lying Jungle Rejuvenates Spring", paste this spring coupling, and the cute "little white rabbit" jumps and walks towards us. Because according to our traditional dry branch year, 2023 is the year of the lunar calendar, and the twelve genera are called "rabbit years".
The new autumn white rabbit is larger than the fist, and the red ear frost hair sleeps while the grass is taken.
The Son of Heaven does not teach people to shoot, and the jade whip covers the horse's hooves.
——Tang Wang Jian "One Hundred Songs of Palace Words, Little White Rabbit"
In the Han Dynasty, Xu Shen's "Say Wen Xie Zi" said: "Rabbit, the name of the beast, the image distance, and its tail shape." This means that the glyph of "rabbit" squats like a rabbit, with the shape of its tail exposed behind. The oracle bone glyph of the "rabbit" is the image of the long ears and short tail of the "rabbit", which is like a lens captured with a camera when the rabbit runs. Although the word "rabbit" in the small seal has been lined, it is like the image of a rabbit in a modern cartoon.
"Say Wen Xie Zi" also says: "Dun, Maoye." In February, everything came out of the ground. In the 12 o'clock, the hour refers to 5 to 7 o'clock in the morning, the beginning of the day, full of light and hope, full of vitality.
"Its hair is spring, delicate autumn black. Embellished and faded with ink. See you when Gai Jiuyin, Ying Shide also; Xu Qiao prepared the body, and reached the news also. Qualifications are bright, and the people are also. It is written in vain, so Wuji also. Qin lost the deer in the suburbs, and Jin got the rabbit in the distant land" (Jin Zhang Jun, "Ode to the White Rabbit").
Zhang Jun wrote the rabbit brilliantly, and the merit of Desheng was high, which can be called the praise of the rabbit. The rabbit is well-behaved and cute, alert and tame, and light in action; With the disposition of "quiet as a virgin, moving like a rabbit", it has been loved by people since ancient times, so it has the title of "auspicious beast".
The ancient book "Rui Ying Tu" Yun: "Red Rabbit Da Rui, White Rabbit Zhong Rui." "In ancient times, the temple sacrifice used rabbits for worship, and it was stipulated that fat rabbits should be used. After capturing the white rabbit everywhere, it was presented to the imperial court to show the sage of the monarch and the great rule of Hainai.
Su Su Rabbit Set, Tintin.
Takeo Takeo, Gonghou Gancheng.
——Pre-Qin "The Book of Poetry, Rabbit Place"
The "trace" of the rabbit in the text was first seen in the Book of Poetry. This poem records the scene and fun of the ancients who opened their nets to catch rabbits.
There is no head of the cannon, and the cannon is the bean.
A gentleman has wine, and he offers it as he pleases.
——Pre-Qin "Book of Poetry, Gourd Leaves"
Judging from these poems, the ancients learned to eat the wild game of roasted rabbits long ago. The poem not only shows the long food culture tradition of the Chinese nation, but also shows the unique folk customs and modesty virtues of the country of etiquette.
The night moon is shining, and the autumn wind and snow are cloudy.
iQue Cangyuque, on a rotten silver platter.
Dew Xian Zhi wet, fragrant laurel cold.
If you can ask, you want to beg for 10,000 years of pills.
- Ming Xie Chengju "White Rabbit"
The white rabbit written by the Ming Dynasty poet Xie Chengju, with thousands of strands of fine hair, a ball of white snow, vividly conveys the spirit. He used vivid and romantic feelings to vividly portray the artistic conception of the Jade Rabbit iQue Osmanthus and Chang'e's sudden artistic conception.
Yu Li Wei He, and Gu Shu in the belly.
- Warring States Qu Yuan, "Tianwen"
Here "dodder" leads to "rabbit". For example, "Warring States Policy Chu Ce" has the sentence "See the dodder and care for the dog, it is not too late". Qu Yuan means to say: the rabbit is in the belly of the moon, what good does it do to the moon? In Chinese civilization, rabbits and the moon have a long cultural history.
How do rabbits hook up with the moon? The myth and legend "Chang'e rushing to the moon" is a widely circulated explanation: nine days after Houyi was shot, the Queen Mother of the West gave him the elixir of life. One day, Yi went out hunting, and his wife Chang'e, out of curiosity, quietly swallowed the elixir of life, became as light as a swallow, and rose into the sky with a flutter.
According to "Huainanzi", when Chang'e was in heaven, a little white rabbit she raised jumped into her arms. Chang'e held the white rabbit and flew all the way to the moon's Guanghan Palace. After the white rabbit arrived at Guanghan Palace with its owner, it also turned into a "jade rabbit" and had spirituality. The jade rabbit holds an iron pestle under the osmanthus tree and pounds medicine, blessing the world. There is a saying among the people that "rabbit master, pick hundred herbs, make good medicine, go to diseases and eliminate disasters and ensure safety".
What's in the middle of the month? White rabbit pounding.
- Jin Fu Xian, "Quasi-Heavenly Question"
The white rabbit pounds medicine in autumn and rejuvenation, and Chang'e is lonely with whom.
- Tang Li Bai, "Ask the Wine to the Moon"
From this point of view, poets throughout the ages have deep sympathy for the white rabbit in the moon who painstakingly pounds medicine year after year.
A leaf before the wind presses the lotus, and the new autumn fish is obtained.
Rabbit walking Wuchi people are quiet, full of streams of red songs.
- Tang Xue Tao, "Picking Lotus Boat"
In ancient literature, "White Rabbit Chiwu" is often used to refer to time, "White Rabbit" represents the moon, and "Chiwu" represents the sun, so rabbits have also become the beasts of time. Xue Tao's poem "Rabbit Walks Wuchi" is such a rhetorical device.
The water rabbit wheel is low in the west, and the peach sea in the east is Bosnia-Herzegovina.
- Tang Yuanshu, "Dream to the Sky"
"Rabbit wheel" is "moon wheel". In ancient poetry, "jade rabbit", "rabbit wheel", "rabbit soul", "rabbit palace", etc. are all other names for the moon.
The golden crow flies and the jade rabbit goes, and the green sideburns are evergreen and ancient.
- Tang Hanjun, "Spring Sorrow"
The sun is flying, the moon is running, and time is passing quickly; People with evergreen hair have not been there since ancient times, and this verse exhorts people to cherish time!
The ice rabbit is half-open, and the copper pot is slightly dripping long.
- Tang Li Shen "Paid Lotte Autumn Eve Have Seeing Sent"
Li Shen's poem uses the ice rabbit to describe the cuteness of the rising moon, and also expresses the nostalgia and cherishing of the passage of time.
The years are like a rabbit flying, with strong support from wine.
- Song Yang Guanqing, "Partridge Day"
Yang Guanqing's poem uses "Wutu Fei" to express the emotion of time flying, which is even more interesting.
"The snow is thin and the lion is thin, and the moon is full and the rabbit is fat". This conjunction with "rabbit" has a beautiful legend:
In the Qing Dynasty, Xi Peilan had a high character and was a famous talented woman. One sunny winter day, Jiangnan talent Sun Yuan Xiang came to the door to propose. Schipelan is a joint son-in-law. She saw that the snow on the stone lion in front of the door began to melt, and casually groaned: "The snow makes the lion thin." Although Sun Yuanxiang read a lot of poetry, this link really stumped him. Racking his brains and failing to come out of the lower link, he was ashamed of himself.
When viewing the moon on the 15th Lantern Festival of the first month, Sun Yuanxiang thought about the full moon in the sky, and unconsciously chanted the sentence "the moon is full of rabbits fat". He immediately thought of using "moon full rabbit fat", and Xi Peilan's "snow lion thinness" is not a natural and wonderful pair!
Indeed, the alliance was impeccable and deeply appreciated by Schipperan. So, she married Sun Yuanxiang. Because of a "rabbit union" marrying a beautiful person, it is a good story.
Rabbit hidden bean seedlings are fat, birdsong mulberries are ripe.
- Tang Baijuyi, "Mengxia Siwei Village's Former Residence Brother"
The idyllic scenery of rabbit hidden, bird chirping, bean seedlings strong, mulberry red and purple, how beautiful! Of course, in ancient customs, the rabbit is still a symbol of many children, and in ancient times, girls had the custom of worshipping jade rabbits before marriage, in order to seek many children and blessings.
The Year of the Rabbit is therefore known as the year of marriage, in order to pray for a better life.
In traditional Chinese culture, there are not only poems related to the character "rabbit", but also many idioms and sayings. Such as: "Waiting for the rabbit", "Three caves of the rabbit", "Rabbit dead dog cooking", "Rabbit up and fall", "Rabbit dead fox sad", "Rabbit will bite when anxious", "Rabbit does not eat the grass on the edge of the nest", "There is a little rabbit in the heart", "The tail of the rabbit can't grow" and so on. Although these idioms and sayings are numerous, chaotic, and mixed, each word contains the wisdom and life accumulation of the ancients, which is worth learning and pondering for future generations.
Bright as frost, warm as jade.
Its appearance is true, its sex is benevolent.
Jiang Fang of the Tang Dynasty praised the white rabbit in "White Rabbit Fu". It is because rabbits also have high practical value.
Rabbit hair is a precious textile raw material, and it is also the main raw material of the brush "rabbit hair purple milli" in the four treasures of the literary room. Rabbit skin is also an important leather raw material, which can be made into soft and insulating clothing, hats, gloves. Rabbits are also often used for medical experimentation and dedication to human health. Rabbit meat contains low fat and high protein, which can relieve arteriosclerosis, reduce the incidence of coronary heart disease and hypertension, and promote children's brain development and prolong the muscle elasticity period of young people. The feces of hares are called "bright moon sand" and "moon sand", which can treat constipation, sores and other diseases. It seems that the rabbit is full of treasure.
"The tiger's tail is golden, and the rabbit's head rattles the gospel"; Wave goodbye to the golden tiger and welcome the jade rabbit. At the beginning of the new year, we must cherish the time of "rabbit walking Wuchi", hold the rabbit hair in our hands at the speed of "like a rabbit", and write a new poem in the new era. The Year of the Rabbit is auspicious and lucky!
-Author-
Zhu Shaohua, a native of Junan County, is a senior middle school teacher. Love writing. Teaching papers, essays, poems, paper cuts and other works have been scattered in many newspapers and online platforms. He has won many awards in essay contests and online literary competitions.