What are the five poisons, scorpions, snakes, centipedes, geckos, toads. Today, Brother Bodhi will talk to you about the five poisons, Chinese believe that these five animals have poisons, and every Dragon Boat Festival, the folk should use various methods to prevent the harm of the five poisons.
For Chinese five is a special number, and it can be said that it is the code for us to communicate with the world.
The Five Elements, Gold, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, the ancient Chinese believed that it was the root of the operation of this world. We once specifically talked about the five elements of the attributes in a period of literary play, wearing good luck, wearing the wrong person who hurts the body and the wealth has the five facial features, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, people have the five viscera, heart, liver, spleen, stomach, kidneys, people also have the five senses, shape, sound, smell, taste, touch. There are also five flavors, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty.
First of all, what are the five poisons, scorpions, snakes, centipedes, geckos, and toads. Chinese believe that these five animals have poisons, and every Dragon Boat Festival, the people should use various methods to prevent the harm of the five poisons. In fact, the collective name of these five animals as the "five poisons" is a misunderstanding of the ancients, because geckos are not poisonous, but they are considered to be highly toxic. Therefore, later, in the description of the "Five Poisons Sect" in Jin Yong's novel, the gecko was changed to a spider, and it slowly spread, and many modern games and literary works also used this statement. In many jade carving works, spiders are also used instead of the role of geckos in the five poisons.
In the literary play circle, it is mostly the theme of jade and olive core carving, and the ancient Chinese believed that poison can overcome poison and not invade a hundred poisons, which means to avoid evil and avoid disasters, and always keep peace.
There are also some individually carved five poisons, which also have a very beautiful meaning:
scorpion
Meaning one: one side. The scorpion's whole body has a hard carapace, the tail has a stinger that can bend forward, and the poisonous glands are hidden inside, taking the harmonic sound of "poison" "alone", and then taking a "A" word, which together is "the only armoured party", so the emerald scorpion has the meaning of the single armoured party.
Meaning two: children and grandchildren are full of halls. The scorpion is also pronounced "carrying the son", which symbolizes the arrival of the noble son, so the emerald scorpion means many children and many grandchildren, and the descendants of thousands of generations.
snake
Although the snake looks fierce, the carving of the jade snake also means a lot of good yearning.
The first meaning is that in China's culture, the snake can live for more than five hundred years, and the ancient myth of Nüwa is also the shape of the snake body of the human head, so the snake is endowed with aura, so the jade carved snake symbolizes long life without boundaries and a long life.
The second meaning is that the snake is the prototype of the dragon, so the snake also represents power and status, implying promotion and wealth, official luck and prosperity, and official pride.
The third meaning is that the snake can survive in all things, and naturally has immeasurable wisdom, which is a symbol of wisdom, and also has the meaning of flexible mind and academic success.
The fourth meaning is that the snake has a strong reproductive ability, and the snake has a male masculinity, but also has a feminine femininity, so it has the meaning of full of children and grandchildren, and it is endless.
centipede
Folk call the centipede as the "first of the five poisons", in the jade directly carved centipede's jade phoenix horn, generally together with the five poisons carved together, implying that the vitality is strong, can poison attack poison, to ensure peace.
toad
The toad is a symbol of wealth, and it can also avoid evil spirits and attract wealth. People usually call the toad the golden toad, and the old saying goes, "There is a golden toad in the family, and the wealth is endless." "Toad" and "money" are harmonious, and the common toad carving shape is mouth money, which means wealth and wealth.
gecko
Geckos are the most common in cars, and many cars are pasted with a gecko, which means to avoid disasters. In fact, it also has the following meaning.
Meaning one, gecko, also known as shougong, is called tianlong in traditional Chinese culture, good flying eaves walking on the wall, folk regarded as the mascot of demon exorcism, Wangjia Xingcai;
Meaning two, geckos have the harmonic sound of bifu, jade often pairs it with gourds, carved on the side of the gourd, taking the meaning of happiness;
Meaning three, gecko has tenacious vitality, not afraid of hardships, regard bumps as a smooth road, patience and persistence, good at creating opportunities and seizing opportunities.
spider
Spider harmonic "contentment", meaning contentment and constant happiness, common is to carve spiders on the feet; secondly, spiders have eight legs, the harmonic sound "hair", there is the meaning of "eight parties to wealth", wang partial wealth; in addition, it also means joy from heaven, industriousness and so on.
After reading the above implications, some people feel that these are just the superstitions of the ancients, in fact, from the perspective of psychology, more beautiful hints in life will make people have a positive attitude, which is the positive energy transmitted to us by culture.
The above pictures and texts are important to share, if there is any infringement of your rights and interests, please contact us, within 24 hours to deal with!