Introduction: The rural proverb "snake is a money string, rat is a grain bag", what does it mean? Does the old saying make sense?
In the rural sayings, there are many special meanings, like to put some things that usually seem bland, but are named with various names, like the countryside for small animals in the wild have the name of "five immortals", including: white fairy - hedgehog, yellow fairy - weasel, willow fairy - snake, fox fairy - fox, gray fairy - mouse, the snake and the mouse is the most, like the snake if it crawls into the house, according to the rural saying, it is impossible to fight, but to respectfully invite out, First, I think it is not good to fight snakes, and second, I also think that snakes are money strings, and if you enter the house, you can bring good luck to yourself.
There is an old saying in the countryside: snakes are money strings, rats are grain bags, such a saying has a long history, snakes have always been a mysterious and given a lot of meaning of animals, snakes have also been endowed with supernatural powers, which contain noble meanings. Like the "Gonggong Clan" in ancient mythology, Nuwa Niangniang, Fuxi, etc., these are all images of human heads and snakes that have been passed down to future generations. The use of snakes as totems is very common, so snakes are also considered to be spiritual animals.
The reason why the snake is a money bag, according to the feng shui theory of the I Ching, the snake represents auspiciousness and wealth, of which if the snake enters the house door or dreams of the snake in sleep, it often indicates a prosperous fortune, and can play a sign of widespread wealth and great fortune. In addition to these folk sayings, the reason why the snake is considered to be a string has other origins. In the ancient countryside, everyone was relatively poor, usually they were short of clothes and clothes, especially food was scarce, if anyone had a lot of surplus grain in their homes, it was needless to say that it was naturally a rich and wealthy family.
The main reason why snakes enter the home is that they are attracted to their prey, and the main food source of snakes is rats. The food source for rats is food, so in the past the family was rich and had surplus food. The number of rats is very large, and some poor people can't eat enough themselves, and the rats naturally patronize less. The presence of rats is bound to attract snakes, which increases the chance of snakes appearing in the home. Therefore, it also shows that this family is rich in life and is a rich family, which also forms the saying that the snake is a money string, and after going to the family, it has money. Moreover, the structure of the houses of the rich people is relatively tall, and there are more places for snakes to hide, coupled with the large number of rats, it is easier to attract rats.
Rats are masters of stealing grain, but also the most hated pests, here said that rats are grain bags, there are also two theories, one of which is that rats not only love to steal food, and rats also have a sense of danger, that is, when the grain can not be eaten, rats still like to hide grain. Rats store a lot of grain, in the past encountered famine years, villagers are very fond of looking for rat holes to dig, if you find a rat hole, you can dig out bags of grain, so the rats are called grain bags.
There is also a saying that rats also choose to settle down based on environmental food sources, which is the same reason why snakes go to rich people's homes. The rich people in the family naturally have too much food to eat, so the rats are more willing to live and reproduce in such a home. The number of rats has also increased, but it also shows that the family's grain is very large, so it is called a grain bag. What do you think of this old saying? Welcome to add comments and comments.