<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > introduction: As the saying goes: "fox yellow white willow ash", what does it refer to? Have you ever seen it? </h1>
China has a history of 5,000 years, but also created a Long History of Chinese Culture, broad and profound, of which colloquialisms as a vein of traditional culture, is the folk people through their own life experience to summarize, some are the description of folk life, some are the thinking of life, because it is easy to understand and catchy, so it is widely spread in the folk. So, what does rural people mean by "fox yellow white willow ash"? Let's take a look.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > fox</h1>
Fox refers to the fox, ranking the first of the five immortals, the early fox in the traditional Chinese culture image is also good, it is said that there are nine-tailed foxes in the four spirits, the wife of the water-controlling Dayu married Tu Shanshi is the nine-tailed fox immortal. But with the development of the times, the image of the fox has begun to become a symbol of fox charm, such as our familiar daxi. This is because the fox itself is extremely cunning, it can also emit a very unique fox odor, even the tail can confuse the prey. With such a skill, the fox became the head of the five immortals. In fact, foxes mainly feed on mice, which is still somewhat beneficial to humans.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > yellow</h1>
Refers to the weasel, the weasel because it looks like a fox, so it is also the same as the fox fairy, in the folk there is a "northern weasel, southern fox fairy" saying. Pu Songling listed the weasel as one of the "five links" in "Liaozhai Zhiyi". It is considered to be a highly deified and personified animal. It is said that before the weasel can cultivate into a fairy, it needs to wear human clothes to imitate human movements, and if the person who sees it says, "This weasel really looks like a man." Then it can turn into a human form, and if you say, "This yellow skin doesn't look like a person at all." "It can only be the appearance of a weasel forever." In the folk, people believe that the Yellow Immortal can manipulate people's spirits and make people hysterical, and there is even a saying that "the weasel changes his life, one life is worth one life", so people have more respect for the Yellow Immortal, afraid of annoying the Yellow Immortal and being punished. The weasel is also known as the yellow skin, and there is a legend of the yellow skin grave in the northeast, where treasures are said to be buried.
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White refers to the hedgehog, the famous folk "white old lady", which is said to be the embodiment of the white hedgehog. According to legend, the "white old lady" is proficient in witchcraft, which can help the people to cure the sick and save people, and then there are hedgehogs in the people's homes that can attract wealth and treasure. In Hebei, Yongnian and Guangfu City, during the Spring Festival, every family will use flour to make hedgehogs, carry a yuan treasure on the back, and place it on the door axis on the door on the twenty-third day of the waxing moon, one on the left and right, and have been letting go of the first month, which has the meaning of attracting wealth and treasure. The Tang Dynasty poet Li Zhenbai wrote a poem called "Wing Hedgehog": "The line is like a needle felt, lying like a chestnut ball circle." Don't bully so big, who dares to punch. "It can be seen that since a very early time, people have regarded the hedgehog as a mascot.
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Of course, there is no willow tree here, referring to snakes, because the shape of snakes is soft, like willows, so "willow" is used to refer to snakes. The status of snakes in traditional Chinese culture has always been very high, the creation gods of human beings Fuxi and Nüwa are human-faced snake bodies, and then there are snakes also known as "little dragons", it is said that snakes can be transformed into dragons after five hundred years of cultivation, and dragons can be transformed into dragons after practicing for a thousand years. Therefore, earlier, many tribes applied the snake as the totem of the nation, and the snake totem also became an important part of the dragon totem of the Chinese nation.
People think that snakes have aura, memory is good, so the return of grace will also remember revenge, the action is mysterious and sensitive, the mana is strong, can form a human form, the snake cultivation into immortal deeds are also widely spread in the folk, such as the famous "White Lady", cultivated into immortals to repay grace. Folk also believe that snakes were sent by ancestors to inspect peace, and whoever enters the house indicates who believes in peace.
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Ash refers to the mouse, the mouse lies out at night, and when it is active at night, it will make a sound, like the sound of counting copper coins, and some places also call the mouse with a sharp mouth as the money mouse, so the mouse also means fortune. In the old days, the people lived poorly, and it was common to not have enough to eat, so having rats at home also meant that there was surplus grain, so people also called rats "warehouse gods", and the warehouse gods would be sacrificed during the folk warehouse filling festival, which also pinned people's yearning for a simple life of eating and wearing warmth. In addition, in the old folk, there were people who used rats to divinate and calculate fortunes, and ask for fortune and auspiciousness, which invisibly gave rats a mysterious power that could predict the past and bring fortune to people. Rat genus "son", implicitly contains the meaning of "many children", folk "mouse marrying woman", "mouse marrying relatives" and other paper-cut and shadow puppet works, is to symbolize that "rat" can bring prosperity to people.
Xiaobian has something to say: In fact, the "fox yellow white willow ash" five immortals in the Republic of China is more popular, to the founding of the country will no longer have these statements, this is because earlier, the people still rely on farming for a living, living in the countryside, these animals are living with humans for a long time, is also a common creature in daily life, so people think that they are also demons and immortals, if they violate them, they will use witchcraft to retaliate against humans. If you worship them respectfully and do not harm them, you will be blessed. In fact, this worship of the "five immortals" actually stems from the idea of animism, which is essentially the worship and reverence of oneself.