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1. About the legend:

Legend is a highly spiritual creature, so it is best not to provoke highly spiritual animals easily. Similar to snakes and foxes, Huangpi is called Baojiaxian in the north.

However, these are all superstitions.

Five immortals

Fox Fairy (Fox), Huang Xian (Weasel), White Fairy (Hedgehog), Liu Fairy (Snake) and Grey Fairy (Mouse), commonly known as "Fox, Yellow, White and Willow Grey" (or "Grey, Yellow, Fox and Bai Liu") are five immortals.

Folk worship of animals is mainly reflected in the worship of "five masters", which is a worship of demon fairy and also comes from animism. The Five Immortals, also known as "Five Immortals", include Fox Immortals (foxes), Huang Xian (weasels), White Immortals (hedgehogs), Liu Immortals (snakes) and Grey Immortals (mice), commonly known as "fox yellow, white and willow gray" (or "grey yellow fox"). It is generally believed that the five great masters have been in contact with human beings for a long time, and they belong to supernatural gods. If it is violated and destroyed, we can retaliate against mankind with witchcraft and punish mankind with different degrees of disasters. If people worship them, they will be blessed. So many folk families are worshipped by five people. There are two ways to worship: one is to worship the whole statue next to the Buddhist temple and ancestral hall at home. The whole statue includes nine gods, namely, Fu, Lu, Shou Sanxing and five famous people, arranged in three rows in turn. The images of the five people are all portraits and kind-hearted. Except for Bai Xian, who was labeled as an old lady, the other four were male figures, wearing official uniforms and warm hats, all of which were gray-blue or stone-blue. Bai Xian is very beautiful in a skirt and a gown with a crest. Another way of offering sacrifices is to build a "Xianjialou" in the corner of the courtyard to worship five memorial tablets. Xianjialou is a wooden temple model more than 3 feet wide and 2 feet high. The workmanship is similar to that of a real temple, with ridges and overflow corridors. There are four doors ahead. The memorial tablets of five masters are provided, and the offerings are also placed in Xianjialou. People make a wooden pallet downstairs, which is about half a foot high. A round hole is dug at the joint between the upper part of the tray and Xianjialou, and a round hole is also dug at the side of the tray, which is convenient for five people to enjoy the offerings and enter and leave. ?

In the worship of the five great people, the people are more in awe of Fox Fairy, Huang Xian and Bai Xian. There are many legends about their spiritual traces, and they are attached as Grandpa Hu San, Uncle Bai and Old Lady Bai. ?

Most people's beliefs died out after the foundation of People's Republic of China (PRC). ?

Fox fairy is a fox. From the Xia Dynasty in China, there is a folk legend that Dayu married the daughter of a white fox with nine tails and painted rocks, and gave birth to the first monarch of the Xia Dynasty, which shows that as early as 5,000 years ago, the people of China had regarded foxes as auspicious animals and worshipped them. Folks generally believe that foxes are spiritual, capable of playing tricks and becoming immortals. They are proficient in Taoism, will repay kindness, will retaliate, will fall in love with people, and will play tricks on people. Meanwhile, it can also cure people's diseases. Many wizards often say that they are possessed by fox spirits when they are engaged in witchcraft activities, giving orders to patients and answering questions in the name of fox spirits. In the old days, the Temple of Three Great Grandfathers in Hebei was built in Tianjin, and there was also a statue of Three Great Grandfathers in Tianhou Palace. Believers often go on pilgrimage and worship. People also give the fox a sensitive, witty and lovely personality, and like to imagine it as a kind, affectionate and romantic woman. In folklore or the works of literati, the "fox" is mostly an affectionate girl full of fun. Of course, some people despise the "fox spirit" and think it is a dirty woman who seduces men. ?

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the folk worship of Fox Fairy gradually lost its inheritance. ?

Huang Xian, the weasel, is called "Uncle Huang" by the people. In the past, there was a statue of him in Tianhou Palace. It is worshipped for two reasons. First, because it is as beautiful and cunning as a fox, it makes people feel mysterious; Another important reason is that it can affect people's spiritual world, which is related to a mental disorder disease. This mental disorder is called "hysteria", which is commonly known as "symptom" among the people. It is believed that once the weasel is possessed, hysteria will appear, mostly women or depressed patients. As soon as this disease starts, you cry, talk, sing, and tell some mysterious or unfair things in your life. Some people can also sing some wonderful poems. Hysterical patients don't know their family members and relatives when they get sick, and their tone of voice is different from Hershey's. Others say that the patient has a rolling ball under his skin. If you prick it with a needle, you can kill the possessed weasel. Generally speaking, you can treat patients by acupuncture. Moreover, there is a strange phenomenon. It is said that as long as a doctor, a wizard or a person who has beaten a weasel coughs outside the door, the attack will stop immediately and become a normal person. Although this kind of hysteria will not leave sequelae, it is difficult to completely cure and it is easy to happen many times. ?

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the folk worship of Huang Xian gradually lost its inheritance. ?

A white fairy is a hedgehog. There are different opinions about the worship of the white fairy. Most people regard it as a mascot for making money and preventing diseases. The old lady in white in folklore is a god who evolved from hedgehog. She mainly treats people and is proficient in witchcraft. Once upon a time, there was a statue of an old white lady in the Tianhou Palace. 1966 was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. 1995 was rebuilt by pilgrims, and the legend is even more bizarre. ?

Snake fairy? People's worship of the snake fairy also began in ancient times. It is said that Fuxi and Nu Wa are both snake heads. Snakes are often regarded as the embodiment of dragons, so people who belong to snakes in the zodiac are said to belong to dragons. People think that snakes have aura, strange body, can hide and shed their skin, are secretive and sensitive, and are more powerful than foxes. They can also form human forms and have the magic power to take things from thousands of miles away. The Legend of the White Snake is adapted from the Song and Yuan versions of Leifeng Pagoda in Yongzhen, depicting the White Snake and Qing Er as kind and lovely snake immortals. The shadow of snake fairy often appeared in the performances of Tianjin folk old society and holy congregation. Especially in stilt performance, there must be two snake fairies. White snake makeup, green snake makeup. They are all wearing swords, handsome in appearance, soft in the middle and rigid in the middle, charming and remarkable. ?

Rat fairy? The worship of the mouse is because it moves in the dark at night and is unpredictable, so it is considered to be highly intelligent and deified. Others regard it as a warehouse god and offer sacrifices during the folk warehouse filling festival. Others think that mice can predict the future, make people rich, so they are regarded as the god of wealth, hoping that they can bring treasure to their owners in the dark. Folk also imagined the world of mice as the world of human beings, and created many folk stories and works of art, among which "Mice Marry Women" and "Mice Marry" were circulated in Yangliuqing New Year pictures, clay figurines and paper-cuts.

2. About the weasel:

The scientific name of weasel is weasel, which is a mammal, rodent and rodent, belonging to Carnivora. Skunks are the smallest species of carnivores. Its head is slightly round, its neck is long, its body length is long and its limbs are short. It can get into a rat hole and kill rats. Slender; The head is small and flat; The neck is long and flexible; The limbs are short, with five toes on each foot, sharp claws on the toes, reddish-brown hair on the back, white around the mouth, and fawns on the chest and abdomen. . The smallest one is the skunk, with a body length of 10 ~ 15cm, a tail length of 3 ~ 4cm and a weight of 30 ~ 70g. The larger ones are Yellow weasel and Ferret, with a body length of 30 ~ 50 cm, a tail length of 15 ~ 20 cm and a weight of 0.5 ~ 1 kg. Skunks are active, daring, bloodthirsty, gluttonous and predatory. Ferrets prey alone at night, and the main prey are rodents, fish, frogs and bird eggs, which is beneficial to control the reproduction of rodents. It is a beneficial animal. There are 17 species of ferrets in the world. Distributed in all continents except Oceania. Habitat in valleys, hillsides, bushes and caves under fields or trees, mainly at night. There are a pair of smelly glands in the anus of the weasel, which can give off a strange smell when it is hurt by the enemy and have the function of defending itself against the enemy. Weasels are regarded as pests because they have the habit of smelling and stealing chickens. In fact, the weasel is an expert in rodent control. Its hair can be made into leather clothes, and its tail hair can be made into a brush. Weasels are distributed in Asia, Europe and North America.

One of the more important species is the North American mink, which has been domesticated artificially and raised all over the world. Stoats and ling ferrets are distributed in the cold regions of the northern hemisphere, and their winter hair and summer hair are completely different. Brown hair in summer becomes pure white in winter, which is a protective color suitable for snow scenes. There are 8 species of ferrets in China: Yellow weasel, fragrant weasel, striped weasel, yellow-bellied weasel, Yellow weasel, small weasel, ling weasel and stoat. Among them, weasels are all over the country, with the largest number and the greatest economic value. Yellow weasel has a strong living habit, inhabiting coniferous forests, grasslands and even tropical jungles in the cold zone, and it can be found in mountainous areas, plains or swamps, as well as village settlements and cities. Weasels have anal glands, which can give off smells for self-defense. Dig a hole under a rock, tree hole or woodpile. Being active at night, moving quickly and secretly, can climb trees or go into the water, and search for food with keen sense of smell and hearing. It mainly feeds on rats, and it can follow the rat tracks to enter and exit the rat hole and kill the whole nest of rats. They also eat birds and eggs, or move along river banks and streams, preying on frogs, insects and fish, and sometimes stealing poultry. Rapid reproduction, estrus mating in late winter and early spring every year. After two months of pregnancy, she gave birth to 1 ~ 4 cubs in early summer. The lactation period is 1 month, and sexual maturity is achieved after1month. Change your hair twice a year. The weasel's fur is bright, brown, apricot or golden yellow, with fine needle hair and rich native sheep down. China made a brush with its tail hair, which is called wolf hair.

The weasel belongs to the weasel family. Because it is brown or orange, it is called the weasel in zoology. The common name of the weasel is the weasel. Everyone will feel strange when talking about Huang Guo, but the name of the weasel is a household name, and everyone knows it. Weasels have a bad reputation. There is a saying: "Weasels are unkind and don't give new year greetings to chickens", which has left a bad name for stealing chickens. In fact, this is "wronged" it.

Biologists dissected 5,000 weasels in the whole country 1 1 provinces and cities, and identified the remains left in their stomachs, of which only two weasels ate chickens. Later, the feeding habits of live weasels were tested: on the first night, live chickens and hairtail were put into the weasels' cages. As a result, the live chicken was safe and the fish was eaten; The next night, put in chickens, pigeons, mice and toads. As a result, the mouse ate it all, and the toad ate part of it; On the third night, the chickens and pigeons were released, and the weasel killed the pigeons; On the fourth night, only live chickens were released, and the weasel took the chicken to satisfy his hunger. It can be seen that it only eats chicken when it is extremely hungry and helpless.

In fact, weasels love to eat mice. He is also an expert in catching mice. According to statistics, a weasel can kill three or four hundred mice a year. Once the mouse is bitten by it, it can be swallowed in a few bites. If you find a rat nest, it can dig a rat hole and destroy the whole nest. A weasel can get back 300 to 400 kilograms of grain from a mouse's mouth based on the annual consumption of 1 kg of grain by each mouse. Therefore, the weasel is not a chicken thief, but a good friend of mankind.

An odorous liquid or organ on an animal. Many animals have smelly glands in their bodies, such as near the anus of farting insects, near the roots of bedbugs and their hind feet, and near the anus of weasels. Smelly glands can secrete smelly liquids or smells to scare off enemies. The most developed animal with smelly glands is the American skunk. When it is attacked, it will erect its tail and shoot unpleasant liquid, which is not only extremely unpleasant, but also paralyzing.

This smell is formed by the smelly glands on both sides of the anus, and it is ejected from the anus in an emergency. Smelly glands are also a feature of weasels. For example, skunks can emit the same smell. Anyone who has smelled this stench will know that it smells like rotten eggs and stinks badly. You have to pinch your nose.

Skunks and weasels belong to the weasel family. There are about a dozen species, large and small, on the American continent. The smell they emit is actually amber liquid. Spray it as hard as possible to form a fine mist. Once rushed into each other's eyes, it was hot and painful, and tears kept coming. Sometimes it's worse, so that the other party can't see anything for a while.

After careful study, it is determined that the composition of this gas is a substance called butyl mercaptan. A skunk can produce about 1 ml butanethiol every day and store it in anal gland. Once needed, the skunk can stand upside down with its front foot, aim at its eyes, and spray the smell from its anus to the other side, which can be sprayed to about 4 meters, showing its great strength. Because of this, coyotes and others never attack skunks because of this weapon. But skunks don't do whatever they want. As the saying goes, there are strong men among the strong. And animals can subdue it. Birds such as eagles and vultures can suddenly attack from the air, but skunks can't cope for a while and can only give in easily. So these birds are natural enemies of weasels, and the magic weapon of protection doesn't work.

In addition, the weasel's fur can be made into leather clothes after processing, but its skin is worthless in summer, and it is only expensive when it snows after winter.

3. What does the weasel mean by coming to the door? Is it good or bad?

Not unlucky. The old people all say it's "Daxian"! Protect jiaxian! It should be good.

However, some people think from allusions that weasels are uneasy and kind when they pay New Year greetings to chickens. So if you have chickens, ducks and birds at home, you should pay attention. They will steal to eat ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~