Symbolic significance of pigs
In people's minds, pigs are probably the most honest domestic animals. Unlike a dog, it is not an elf. It understands the master's mind, follows the master's back and forth, and tries its best to please him. This pig has a fat, simple and honest face in Zhang Yuanyuan. It sleeps when it eats, and eats when it is hungry, showing honesty. The laziness of pigs is famous among animals. The reason why pigs grow fastest among all domestic animals is that they have little activity. Pigs seldom do much exercise except when eating, let alone worry about fatigue. The filth of pigs is also well known. Although there are objective reasons for its unsanitary behavior, it has eaten, lived, pulled, scattered and hung shit all its life, giving people a disgusting feeling. Because of the above characteristics, pigs often become synonymous with stupidity, laziness, greed and ugliness. When used in human cultural life, it has a deep derogatory color.
You Zhu is contemptuous. Xia Yan, a famous film playwright, wrote in the reportage "The Contractor" that the contractors always called them "pigs", which showed their discrimination and personal insult to the contractors. In the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, a large number of China people were sold abroad as coolies. These overseas Chinese workers are called "piglets". I was shipped abroad, became a slave, worked hard in mining, and had no hope of returning home all my life.
Then, are the cultural symbols of pigs all derogatory and can only ridicule the shortcomings of human beings? The answer is no, of course. Pigs are used in a derogatory sense entirely out of people's superficial observation of it. For example, dirty pigs are mainly afraid of heat. According to experts' research, when the temperature is below 48 degrees Celsius, the pigs in the circle usually take their places, but once the temperature rises above 48 degrees Celsius, they will be foolhardy in their own circles. As a result, the higher the temperature, the dirtier they will become. Therefore, we should realize that the concept that pigs are dirty animals mainly refers to their appearance, but the nature of pigs is not really dirty. Fraser, a famous anthropologist in modern times, said: "Like all so-called dirty animals, pigs were originally regarded as sacred animals." This statement makes sense.
In ancient times, the cultural significance of pigs did not contain any derogatory meanings at all. On the contrary, the pig is a symbol of courage. "Home" not only refers to raising pigs in the house, but also social activities at that time were centered on things related to pigs. For example, the "thing" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is like catching a pig or a wild boar with a long-handled net in both hands. And people's quality is also measured by the things of pigs, such as the word "dare", which means to catch pigs with bare hands to show courage, so not catching pigs is cowardice. . The reason why domestic pigs are so docile and honest is that they have been domesticated by humans for a long time and have lost their nature, while wild boars are violent and good at fighting. Therefore, based on this feature, pig means "go forward bravely".
Speaking of pig's bravery, let's first look at a real modern anecdote:1One day in early autumn of 984, an old farmer's grandson in Heilongjiang Province went to Daxinganling to collect medicine with a bamboo basket on his head. Suddenly, a water the size of a soybean drops on the back of your head, and there is some blood in the water drop. Looking up, I saw a hungry and withered Siberian tiger squatting on a big stone and drooling at him! My head was taken aback. With a whoosh, the tiger came face to face. My head jerked away. The tiger found a fat wild boar one meter away from his head, and was digging roots there. The wild boar showed no weakness for this sudden mountain king, and both sides stared at each other viciously. After two or three minutes of confrontation, the tiger suddenly jumped up and pounced on the wild boar. They fought for about fifteen rounds, one by one, one by one, one by one. The tiger made a move and bit the boar's hind leg. The boar howled loudly in pain. Suddenly, yellow smoke billowed in the Woods, crying everywhere, and dozens of wild boars roared and rushed here, struggling to fight. Tigers fight alone and struggle hard. In the blink of an eye, the tiger roared and the pig howled, and the forest was dark. A few hours later, the tiger was bleeding profusely and gradually exhausted, alas. This allowed the surviving wild boar to leave the scene slowly and angrily. The forest was dyed red by yellow sand, a dozen wild boars and a tiger fell to the ground, and two dying wild boars were still twitching! I hid in a big tree and watched the thrilling pig-tiger war from beginning to end.
The Symbolic Meaning of Zodiac Pig in English
In people's minds, pigs are probably the most honest domestic animals. At the same time, their laziness and filth are well known. Therefore, pigs often become synonymous with stupidity, laziness, greed and ugliness. When used in human cultural life, it has a deep derogatory color. Xia Yan, a famous film playwright, wrote in the reportage "The Contractor" that the contractor always called him a "pig", which shows their discrimination against the contractor.
In the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, a large number of China people were sold abroad as coolies. They are called "little pigs" and their status is extremely low. So, are the cultural symbols of pigs all derogatory? The answer is no, of course. It is said that since the Tang Dynasty, the Imperial Examination met with his Jinshi. In the future, if one of them became a leader, calligraphers of the same clan would be asked to name Yanta with "Zhu Shu", that is, red pen. Because "pig" and "Zhu" are homonyms, "hoof" and "title" are homonyms, pig has become the mascot of young students to be.
Whenever someone takes the exam, relatives and friends give braised pig's trotters, wishing those who take the exam "calligraphy title". Later, this habit gradually expanded, and people gave each other hams in the New Year, because hams were baked with pig's trotters. So there is a saying: "pigs are the treasure of the family, and dung is the gold in the field." Pigs are slaughtered once they get fat, so sometimes their fame often bothers people. This is "people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong". For people, middle-aged paunchy is by no means a good sign. So people use "middle-aged fat, dead pork" to show that middle-aged fat has the worry of going to hell to die. There is another two-part allegorical saying: "Pig and Pig drank the sharpening water-his heart is beautiful, which means that his appearance hides his wisdom and shows his stupidity.
In English, words related to pigs include boar and wild boar, pig, piglet, wild boar, pig-eating pig, female pig and pig: old usage.
Pigs are compared to greedy, dirty and lazy people; People like pigs. Interestingly, stupid pigs can also refer to smart policemen and spies. I wonder if it should be the sentence "extremes meet", which means "doing a terrible thing". For example, Jon made a mess of the decoration. Being as fat as a pig means that someone is "as fat as a pig", but it contains contempt and cannot be used indiscriminately. Other uses include: living like a pig. Live like a pig, for * * *. If you deal with your sow's pig, you will deal with him, sweating like a pig, sweating all over because of hard work or fear. Teaching a pig to play the flute means "doing absurd [impossible] things".
The most suitable zodiac for the zodiac pig.
A, pigs and rabbits:
Make friends:
People who belong to the pig are enthusiastic and get along well with people who belong to the rabbit. But rabbits should not be too strict with pigs.
Career cooperation fate:
The pig will be very hands-on and responsible. Rabbits appreciate this about pigs. The two can cooperate.
Marriage fate:
Female rabbit: There will be a happy marriage, but rabbits should tolerate the shortcomings of pigs.
Rabbit: A very happy couple.
Second, pigs and dogs:
Make friends:
Dogs and pigs are very generous. When two people get along, it will be a dull and harmonious relationship.
Career cooperation fate:
Dogs and pigs are hard-working doers. They can't stand being too impetuous and will try their best to do things well.
Marriage fate:
Bitch: Good relationship and harmonious life.
Male dog: Good relationship and harmonious life.
Three, pigs and tigers:
Make friends:
In the contact between people belonging to the tiger and people belonging to the pig, people belonging to the pig worship people belonging to the tiger very much, which also satisfies the natural superiority of people belonging to the tiger, and people belonging to the pig are very cheerful and easy-going, so they have the opportunity to become friends.
Career cooperation fate:
People who belong to the zodiac are generally calm, careful and responsible, while those who belong to the tiger are bold and impulsive. Either they can learn from each other's strengths, or they will find it difficult to cooperate because of differences.
Marriage fate:
Tigress: You can live in harmony, but tigers should not be too obsessed with pigs.
Tiger: The pig knows and respects the tiger, and Guan has enough ability to take care of himself.