The cultural symbol of the pig

　　Competing for seats, reversing black and white-the myths and legends of pigs

　　At the beginning of the chaos, when the heavenly stems and earthly branches were just in time, the Jade Emperor ordered the general call of all animals in the world, according to Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao,

　　The twelve zodiac signs are selected for the twelve earthly branches of Chen, Ji, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai.

　　On this day, the beasts and beasts gathered in the palace of Lingxiao, and began to choose. According to the difference between heaven and earth, the Jade Emperor singled out 12 large families of amphibious beasts: dragon, tiger, cow, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig, rabbit, snake, and rat as the twelve zodiac signs.

　　Just as the Jade Emperor was about to arrange a seat for them, a black pig appeared in the class. This old black, despite his awkward mouth and cheeks, loves to cause trouble. It said: "Since Ming Jun has selected the twelve leaders, the ministers are willing to share the labor for the monarch, be an impartial man, and rank in order for the brothers." The Jade Emperor was overjoyed when he heard the words, and asked the black pigs to make judgments impartially. Retreated.

　　As soon as the Jade Emperor left, the twelve zodiac signs became a pot of porridge.

　　At the beginning, everyone unanimously selected the gentle and generous old scalper as the first place, and even the mighty tiger and the blue dragon respected him a bit and agreed. However, the rat shrank in the corner came out to protest. It said: "I am big in terms of large numbers. If you don't believe me, let's go to the world and listen to the comments of the people." So, the old scalper and the mouse came to the street.

　　When the scalpers passed through the crowd, people didn't respond. At this time, the mouse "chuckled" all of a sudden and climbed onto the back of the cow and hit the stakes. People on the street shouted: "What a big mouse!" When people came to fight with their sticks, the mouse had already run away. .

　　The mouse came back and blew, all the leaders fight for the scalpers, only the black pig is secretly happy. It feels that only if it is so big or small, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad, can it be mixed and profited from it. With a swipe of his pen, he lined up the rats first and then the old cows.

　　This annoyed the tiger and the blue dragon, they both yelled loudly, shaking the heavens trembling. The leaders rushed to worship the dragon and the tiger, unanimously choosing the tiger as the king of the mountain and the blue dragon as the king of the sea, and rule the world. The tiger and the blue dragon have power in the world, and they will be behind the mouse and the old scalper. At this time, another eventful hare jumped out, it sneered and said: "Hey!

　　In terms of appearance, I am almost the same as a mouse. In terms of size, I am bigger than a mouse. "

　　When Canglong heard furious, he said, "You are so stubborn, and if you are not convinced, let's try and compete." The black pig heard it right, and said hurriedly: "It's settled, you just run the game, let the pig dog be your judge member."

　　The race began, and the blue dragon soared through the clouds, and flew to the front in a moment. However, when it ran to the corner of the bush and was hung by the branches and wild vines, it could not be picked off. The hare squatted eighteen ridges and ran to the finish line in one breath.

　　Regardless of the opposition of the leaders, the black pig placed the hare before the dragon and after the tiger.

　　After the Canglong race failed, he often complained secretly that the pair of chicken horns dragged him down, but he refused to return the two horns to the chicken. From then on, the rooster lost two horns and was also ranked behind.

　　Only the leaders of monkeys, snakes, horses, sheep, and pigs have not been announced. The black pigs also incited with ulterior motives: "The monkey brother is the king of juggling on land, and the snake brother is the swimmer in the water. Which one of you first and who will follow?" After some discussion, they decided to go to the world to conduct a public opinion poll. Acrobatics. The green snake invited the red horse, the monkey invited the goat, and let them help make costume props.

　　On the day of the game, the green snake and the red horse each showed their magical powers, and the goats and monkeys came in the back. After the black pig arranged the seats for the leaders, he simply wrote himself at the forefront, and secretly thanked himself that he could come from behind without any effort, and gained both fame and fortune.

　　It came to the Lingxiao Hall to meet the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor took the seat table and looked at it, and without a word, he ticked off the name of the black pig who was ranked first and replaced it at the end. In the order of the Earthly Branches, the twelve birth dates of Rats, Ugly Cows, Yinhu, Maotu, Chenlong, Already Snake, Wuma, Weiyang, Shenhou, Youji, Xugou, and Haizhu are arranged. Descend the imperial decree, and order the day's meritorious service to the world to publish.

　　The zodiac seat was scheduled, and the Jade Emperor was still angry, and gave the black pig sixteen words:

　　Useless stupid talent, reverse black and white, punished to eat shit, slaughtered once a year.

　　This is an intriguing and interesting story. It not only uses fantasy to explain why the pork chop is at the end of the twelve zodiac signs, but also tells people how the rat is placed in front of the cow; why the pig is regarded as stupid and faces the fate of being slaughtered every year. The narrative of the story is full of value judgments and a clear tendency to praise and demean, and the pig is completely regarded as the opposite character of criticizing irony.

　　In people's minds, the pig is probably the most honest domestic animal. It is not as clever as a dog, understands the mind of the master, follows the master before and after, and does everything possible to please. The pig has a round, chubby and honest look, and he sleeps when he eats, and he eats when he is hungry, appearing to be honest. The laziness of pigs is well-known among animals. The reason why pigs grow fastest among all domestic animals is that they are less active. Except for activities during eating, it is rare for pigs to do large amounts of exercise, let alone worry about tiredness. Everyone knows the dirtyness of pigs. Although there are objective reasons for their lack of hygiene, they eat, live, pull, and scatter in a pen for almost all their lives. They are covered with excrement and urine, which makes people feel sick. Due to the above-mentioned characteristics of pigs, it has often become synonymous with stupidity, laziness, greed and ugliness. When used in the cultural life of human beings, it has a deep derogatory color.

　　However, the pig is used in a derogatory sense entirely out of people's superficial observations.

　　In ancient times, the cultural significance of pigs did not contain any derogatory meaning at all. On the contrary, pigs were a measure of bravery. Not only does "home" mean raising pigs in the house, even the social activities at that time also centered on pig-related matters. As a domestic pig, it is so honest and honest, and it is safe and honest, and never harms anything. People, and bring economic prosperity to people, become the "cornucopia" of peasants; every organ in its body, from start to finish, is a delicacy that people never tire of. Therefore, in Chinese culture, the pig has many other meanings and symbols.

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