Interesting talk about sheep culture

Sheep are docile and clever. For a long time, sheep have become a favorite livestock. So people often use sheep to form different words, which can be said to have their own interests. Asking for trouble or death is called "turning sheep into wolves"; Metaphorically, those cruel ruling classes and corrupt officials are called "like wolves herding sheep"; Losing too little is described as "the cow is only after the sheep dies", but in fact every dark cloud has a silver lining.

Sheep are fire animals, so when it is cold, people like to eat mutton to keep out the cold. The sheep are slaughtered and eaten, and the goods are not that expensive. Occasionally, in order to make huge profits, criminals often hang sheep's heads and sell them as dog meat to deceive customers. Commonly known as "hanging sheep's head to buy dog meat."

Sheep are most afraid of rain, so they run away when it rains. However, if their home is too humid, they often get sick and faint. Therefore, the place where sheep are raised must be built of bamboo and wood, which is more than one foot above the ground for sheep to live in. Therefore, people in Taiwan Province Province describe people who are anxious and flustered when they encounter small things, but in traditional Chinese medicine, they are called "epilepsy" or "epilepsy" because of spasm, foaming at the mouth and barking of sheep.

A sheep's head is like a trident, so anyone who unites three sickles with an arrow is called a "sheep's head". In ancient times, there was a kind of unicycle. One person pulls in front and the other pushes behind, which is called "sheep-headed car". The angle bends like a whirlwind, so the whirlwind is called "angle". There is "three Wan Li in the corner" in Zhuangzi, which is exactly what it means. Yang Jiao is another name of "jujube tree" and people's "compound surname". The brush made of wool is called "sheep hair", which has the characteristics of softness and elasticity and is the best pen for calligraphy and Chinese painting. We often use "sheep are raised for shearing wool" and "the wool is on the sheep" to compare that our labor has not been in vain. Narrow and tortuous, so we use "narrow path" or "narrow bird path" to compare roads, dangerous environment and so on.

Sheep in western religions, Christianity describes sheep as human nature, which is easy to get lost. We must rely on the power of faith to turn the lost lamb back to the rock, so Jesus called himself a shepherd. In the history of China, "Red Sheep" was called a catastrophe. Every time the country encounters a major disaster, for example, in a book by Li Zong in the Song Dynasty, it is said: "A person who does not die at noon will reach the year of famine and war in China." Later generations regarded C as fire, red in color and unworthy of sheep, hence the name "Red Sheep Robbery". (Zodiac/Xiao Sheng/)

During the Warring States Period, Zuo He met. They went to Chu to apply for a job together. It snowed heavily on the way. The two of them wore thin clothes and brought enough food for two people. Zuo gave all his clothes and food to make friends, and hid himself in an empty tree and committed suicide. Later generations called this closest and deepest friendship "Zuo Yang".