The animal that Sanyang Kaitai refers to is a sheep.
Sanyang Kaitai is often used to bless the beginning of the year, to celebrate the beginning of the year or to imply good luck. Taking "three sheep" instead of "three yang" not only has a homonym of "sheep" and "yang", but also has a more hidden and deep cultural meaning. The image of sheep implies a beautiful image, so it refers to sheep here.
Sanyang Kaitai, a Chinese idiom, pinyin is sān yáng kāi tài, which means that the connected hexagrams are Yang hexagrams, the broken hexagrams are Yin hexagrams, the first month is Thai hexagrams, and Sanyang is born below; When winter goes and spring comes, the yin disappears and the yang grows, which is like good luck. It is often used to celebrate the beginning of the year or to symbolize auspiciousness. From Yi Tai and Song Shi Le Zhi.
Idiom origin:
Yi Tai: "Tai, small to big, Ji Heng." ?
The History of Song Dynasty: "Three Yang make friends with Thailand, and the new day is only good."
Idiom usage:
Example:
Set up these three sheep, and call them "Three Yang Kai Tai" to solve your teacher's problem. -Ming Wu Cheng'en The Journey to the West 91st Sentence
1. The World Meteorological Day has arrived, and I will send you a blessing rain, two auspicious clouds, a three-yang Kaitai, a four-way god of wealth, a bumper harvest of grains, a great harmony of 66, colorful colors, winds from all sides, nine turns into success and perfection.
second, send a short message in your hand, and grasp both thoughts and blessings. I miss you for a sunny day, and I wish you all the best in the four seasons. There are many contacts in all corners of the country, and friends from all directions remember their looks, and they are proud of their success.
Three, three Yang's opening ceremony is auspicious. When the Year of the Sheep comes, smile. The future is boundless, the career is smooth and the family is happy. Good health can run and jump, and life is happy. SMS wishes the companion around you, carefree forever. I wish the Year of the Sheep good luck!
4. When a rabbit comes home, its cheeks are rosy and it is happy to pay a New Year call. Sanyang Kaitai golden light flashes, and the neighbors smile harmoniously; The five grains are abundant in farmhouse music, and the six-string pipa is a new chapter; Seven-character poems send good luck, and eight happiness comes to the door to wish Kang 'an! Good luck in the Year of the Rabbit!