I like the image of this cow very much. I feel it when I have nothing to do, so I am particularly familiar with it. This is a sculpture made of unknown bones, but the sculptor is very delicate. Not only the movements and demeanor are lifelike, but also the hair on the cow is exquisitely carved and feels very soft, just like it is real. This is a lying cow, one leg hidden under the body, completely invisible, as if it had disappeared. There is a shepherd boy lying on the back of the cow, with a whip in his hand and a hat on his back, as if he had just got up and had not had time to lie down. The cow looks calm, as if talking back to the shepherd boy. This scene always reminds me of the fairy tale about "Cowherd and Weaver Girl": Cowherd is a child without mom and dad, and his sister-in-law treats him badly and always forces him to do a lot of work. One day, the cowherd met a sick old cow. Cowherd is kind-hearted and takes good care of the old cow, and soon the old cow will recover. In fact, the old cow is a Taurus star. One day, the old cow said to the cowherd, "There are some fairies taking a bath in the lake on the mountain. You take that red skirt away, and the owner of that skirt is your daughter-in-law. " Come on, I'll take you there! "So the cowherd lay on the back of the old cow and was taken to the lake by the old cow. Sure enough, several fairies are taking a bath, and there are a pile of clothes by the lake. The cowherd took the red one according to the instructions of the old cow. Therefore, the owner of the clothes, the Weaver Girl, met and fell in love with the Cowherd and lived a happy life from then on. This cow statue may be carved according to the story that "the old cow wants to take the cowherd to the Weaver Girl"!
You see, an unremarkable cow statue not only embodies the exquisite carving art of the ancients, but also contains myths and legends! China's traditional culture covers all aspects of our lives. As long as we pay attention, we can feel and touch it. Because we live in a country with rich and splendid culture, we are descendants of the Chinese people, and we are the inheritors and disseminators of China's traditional culture.