The names of rabbits: "Yue Jing", "Yue De", "Clear Vision", "Tou Lai", "Leaping Cat", "She She Jia", "Mao Animal", "Quanbi" ”, “Three-flap mouth”
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Synonyms of rabbit
Editor’s note: Rabbit, in animal taxonomy, belongs to the class Mammalia ; It is also a common domestic animal. Among the people, it is the embodiment of wit, kindness and auspiciousness. Rabbit culture has a long history and is profound. It is a very meaningful thing to discover and sort out rabbit culture, and then promote rabbit culture. Starting from this issue, this newspaper will launch the column "Rabbit Culture Talk" for the readers' enjoyment.
The word "rabbit" has already appeared in the "Book of Songs", my country's first collection of poems. Description: "There are rabbits in love, and pheasants are away from Luo. "It can be seen that at least 2,500 years ago, our ancestors had a preliminary understanding of rabbits and created the word "rabbit". There is also the word "rabbit" in a book describing Hou Yi's daily life: "Hou Yi Hunting in Bashan, I caught a rabbit as big as a donkey. I put it in a trap, but lost it on the way, and the trap remained intact. "This description is full of mythology. It says that the hare was as big as a donkey. After being caught, it was put in a wooden cage and lost inexplicably.
Regardless of the ancient people's view of the shape of the rabbit. , how the size is described, no matter how strong the mythology is, let us now consider a question: Why is the rabbit called "rabbit"? Lu Dian of the Song Dynasty answered in "Piya·Shi Beast": " A rabbit has a gap in its mouth and will vomit and give birth to a child, so it is called a rabbit. Rabbit, vomit. "In ancient times, when science was underdeveloped, it was obviously a big fallacy to think that rabbit babies were spit out from the rabbit's cleft lip. However, Lu Dian was the first person to explain the reason why rabbits are called "rabbits", which can be regarded as a great contribution to philology and philology. A small contribution to zoology.
In ancient mythology, it is said that a jade rabbit makes medicine in the middle of the moon, so the rabbit is called "Yue Jing" and "Yue De". "Yang Huo White Rabbit Watch": "This auspicious beast is called the Moon Spirit. Come to Yingchang period, the snow is bright and colorful. "Yuxin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty" "The King of Qi Enters the White Rabbit Biao": "The moon is a sign of virtue, and the gold essence shows auspiciousness." "
In ancient times, the rabbit was also known as "Mingshi". It was first seen in "The Book of Rites·Qu Li Xia": "Every ritual performed when offering sacrifices to the ancestral temple...the rabbit is called Mingshi." "Kong Yingda explained: "If the rabbit is fat, the eyes will be opened and the vision will be clear. "
In some areas and in the languages ??of some ethnic groups, there are some special names for rabbits. For example, Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty wrote a poem "Rabbit": "There is wind behind the ears and fire is coming from the nose, and I cry out for mercy. Come Feiming. "The word "Taulai" here is Mongolian and refers to rabbit. In some areas of the Northeast, rabbits are called "leaping cats." There is such a sentence in Zhou Libo's "Storm": "A gray jumping cat. Son, panicked and looked away. "In Sanskrit, a language in ancient India, the rabbit is called "Shesheka".
According to the order of the twelve zodiac animals, Mao belongs to the rabbit, so some people call the rabbit "Mao animal". As for the folk nicknames for rabbits such as "missing nose" and "three-flap mouth", it is easy to understand. It is because there is a crack in the center of the rabbit's upper lip, like a hole in the nose.
Chen Jianzhi