What is the lunar calendar in August 1983? Which constellation is it?

Gregorian calendar1September 24, 983

Saturday

Constellation: Libra.

Zodiac: pig

Symbolic significance of pork pig

In people's minds, pigs are probably the most honest domestic animals. Unlike a dog, it is not an elf. It understands the master's mind, follows the master's back and forth, and tries its best to please him. Pigs look chubby, chubby and simple. He sleeps when he eats, and eats when he is hungry, which shows his honest duty. The laziness of pigs is famous among animals. The reason why pigs grow fastest among all domestic animals is that they have little activity. Pigs seldom do much exercise except when eating, let alone worry about fatigue. The filth of pigs is also well known. Although there are objective reasons for its unsanitary behavior, it has eaten, lived, pulled, scattered and hung shit all its life, giving people a disgusting feeling. Because of the above characteristics, pigs often become synonymous with stupidity, laziness, greed and ugliness. When used in human cultural life, it has a deep derogatory color.

You Zhu is contemptuous. Xia Yan, a famous film playwright, wrote in the reportage "The Contractor" that the contractors always called them "pigs", which showed their discrimination and personal insult to the contractors. In the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, a large number of China people were sold abroad as coolies. These overseas Chinese workers are called "piglets". I was shipped abroad, became a slave, worked hard in mining, and had no hope of returning home all my life.

Then, are the cultural symbols of pigs all derogatory and can only ridicule the shortcomings of human beings? The answer is no, of course. Pigs are used in a derogatory sense entirely out of people's superficial observation of it. For example, dirty pigs are mainly afraid of heat. According to experts' research, when the temperature is below 48 degrees Celsius, the pigs in the circle usually take their places, but once the temperature rises above 48 degrees Celsius, they will be foolhardy in their own circles. As a result, the higher the temperature, the dirtier they will become. Therefore, we should realize that the concept that pigs are dirty animals mainly refers to their appearance, but the nature of pigs is not really dirty. Fraser, a famous anthropologist in modern times, said: "Like all so-called dirty animals, pigs were originally regarded as sacred animals." This statement makes sense.

In ancient times, the cultural significance of pigs did not contain any derogatory meanings at all. On the contrary, the pig is a symbol of courage. "Home" not only refers to raising pigs in the house, but also social activities at that time were centered on things related to pigs. For example, the "thing" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is like catching a pig or a wild boar with a long-handled net in both hands. And people's quality is also measured by pigs, such as the word "dare", which means to catch pigs with bare hands to show courage, so not catching pigs is cowardice. . The reason why domestic pigs are so docile and honest is that they have been domesticated by humans for a long time and have lost their nature, while wild boars are violent and good at fighting. Therefore, based on this feature, pig means "go forward bravely".

Speaking of the bravery of pigs, let's first look at a real modern anecdote: 1984 One day in early autumn, Sun Tou, an old farmer from Heilongjiang Province, went to Daxinganling to collect medicines with a bamboo basket. Suddenly, a water the size of a soybean drops on the back of your head, and there is some blood in the water drop. Looking up, I saw a hungry and withered Siberian tiger squatting on a big stone and drooling at him! My head was taken aback. With a whoosh, the tiger came face to face. My head jerked away. The tiger found a fat wild boar one meter away from his head, and was digging roots there. The wild boar showed no weakness for this sudden mountain king, and both sides stared at each other viciously. After two or three minutes of confrontation, the tiger suddenly jumped up and pounced on the wild boar. They fought for about fifteen rounds, one by one, one by one, one by one. The tiger made a move and bit the boar's hind leg. The boar howled loudly in pain. Suddenly, yellow smoke billowed in the Woods, crying everywhere, and dozens of wild boars roared and rushed here, struggling to fight. Tigers fight alone and struggle hard. In the blink of an eye, the tiger roared and the pig howled, and the forest was dark. A few hours later, the tiger was bleeding profusely and gradually exhausted, alas. This allowed the surviving wild boar to leave the scene slowly and angrily. The forest was dyed red by yellow sand, a dozen wild boars and a tiger fell to the ground, and two dying wild boars were still twitching! I hid in a big tree and watched the thrilling pig-tiger war from beginning to end.

Wild boar is so brave that the word "pig" is often used as a name in Japan. The Japanese named their children "pigs" not to feed them well, but to appreciate the courage of never back down. Europeans have a similar understanding. They think that wild boar is the fiercest animal among mammals, although it has no horns. Its fangs are sharp and tough, and it can easily stab the enemy; It often rubs its shoulders on the trunk, making it a solid shield. Therefore, many heraldic designs in Europe are designed with pigs as patterns, indicating bravery and invincibility. For example, the emblem of Charlie Wang III in England is a shield guarded by two pigs, and the emblem of the Duke of Goya in Scotland shows the dignity of pigs with their heads above the pattern.

As a domestic pig, it is so simple and honest that it never hurts anyone, and it has brought economic prosperity to people and become a "cornucopia" for farmers and people. Every organ on it, from beginning to end, is a delicious food that people can't get tired of eating. Therefore, in China culture, the pig has many other meanings and symbols.

It is said that since the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination met with his Jinshi. If one of them became a leader in the future, he would ask the calligraphers of the same clan to use "Zhu Shu" and name Yanta with a red pen. Because "pig" is homophonic with "Zhu" and "hoof" is homophonic with "topic", the pig has become the mascot of young students to be. Whenever someone takes the exam, relatives and friends give braised pig's trotters, wishing those who take the exam "calligraphy title". Later, this habit gradually expanded, and people gave each other hams in the New Year, because hams were baked with pig's trotters. Folks also think that the "fat pig arch" is auspicious, and the fat pig has become the messenger of blessing. So there is a saying: "pigs are the treasure of the family, and dung is the gold in the field."

In short, in our life, pigs represent stupidity, laziness, gluttony, lewdness and filth on the one hand, but they also symbolize courage, kindness, loyalty, caution, honesty and tolerance on the other. Naturalist Hessen said: "Pigs are not as suspicious, timid and obedient as horses, cows and sheep;" Not as reckless and fearless as a goat, as hostile as a goose, and as condescending as a cat; It's not like a dog wagging its tail for mercy. "