What does the fat pig arch mean on New Year's Eve?

1, the fat pig arch on the third day of the New Year symbolizes good luck in the coming year. The third day of the Lunar New Year is also called the Year of the Pig. Legend has it that when Nu Wa created the spirit of all things, she first created six animals, so the first day to the sixth day is the day of six animals. Pork chops are the third, so the third day is pig day.

In ancient times, on the third day of the first lunar month, people would grab a paper-cut with a cornucopia on the back of a fat pig at home, which was called "Fat Pig Arch". Because the pig is black, it can not only dilute the hot environment of some colors at home since the twelfth lunar month, but also conform to the auspicious words that "a pig can get started and be blessed" Scholars will also give each other paper-cuts with pigs as their content, called "Zhu Bi Topic", to wish them success in the college entrance examination that year.

In the impression of China people, pigs are probably the most honest domestic animals, round and fat, simple and honest. They sleep when they eat, and eat when they are hungry. They are honest. In the traditional culture of China, pigs have many meanings and symbols. It is said that since the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination met with his Jinshi. If anyone becomes a leader in the future, he will ask the calligrapher of the same branch to write an inscription on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda with "Zhu Shu", that is, a red pen. Because "pig" is homophonic with "Zhu" and "hoof" is homophonic with "topic", pig has become the mascot of young students to be.