What does it mean to have a turtle lying on its back?

On the back of a turtle, there is a little turtle stepping on a gold ingot copper coin. The tortoise shell in Shanghai has the words "Hongfu, Qitian, Fu Gui, and long life", which means longevity, wealth and good luck.

In reality, this is a normal phenomenon, because turtles are social animals. During hibernation, narrow caves have limited space and naturally pile up to make full use of space.

This is a hedging mechanism. Turtles are sensitive to vibration in the wild. When several turtles are stacked together, the turtle on it can easily feel the vibration around it, and trigger the hedging mechanism to jump into the water first, and at the same time send information to other turtles, which can be said to be a team spirit.

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Li Shizhen said, "The beetle is 360, and the tortoise is a long turtle." In ancient China, people always regarded turtles, dragons, forests and phoenixes as four big creatures. The ancients regarded turtles as spiritual objects. Li Yun said, "What are the Four Spirits? Phoenix, turtle and dragon in the forest are also called the four spirits. " Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, turtles were always regarded as "spiritual things" or "auspicious things", so today, there is still the habit of protecting turtles, or releasing them or not eating them, only under special circumstances, such as medical exceptions.

When it comes to turtles, people often take it as swearing words, such as "tortoise bastard". In fact, this is unfair. Turtles were highly respected in ancient times. In Shang Dynasty, superstition was very strong, and tortoise divination prevailed. From the emperor's expedition to the throne to the people's begging for sick boys and girls, tortoise shells were used for divination. Oracle Bone Inscriptions left by the tortoise shell is now called Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Turtles can hide their heads, tails and limbs in their armor, so there is a saying of six hides.

In the folk custom of China, people don't eat turtle meat, because turtle is one of the four gods, so people still have the custom of releasing turtles. Folk banquet guests can't entertain guests with fish and nail, otherwise it is disrespectful to the guests.