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The meaning of deer is: beautiful appearance, love, health and strength. In ancient times, deer was also regarded as sacred.

Deer were also regarded as sacred objects in ancient times, believing that deer could bring people good luck, happiness and longevity. Those longevity gods ride sika deer. In Shang dynasty, deer bones were used for divination, and there were also inscriptions on antlers for yin deficiency. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the birds and beasts carved in this tomb were popular in Chu tombs, with real antlers on their heads, which formed the characteristics of Chu culture.

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1, it looks beautiful.

The ancients' explanation for deer is: "Deer are very strong, but they are very timid and rush as soon as they drink water." It can be seen that the ancients paid attention to and observed deer. This is the basis of the emergence and development of deer culture. Beautiful traditional characters are beautiful, while beautiful characters come from deer, which shows that people think deer is beautiful since ancient times. Whether it's the unique horns, the glossy spotted fur, or the slender and strong limbs, especially the deer's natural kindness, femininity and introverted temperament, it is worthy of praise.

2, meaning love

Oracle Bone Inscriptions deer stand out for their antlers. "Shuowen" mentioned: "Deer, line also. If the deer is hungry, it will travel. " It comes from the fact that the male deer and the female deer go out in pairs, which means getting married. "Li" is a hieroglyph related to deer, which looks like two deer skins. The ancients married the man and gave the woman two deerskin as a dowry.

It means to marry a beautiful girl! The beautiful meaning of the word Li was later extended. As "Jing Hua Yuan Wai Ji" said: "There was no difference between men and women in ancient times, and Tai Hao began to set up a wedding ceremony, with the skin of the couple as the gift." Later people called husband and wife husband and wife. And the couple's skin is deerskin. Beauty is also used to describe women's modesty and introversion, kindness and femininity.

There used to be two idioms. One is "the arm of a deer cart", which was used to praise the unity and happiness of husband and wife in the old days. Deer cart is a common unicycle in the past.

There is also a story called "Hong's Deer Car", which also means that husband and wife respect each other and share weal and woe.

3, on behalf of health

From ancient times to now, the promotion of deer to human health has developed from eating its meat, sleeping its skin and using its bones to a deeper understanding in the later stage. It took a long time.

Kunya said:' Lu Naixian is a beast and can enjoy himself, but when he walks, his mouth drools and he won't leave in a hurry. "It can be seen that the ancients thought that eating preserved deer had the effect of prolonging life, and called the long-lived deer' fairy deer'.

4. Metaphorical rights

The origin of deer and war can be traced back to ancient times. Deer were often hunted in ancient times, so when people witnessed the ruling class's pursuit of power, they would naturally think of deer hunting in daily life and use it as a metaphor to make deer symbolic.

Historian Sima Qian said in Historical Records. Biography of Hou Huaiyin: "Qin lost its deer, and the world chased it away."

Wei Zhi, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, also mentioned in his poem Shu Huai: "At the beginning of the Central Plains, I fought for deer and threw my pen at Rong Xuan." The deer here is a metaphor for the throne and political power. Why are deer comparable to the throne and political power? This shows that deer played an important role in history.

Cervidae is a family of mammals of the order Artiodactyla. They are horned ruminants of different sizes. They are distributed in Eurasia, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, North America, South America and Southwest Africa. There are about 34 species in the world, and about 52 species belong to the genus *** 16.

Animals called deer may be different species in different regions, and it is easy to distinguish them from other artiodactyls (such as pigs and cattle) in people's minds. In the taxonomy of deer, it includes Muscidae and Cervidae, and sometimes it also includes animals of Cervidae and giraffes closely related to Cervidae.

In ancient times, deer was thought to bring happiness to people.