What is the meaning of cicada and its symbol?

1, cicada occupies a high position in the eyes of the ancients and has always been regarded as a symbol of purity, loftiness and spirituality.

2. With the passage of time, people give cicadas more meanings. Such as wearing a jade cicada on the waist, homophonic, cicada lying on the leaf, named "golden branch (homophonic for cicada) jade leaf" Some people also named the jade cicada worn on the chest as a "blockbuster" (taking the cicada's chirping).