The Symbolic Significance of Horses in China Culture

1, Dragon Horse Spirit is the national spirit that the Chinese nation has been advocating since ancient times, that is, persistent struggle, self-improvement and enterprising spirit.

Ancestors thought the dragon horse was a kind horse. It is the spirit of the Yellow River, the embodiment of the descendants of the Chinese people, and represents the subject spirit and the highest morality of the Chinese nation. It is eight feet five inches tall and has a long neck, which makes it look very huge. The skeleton has wings, and there is a circle of colorful sideburns on the edge of the wings, which makes the neck scream and make a beautiful and harmonious sound. This is a heroic image and a heroic posture.

2. Horses are also symbols of ability, sages, talents and achievements. The ancients often compared it to a "swift horse". Maxima is an excellent horse and walks thousands of miles every day. According to legend, Zhou Muwang has eight good horses and often travels around the world.

The name of eight horses: stunning land, no feet to practice soil, no feet to land, can fly in the air; One is called feathering, which can run faster than birds; One is Benjing, who travels in Wan Li at night; One is called super shadow, which can run after the sun; One is called Zhaohui, and the horse hair is bright and radiant.

One is called chaoguang, and one horse has ten shadows. One is called Wu Teng, riding the clouds; One is called shroud, with wings on his body, and he flies like Dapeng Nine Wan Li.

Some ancient books imagine "Eight Horses" as eight different colors, and each color has a nice name: Red Horse, Thief Li, Baiyi, Overwheel,, Huayi and Green Ear. In fact, the magical legends of horses are all about talents. Don't really believe that they are myths. Zhou Muwang's eight horses are actually metaphors of his people, with outstanding talents and extraordinary skills.

3, the horse symbolizes unrestrained, exuberant vitality and enthusiasm, which is the most basic and basic symbol of the horse. Extension can symbolize prosperity, development, courage and conquest. If we extend it further, it may also symbolize king, father, authority, or health.

Because the horse is so energetic and energetic, it usually symbolizes male strength, male strength, king, authority or masculinity.

Riding a horse not only symbolizes controlling and taming some power, but also symbolizes sex. Freud believed that children regard horses as a symbol of their fathers, and of course, this is also a symbol of their fathers' gender-opposing their mothers.

5. Symbolic information or messenger.

In ancient times, the fastest means of transportation was horses, so in ancient times, in addition to the so-called "Hongyan delivering books", the most reliable and common ways of delivering letters were various post offices. It is equivalent to what we now call a postman, speed up, one pavilion in ten miles, and one waiting in five miles. Many important letters are delivered in this way. Therefore, horses can symbolize news.