What does a prostitute mean? Introduction to male prostitutes

1, male prostitute is a local traditional handicraft in Beijing and belongs to children's toys in Mid-Autumn Festival. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, Beijingers worship "male prostitutes". This custom originated in the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, "male prostitutes" were transformed into children's Mid-Autumn Festival toys. Later, some people shaped the "male prostitute" into a warrior wearing a golden helmet and shining armor. Some rode lions and elephants, some carried paper flags or umbrellas on their backs, or sat or stood, which was pleasing to the eye.

2. According to the statement that there is a jade rabbit in the Moon Palace, the jade rabbit is further artistically personified and even deified, and made into various forms of male prostitutes with mud. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Moon Palace Jade Rabbit gradually broke away from the attachment of the moon worship, and formed an independent image in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the moon, and gradually enriched it. Male prostitutes have both sacred and secular characteristics, and they have both sacrificial and recreational functions. Nowadays, male prostitutes have become one of the most representative intangible cultural heritages in Beijing.