The moral and symbolic significance of rabbits

Rabbit represents meekness, cuteness, cunning, longevity, agility, wit, auspiciousness and vigilance, and also implies kindness and positivity.

In other countries, the meaning is different. In Britain, it means bad luck and misfortune, while in Europe and America, it means timidity, vigilance and cowardice. In the zodiac, all six animals are selected, but rabbits are not among the six animals. It turns out that ancient rabbits are also among the sacrifices. In some ancient records, rabbits were used as sacrifices.

Sacrifice is an extremely important activity in ancient times. Rabbits are classified as animals and have deeper cultural connotations. Among the sacrificial animals, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, dogs and horses are just six kinds of animals. In fact, the ancient horse is a symbol of the combat effectiveness of a country's army. Therefore, in the sacrifice, the horse can't be killed, so the rabbit replaced the horse.

The legend of rabbits

One day, the rabbit laughed at the tortoise's short feet and slow walking, so the tortoise smiled and said, although you walk fast, if I race with you once, I will definitely beat you. The rabbit thought the tortoise was bragging and agreed to the proposal, so they asked the fox to choose the runway and specify the destination. On the day of the game, they set off together. Although the tortoise runs slowly, it is firm and moves towards the goal step by step.

The rabbit believed that he could run very fast and didn't care about the race at all, so he fell asleep under a tree halfway. When he woke up and tried to run forward, the tortoise had reached the finish line and won. The moral of this story is to tell us that pride makes people fall behind.