The origin of male prostitutes

Male prostitutes appeared in the late Ming Dynasty. Amin Jikun (about 1636) recorded in the manuscript of Kao Ting: "The Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing is mostly in the shape of a mud rabbit, dressed like a human figure, and children worship it." This is the earliest record of male prostitutes. Maybe the prostitute is made of clay according to the image of the jade rabbit on the moonlight paper.

The folk sacrifice of rabbits is not so solemn, which highlights the nature of sightseeing. The people call Jade Rabbit a prostitute, which is not as serious and solemn as "Taiyin Jun", but very kind, so royal etiquette has become a real folk festival. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, male prostitutes had become both sacrifices for the Mid-Autumn Festival and toys for children.

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Toy shape

The common "male prostitute" is generally a warrior wearing a golden helmet and shining armor. And there is only one pheasant feather in the helmet. There is a two-part allegorical saying in old Beijing: the feather of "male prostitute"-one to one. Later, the "male prostitute" developed from a single warrior to a "male prostitute" in the whole martial arts drama, such as Dragon Banpo, Tianshui Guan and Warrior Chao, and the costumes and props were similar to those on the stage.

Later, there appeared "male prostitutes" who reflected people's daily life, such as "male prostitutes" who cut hair, "male prostitutes" who pulled carts and carried loads, and so on. Some people even invited Grandma Rabbit to the altar to let her husband sing along with her wife, and her clothes changed with the times.